Professor Harmelin joins the Cumberland faculty after practicing First Amendment law in Atlanta for a Washington, D.C. based firm. In private practice, she represented clients such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sprint Nextel, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a wide array of media-related matters. She also specialized in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy in both the federal and state courts.
Professor Harmelin is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School where she graduated summa cum laude and second in her class. During law school, she served as a Note Editor on the Michigan Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif upon graduation. Following law school, Professor Harmelin clerked for the Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Professor Harmelin received her undergraduate education at the University of Florida, where she received degrees cum laude in Broadcast News Journalism and Psychology. She is a member of the Georgia Bar.
