Anne Geraghty-Rathert is a Professor in the Legal Studies Department at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She also is on the Executive Committee and teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.
In addition to teaching full time, Anne is an attorney in private p...
Anne Geraghty-Rathert is a Professor in the Legal Studies Department at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She also is on the Executive Committee and teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.
In addition to teaching full time, Anne is an attorney in private practice. Her primary areas of practice and research deal with legal issues arising out of violence against women, including orders of protection, clemency and commutation. Anne is the director of and attorney for The WILLOW Project, where she represents wrongfully convicted female clients, all of whom have lengthy sentences in prison.
She has a BA in Political Science from St. Louis University (1985) and a JD from St. Louis University School of Law (1992). Her research interests include Wrongful Convictions; Clemency; Domestic Violence and its impact on female incarceration; and Female Incarceration (general).
She has been interviewed by The Riverfront Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Public Radio and the Associated Press.