Gerald T. McLaughlin lives in Pacific Palisades, California. An authority on commercial law, McLaughlin has taught at Fordham, Georgetown, Brooklyn, and the University of Connectic...view moreGerald T. McLaughlin lives in Pacific Palisades, California. An authority on commercial law, McLaughlin has taught at Fordham, Georgetown, Brooklyn, and the University of Connecticut law schools. From 1991 to 2000, he served as Dean of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. In 2005, McLaughlin published his first novel entitled The Parchment.view less