Prominent Marquette law professor suspended

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A well-known Marquette University law professor was recently relieved from his teaching duties.

Professor Paul Secunda was dismissed from teaching two weeks before this past semester ended over allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The suspension resulted from an investigation that started last May, according to a statement from Marquette University.

Secunda released a statement through the attorney Jennifer Walther denying the allegations.

Reached on Friday, Walther, a Milwaukee employment lawyer at Mawicke & Goisman, declined to comment or provide further details.

Secunda, who has been a law professor at Marquette since 2008, leads the Labor and Employment Law Program at the law school. He is known for his extensive writings on labor and employment law and is a Fulbright Scholar. He earned his law degree from Georgetown Law Center in 1997 and spent four years in private practice before taking an assistant professor job at the University of Mississippi in 2002.