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Steven Foritano
Practitioner in Residence
Director of the First-Year Trial Practicum Program
Expertise: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy
Education
JD, University of Iowa College of Law
BA, Kent State University, magna cum laude
Experience
Significant Accomplishments
- Honorary member, Order of the Barristers, Drake University Law School, 2005, 2008
- Iowa County Attorney Association Award of Merit, 2003
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General's Integrity Award, 1991
- Featured on A&E's Cold Case Files and Investigation Discovery's Unusual Suspects, State v. Piper I & II
- Featured in the book The Drake Diner Murders, State v. White
- Featured on TruTv's Forensic Files, State v. Morris
- Featured on NBC's Dateline, State v. Moffitt
Biography
Steve Foritano is a Practitioner in Residence and Director of the First-year Trial Practicum Program at Drake University Law School. Professor Foritano is a graduate of Kent State University (BA, magna cum laude) and the University of Iowa College of Law (JD).
Prior to his teaching career, Professor Foritano worked for twenty-five years as a Bureau Chief at the Polk County Attorney's Office. He also served at the United States Attorney's Office as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, and at the Iowa Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Division, Civil Rights Division, and Consumer Protection Division.
Major cases included: State v. Piper I & II, (serial hotel murders; featured on A&E’s Cold Case Files and Investigation Discovery’s Unusual Suspects); State v. White, (robbery/murder; featured in the book The Drake Diner Murders); State v. Carr, (child sexual abuse homicide); State v. Carlson, (domestic abuse homicide); State v. Morris, (strip club murder featured on TruTv’s Forensic Files); State v. Morales, (child abuse homicide); State v. Woolheater, Huser, (murder for hire); State v. Moffitt (murder raising insanity defense featured on NBC’s Dateline).
