Richard Gershon

Ira Richard Gershon (1957 - 2024) is a former Dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law and current professor at the school. He came to the University of Mississippi after being the Founding Dean of the Charleston School of Law in Charleston, South Carolina. From the Charleston School of Law's founding in 2003 until his resignation in 2008, he was the Founding Dean of the Charleston School of Law. He was recruited by the law school to lead it through the accreditation process after being the dean of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas, which, under his leadership, received full accreditation from the ABA in 1999. He later matriculated to the University of Tennessee College of Law, receiving the J.D. degree in 1982. Later, he studied tax law at the University of Florida, graduating with an LL.M. degree in 1983.

Gershon was married to Donna Levine, who is the Copy Chief of Garden & Gun Magazine. He had 4 children, Michelle, Benjamin, Claire, and Eve.