Expert Details
Corporations, Securities Regulation, Business Organizations, and Antitrust
ID: 738046
California, USA
Here are some examples:
Antitrust:
•Challenges to payments by large pharmaceutical companies to producers of generic drugs
•Distributor terminations
•Revocation of hospital privileges
•Business Organizations: Organizing and advising start-ups
•Reorganizing an Illinois LLC law firm so that it could offer services in California
•Partner’s rights in partnership property Corporations:
•Fiduciary duties
•Hostile takeovers
•Freeze-outs
Securities Regulation:
•Private placements
•Sale of restricted securities Revocation of hospital privileges
Business Organizations: Organizing and advising varied start-ups Reorganizing an Illinois LLC law firm so that it could offer services in California Partner’s rights in partnership property
Corporations: Fiduciary duties Hostile takeovers Freeze-outs
Securities Regulation: Private placements Sale of restricted securities
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1974 | Degree: J.D. | Subject: Law | Institution: The University of Texas at Austin |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Political Science | Institution: Yale University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor-in-Residence & J. Lawrence Irving Senior Distinguished Teaching Fellow | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporations, Securities Regulation, Unincorporated Business Associations, Antitrust, Law and Economics, Criminal Law |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: Georgetown University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: Law Center |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporations |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 2011 | Employer: Southern Illinois University | Title: Professor of Law | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporations, Securities Regulation, Unincorporated Business Associations, Law and Economics, Criminal Law, Regulated Industries, Energy Law and Policy, Legal Writing and Reasoning |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2010 | Employer: Washington University in St. Louis | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporations, Securities Regulation, and Criminal Law |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 1998 | Employer: University of Colorado | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporate Law Seminar and Law and Economics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2010 | Employer: St. Louis University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Business Associations and Law and Economics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: Gonzaga University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Antitrust and Unincorporated Business Associations |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2012 | Employer: Seattle University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: School of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Criminal Law |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: American University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: Washington College of Law |
Responsibilities:Teach Corporations and Securities Regulation |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1975 to 1976 | Agency: United States Department of Justice | Role: Attorney, Antitrust Division | Description: Represented the United States in connection with appeals of antitrust and regulatory agency decisions |
| Years: 1974 to 1975 | Agency: Attorney General of Texas | Role: Assistant Attorney General | Description: Represented Texas in connection with antitrust and regulatory matters |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2004 to 2004 | Country / Region: Italy | Summary: Taught at the University of Salerno and lectured at other Italian universities |
| Years: 1992 to 1992 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Taught at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and lectured at other German and Austrian universities |
| Years: 1992 to 1992 | Country / Region: Belgium | Summary: Lectured at Katholieke Universiteit Brussel and presented at the Fourth Erasmus Seminar on Legal Theory |
| Years: 1986 to 1986 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Research at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign & Private International Law |
| Years: 1984 to 1984 | Country / Region: United Kingdom | Summary: Lectured at the University of Warwick and other English and Welsh universities |
Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| State Bar of Texas (1974) (inactive) |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Illinois Blue Ribbon Telecommunications Task Force (Member) Illinois Sunset Task Force on Utility Regulation Reform (Member) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Fulbright Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research Award Research Stipendium, Max Planck Institute for Foreign & Private Int’l Law |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has authored two books and more than ten scholarly articles. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Lawyers have retained Expert as an expert witness/consultant in ten matters. Highly favorable outcomes resulted in every matter that has concluded. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has served as a commercial arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for more than 30 years. |
Fields of Expertise
business securities, securities dispute, securities arbitration, Securities and Exchange Commission regulation, securities fraud, securities regulation, breach of fiduciary duty, fiduciary duty, fiduciary litigation, shareholder disputes, shareholder dispute, partnership, partnership dispute, business case, business dispute resolution, business organization, business startup, startup business attorney