Expert Details
Corporations, Securities Regulation, Business Organizations, and Antitrust
ID: 738046
California, USA
Expert spent over three decades as a tenured law professor at a public university, and has held visiting professorships at numerous law schools and research institutions throughout the United States and Europe. Earlier in Expert's career, Expert served as an attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and as an Assistant Attorney General for a U.S. state.
Expert is the author of a widely used business organizations law textbook, now in its sixth edition, along with a book on antitrust law and local government and numerous law review articles on antitrust, securities, and regulatory topics. Expert's academic contributions have been recognized with a Fulbright Award and other international research honors. Expert holds a J.D. with High Honors from the University of Texas School of Law and a B.A. from Yale University, and is admitted to practice before the State Bar of Texas and multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: Advanced Training | Subject: Law & Economics | Institution: Economics Institute for Law Professors, Emory University Law & Economics Center |
| 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 |
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| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor-in-Residence & 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: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consulting Attorney / Expert Witness / Arbitrator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Independent practice in corporate, securities, antitrust, and regulatory matters.Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); American Arbitration Association (AAA) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Visiting Professor of Law | Department: |
Responsibilities:United States: Georgetown University, University of Colorado, Washington University in St. Louis, Gonzaga University, St. Louis University, Seattle University, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Washington College of Law at American UniversityEurope: Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, Max Planck Institute for Foreign & Private International Law, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Salerno, University of Warwick |
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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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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has served as a consulting attorney and expert witness in matters involving corporate law, securities regulation, antitrust law, and related regulatory issues. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| • Board of Advisors, Employer Entrepreneurship Clinic (2001 – Present) • Illinois Blue Ribbon Telecommunications Task Force, Member (1990 – 1991) • Illinois Sunset Task Force on Utility Regulation Reform, Member (1982 – 1984) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| State Bar of Texas (1974, inactive) Admitted to the Bars of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, and 7th Circuits, and the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| • Fulbright Award • Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research Award • Research Stipendium, Max Planck Institute for Foreign & Private International Law |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| 2 authored books, including a leading business organizations law textbook (now in its 6th edition, with an annually published supplement) and a book on antitrust law and local government 7 law review articles, covering topics including healthcare regulation, antitrust implications of oil price shocks, antitrust and commercial arbitration, local government antitrust immunity, antitrust market definition doctrine, and economic regulation of business Numerous conference papers and invited lectures delivered at academic and professional venues across the United States and Europe (at more than a dozen European universities alone), including recognition as the first non-European invited to lecture at a prominent legal theory seminar in Brussels |
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