B.A., Amherst, 1966; LL.B., Yale, 1969; LL.M. (in taxation), New
York University, 1976. Following graduation from law school,
was a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow for one year, doing poverty
law litigation in New York City. Corporate lawyer with Cravath,
Swaine & Moore, 1970-76. From 1976 until coming to Columbia
in 1980, was a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
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B.A., Amherst, 1966; LL.B., Yale, 1969; LL.M. (in taxation), New
York University, 1976. Following graduation from law school,
was a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow for one year, doing poverty
law litigation in New York City. Corporate lawyer with Cravath,
Swaine & Moore, 1970-76. From 1976 until coming to Columbia
in 1980, was a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
Visiting professor at Harvard Law School, 2001; Stanford University
Law School, 1988; the University of Virginia Law School,
1978; and the University of Michigan Law School, 1979. Reporter
for the American Bar Association for its Model Standards on Sentencing
Alternatives and Procedures and for the American Law
Institute’s Principles of Corporate Governance. Member or former
member, Economic Advisory Board to Nasdaq; National Academy
of Sciences panel studying empirical research on sentencing; the
National Research Council’s Standing Committee on Law and
Justice; the Advisory Panel on Environmental Sentencing Guidelines
to the U.S. Sentencing Commission; SEC Advisory Committee
on the Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes; the
Subcouncil on Capital Markets of the U.S. Competitiveness Policy
Council; the Legal Advisory Board to the National Association
of Securities Dealers (NASD); and Legal Advisory Committee to
the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange. Former
chairperson of the Section on Business Associations of the Association
of American Law Schools. Fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences; listed by the National Law Journal as one of
“The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in the United States.” Publications
include Cases and Materials on Securities Regulation (with
Seligman, 9th ed., 2003); Knights, Raiders and Targets: The Impact of
the Hostile Takeover (with Lowenstein and Rose-Ackerman, 1988);
Cases and Materials on Corporations (with Choper and Gilson, 6th
ed., 2004); and Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic
Principles (with Klein, 9th ed., 2004). Principal interests are
corporations, securities regulation, class actions, criminal law and
white-collar crime.
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