Research Interests

• Federal securities laws; the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
• Private Rulemaking
• Real Estate law and realtor regulation

Selected Publications

• “The Ubiquity of Greed:  A Contextual Model for Analysis of Scienter,” Florida Law Review (with P. Abril).
• Analyst and Broker-Dealer Liability Under 10(b) for Biased Stock Recommendations,” NYU Journal of Law & Business.
• “The Locus of Corporate Scienter,” Columbia Business Law Journal, reprinted in Defense Law Journal (with P. Abril).
• “Formal and Operative Rules in Overliquidation Per Se Cases,” American Business Law Journal.
• “Redefining Realtor Relationships and Responsibilities: The Failure of State Regulatory Responses,” Harvard Journal on Legislation.
• “The Search for Middle Ground: Towards a Harmonized Interpretation of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act’s New Pleading Standards,” Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance.

Teaching & Professional Experience

• Vice President and General Counsel of a Miami exporting firm with predominantly South American clientele
• Commercial litigator in private practice emphasizing general contract law, real estate and banking, securities, partnership disputes, and insurance matters

Degrees

• University of Notre Dame, J.D. 1987
• University of Miami, M.B.A. 1997
• Texas Christian University B.A., cum laude, 1984

Specialties

• Legal, regulatory, and ethical environment of business
• Securities and commercial law
• International business transactions