Research Interests

• Legal implications of international business and real estate development—particularly investment in the U.S. by foreign investors

Selected Publications

• “Real Estate Agent as ‘Superbroker’: Defining and Bridging the Gap Between Residential Realtors’ Abilities and Liabilities,” Real Estate Law Journal (coauthor with Olazábal)
• “The Legal Implications of Purchasing,” BBP, Simon & Schuster
• “The Purchasing Casebook: 25 Critical Purchasing Law Issues,” BBP, Simon & Schuster
• “Credit and Value ‘Comfort’ Instruments: Crossing the Line From Assurance to Legally Significant Reliance and Toward a Theory of Enforceability,” Baylor Law Review
• “The Filed Tariff Doctrine: Casualty or Survivor of Deregulation?” Duquesne Law Review
• “Accounting for Stock Grants to Nonemployees,” The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance (coauthor with Munter)

Teaching & Professional Experience

• Attorney, Welbaum, Zook & Jones
• Attorney and Partner, Merkin & Sacasas
• International Territorial Representative, Chemical Bank

Degrees

• Emory University, School of Law, J.D.,1975
• Georgetown University, Graduate School of Foreign Service,1969-1971
• The American University, School of Government and Public Administration, B.A., 1969

Specialties

• International commercial law
• Purchasing law
• Real estate acquisition, development and finance
• Business ethics and attorney/client relations