Employment History; Additional Affiliations
Prior Full Time Employment:
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1998-2000). Executive Director: Comparative and International Law Center (Co-Director 1996-1998; Executive Director 1998-2000). Responsible for all comparative and international law programs at the College of Law; implemented Masters Program in American Law for Foreign Lawyers; created and implemented Autumn Semester Program in London, and Summer Institute in European and International Law in Dublin, Ireland; administered Summer Institute in International Law in Buenos Aires, Argentina; administered certificate program in comparative and international law, community outreach programs, and CILC web pages; primary responsibility for CILC budget program directors, faculty and staff.
University of Tulsa, College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1991-2000). Professor 1996-2001; Associate Professor 1994-96 (tenure since August, 1994); Assistant Professor, 1991-1994).
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Los Angeles, California (Associate, 1987-1991); Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, California (Associate, 1983-1987).
Hon. Leonard I. Garth, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, New Jersey (Law Clerk, 1982-1983).
Prof. Louis B. Kaden, Center for Law and Economic Studies, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (research assistant, 1980).
Additional Affiliations and Appointments.
Visitorships:
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visiting Professor of Law, academic year 2007-2008. Courses: European Union Law I & II; Civil Procedure; Comparative Constitutional Law (seminar).
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Visiting Professor of Law (2000-2001). Courses: Civil Procedure, International Business Transactions; Comparative Corporate Law; Constitutional Law.
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, Visiting Professor of Law, spring term, 1998. Courses: European Union Law; Basic Corporate Law.
Other Affiliations, Appointments, and Significant Teaching:
Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professor, University of Manchester, Alliance Business School, Manchester, U.K. (2017-2018).
Visiting Scholar, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Melbourne Australia (8-15 August 2017).
Embedded Course, Cuba: Law, Economics and Politics, sponsored by Penn State University, the Centro de Estudios Martianos and faculty from the University of Havana. Havana, Cuba, March 4-11, 2017. Reported HERE.
Transnational Law Summer Institute (TLSI), The Dickson Poon School of Law, Kings College, London, U.K. (June 2016).
Course: Comparative Corporate Law. Postgraduate course in law, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas (Vitatus Magnus University), Kaunas, Lithuania (November 2-13, 2009).
Seminar: Comparative Corporate Law in the Transnational Sector. Post-graduate seminar in law, Yeditepe University Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Turkey (June 16-24, 2007).
Seminar: Regulation of Multinational Corporations (Spring 2007), Post-graduate seminar in law, Universidade Federal de Santa Caterina, Centro de Ciéncias Jurídicas, Florianópolis, Santa Caterina, Brasil, May 6-14, 2007 (in Spanish).
Summer Program in International Law, Barcelona, Spain (Summer 2008, 2006, 2004); a program sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law and the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; program director and faculty member, overseeing the summer internship program.
Seminar in Globalization and Developments in Corporate Governance (Fall 2005), Post-graduate seminar in law, Universidade Federal de Santa Caterina, Centro de Ciéncias Jurídicas, Florianópolis, Santa Caterina, Brasil, October 13-23, 2005 (in Spanish).
Law in London Semester Program, London, England (January 2005; 2004); a program sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), London, England, presenting materials in a modular one credit short course, “Basic Principles of Transnational Law.”
Summer Law Scholars Program, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 9-July 18, 2003; a program designed to expose a small group of exceptional students from traditionally under-represented groups to legal education; taught a two credit Penn State undergraduate course, “The Constitutional Law of Religion.”
Summer Program in International Law, Florence, Italy, June 11 – 23, 2001; a program sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Constitutional Law.
Summer Institute in European and International Law, Dublin, Ireland, June/July 1999 and 2000; a program administered between University College Dublin and the University of Tulsa College of Law, program director and faculty member, presenting materials on the Substantive Law of the European Union (1999).
Summer Institute in International Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 6, 1997–July 7, 1997; a program sponsored by the Universidad de Palermo (Argentina) and the University of Tulsa College of Law, presenting materials on International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts.
Summer Institute in Law, El Escorial, Spain, June 3, 1996–July 2, 1996; a program sponsored by the Royal College University Escorial-Maria Cristina (Spain) and St. Thomas University School of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Corporate Law (U.S.-E.U.).
Summer Institute in Law, Bratislava, Slovakia, July 4, 1994–August 3, 1994; a program sponsored by Commenius University Law School (Slovak Republic), Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and the University of Tulsa College of Law, presenting materials on Comparative Corporate Law (U.S. and E.U.).