Resume

• 24053102

  Licensed Attorney

  State Bar of Texas

• 30964

  Licensed Attorney

  Oklahoma Bar Association

• 2008

  Volunteer as Corporate Secretary and provide pro bono legal service. \n\nThe Preemptive Love Coalition is a non-profit org. providing life saving heart surgeries to Iraqi children.

  Preemptive Love Coalition

  Securities Regulation

  Employment Law

  Commercial Litigation

  Management

  Corporate Law

  Public Speaking

  Contract Drafting

  Legal Writing

  Mediation

  Legal Research

  Government

  Insurance

  Corporate Governance

  Litigation

  Higher Education

  Securities

  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Courts

  SEC In-House Tribunals: A Call for Reform

  Andrew Thornley

  Villanova Law Review

  SEC In-House Tribunals: A Call for Reform

  Evaluating Market Reactions to Non-Practicing Entity Litigation

  Andrew Thornley

  Federal Preemption in Securities Laws

  the Investment Contract

  and Macroprudential Financial Regulation

  Gail Weatherly

  Susan Jennings

  Business and Professional Communications Quarterly; 77 Bus. & Prof. Comm. Q. 96 (2014)

  Social Media - A Virtual Pandora's Box: Prevalence

  Possible Legal Liabilities

  and Policies

  Patricia Nunley

  What is a \"Social\" Business and Why Does the Answer Matter?

  Kyle Post

  J. Keaton Grubbs

  Southern Law Journal; 25 Southern L. J. 1 (2014)

  Winner: 2014 Southern Law Journal Best Article Award

  Arbitration Agreements

  Expanded Judicial Review

  and Preemption - Hall Street Associates and NAFTA Traders

  Inc. - A National Debate with International Implications

  Creating a Stakeholder Democracy under Existing Corporate Law

  Spencer Markel

  The End of the Internal Compliance World as We Know It

  or an Enhancement of the Effectiveness of Securities Law Enforcement? Bounty Hunting Under the Dodd-Frank Act's Whistleblower Provisions

  Patricia Nunley

  Winner of the 2014 Holmes-Cardozo Award for Best Submitted Conference Paper from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.\n

  Social Enterprise

  Corporate Objectives

  and the Corporate Governance Narrative

  Kwabena Offei-Danso

  The Benefit Corporation: A Questionable Solution to a Non-Existent Problem

  Justin

  Blount

  Baylor University School of Law

  United States District Court for the Western District of Texas - Waco Division

  Life Partners

  Inc.

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Served as an intern for Judge Walter Smith

  Chief Judge for the Western District of Texas. \n\nWorked on pro se prison litigants’ federal habeas corpus petitions and civil rights claims; conducted legal research and drafted orders for the Court.

  United States District Court for the Western District of Texas - Waco Division

  Baylor University School of Law

  Waco

  TX

  Developed and taught a course covering state and federal securities laws. \n\nSupervised a student's independent study on the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Nacogdoches

  TX

  Associate Professor of Business Law

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Served as general legal counsel: \nCompliance/regulatory matters - both insurance and securities laws\nContract drafting and review\nHelped manage litigation

  both as named counsel and through outside counsel

  Life Partners

  Inc.

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Nacogdoches

  TX

  Teach courses in Business Law and Business

  Ethics

  & Society\n\nResearch Interests: Corporate Governance

  Securities Regulation

  Business Ethics

  Corporate Social Responsibility

  Social Entrepreneurship

  Assistant Professor of Business Law - Rusche College of Business

  MBA

  Business Administration and Management

  General

  Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society

  Dean's Award for Academic Excellence

  The University of Texas at Austin - The Red McCombs School of Business

  GPA: 3.96

• 2003

  Juris Doctor

  Law

  President of the Federalist Society

  Funderburk Evidence Award

  Dean's list

  Baylor Law School Order of the Barristers

  Baylor University School of Law

  GPA: 3.33

  Top 23% of Graduating Class

• 2000

  BBA

  Finance

  Outstanding Senior in Finance

  Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society

  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

  GPA: 3.88

  Magna Cum Laude