Richard H. Nowka
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs Professor of Law
- E-mail: rhnowk01@louisville.edu
- Phone: 502-852-6386
- Fax: 502-852-0862
- Office: 284
Professor Nowka is currently researching issues relating to Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. His most recent article examines the statute of limitations for secured creditors' deficiency actions . Past work includes an article that constructs a frame work to enable a secured creditor to sell repossessed collateral on eBay. Works in progress include a student handbook for UCC Article 9.
He served as a member of the Kentucky Legislature's U.C.C. Study Commission and Drafting Committee on Revised Article 9, and has spoken on Revised Article 9 seminars sponsored by the Kentucky Bankers Association, the University of Kentucky College of Law, and the Louisville Bar Association.
His honors include the University of Louisville Distinguished University Teacher Award, the University of Louisville's Provost's Award for Exemplary Advising, and the Law Alumni/ae Excellence in Teaching Award.
Outside the law school, Professor Nowka engages in activities that focus on service to the community. He is a fifteen-year board member of the Legal Aid Society, serving as board chair in 2002. He works with Project Warm to winterize homes of the elderly, disabled, or persons of limited income.Courses Taught
Contracts I & II, (two semester course)
Secured Transactions
Debtor-Creditor Law
Publications
Books and Book Supplements
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, Cumulative Supplement, with Leibson, LexisNexis, 2004
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, 3rd edition, with Leibson, LexisNexis, 2003
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, Cumulative Supplement, with Leibson, Michie, 2000
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, 2nd edition, with Leibson, Michie, 1992
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, Cumulative Supplements, with Leibson, Michie, 1987, 1998
The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky, with Leibson, Michie, 1983
Articles
The Secured Party Fiddles While the Article 2 Statute of Limitations Ticks--Why the Article 2 Statute of Limitations Should Not Apply to Deficiency Actions, 7 Florida State University Business Law Review 1, 2008.
eBay Auctions of Repossessed Motor Vehicles-A Template for Commercial Reasonableness Under Revised Article 9, 31 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 281, 2007.
Minor Errors in "In-Lieu-Of" Statements Under U.C.C. Section 9-706: Did the Drafters of Revised Article 9 Forget the Safety Net? 42 Brandeis L. J. 721, 2004.
Teaching the Law School Curriculum, "Collateral Conflict Role Play" Exercise, Carolina Academic Press, 2004.
Revised Article 9 and the Buyer in Ordinary Course of Pre-Encumbered Goods, 38 Brandeis L. J. 9, 2000.
Does Policy Prevail Over the Plain Meaning of a Statute? 24 Northern Kentucky L. R. 273, 1997.
Validating a Debtor's Retention of Collateral, 6 J. of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 145, 1997.
Kentucky Employees Wage Liens: A Sneak Attack on Creditors, But Beware of the Bankruptcy Trustee, 84 Kentucky L. J. 317, 1996 (with Jeff S. Taylor).
Priority Status of a Warehouse Lien: Is the Comment Waging the Code? 28 Uniform Commercial Code L. J., 1995.
The Nonsurety Comaker's Right to Discharge, 10 J. of Law and Commerce 75, 1990.
Debtor's Right to Avoid Nonpossessory, Nonpurchase-money Security Interests: Effect of State Lien Conservation Statutes, 18 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal 127, 1985.
Survey of Commercial Law, 73 Kentucky L. J. 315, 1985.
Survey of Commercial Law, 72 Kentucky L. J. 337, 1984.
Public Aid to Nonpublic Institutions in Nebraska, 9 Creighton L. R. 18, 1975.
Presentations
Louisville Bar Association-Revised Article 9 for the Real Estate Attorney, March 2005
Louisville Bar Association-What Bankruptcy Attorneys Need to Know About Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, October 2004.
University of Kentucky College of Law-Consumer Bankruptcy Law Conference, May 2004.
University of Kentucky College of Law-Legal Issues for Financial Institutions, Revised Article 9, Fall 2001.
Louisville Bar Association-Transition, Priority and Choice of Law Under Revised Article 9, November 2001.
Kentucky Bankers Association-Revised Article 9, November 2000, January 2001, March 2001.
University of Kentucky College of Law-Consumer Bankruptcy Update, Revised Article 9, December 2000.
The Courier-Journal, Business Reporters-Seminar on Bankruptcy Basics, September 2002.
University and Community Service
Community
Legal Aid Society, Board of Directors (Chair, 2002)
Kentucky Legislature Article 9 Drafting Committee
Project Warm
Habitat for Humanity
Law School
Decanal Search Committee
Decanal Review Committee
Economic Welfare Committee (Chair 2008-09)
Professionalism and Public Service Committee (Chair 2004-05)
Personnel Committee
Student Grievance Committee
Career Services Committee
Bar Passage Committee
Faculty Recruitment Committee
Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Advisor
University
Law School Affirmative Action Coordinator
Staff Hearing Officer