Lisa H. Nicholson

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Professor of Law

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Professor Nicholson joined the faculty at the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2000 following seven years of combined experience. She practiced law with Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, LLP, New York, and served as Senior Counsel in the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Professor Nicholson's research interests concentrate on securities regulation and corporate law, including the professional responsibility of lawyers in these settings. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Journal of Business and Technology Law, DePaul Business and Commercial Law Journal, Maryland Law Review and Michigan State Law Review.

Professor Nicholson will be a Visiting Professor at Boston College Law School during the Fall 2007 semester, where she will teach Commercial Law: Payment Systems and Mergers & Acquisitions. Professor Nicholson also will be a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Richmond during the Spring 2008 semester, where she will teach Corporations and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Courses Taught

Business Organizations

Securities Regulation

Negotiable Instruments

Mergers & Acquisitions

Contracts I and II

Publications

Essay, Culture Is the Key to Employee Adherence to Corporate Codes of Ethics, J. Bus. & Tech. L. (forthcoming 2008)

The Culture of Under-Enforcement: Buried Treasure, Sarbanes-Oxley and the Corporate Pirate, 5 DePaul Bus. & Com. L. J. 321 (Winter 2007)

Sarbanes-Oxley's Purported Over-Criminalization of Corporate Offenders, 2 J. Bus. & Tech. L. 43 (2007)

Making In-Roads to Corporate Counsel Positions: It's Only a Matter of Time?, 65 U. Md. L. Rev. 625 (2006)

SarbOx 307's Impact on Subordinate In-House Counsel: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 559 and 88 Mich. St. L. Rev. 559 (2004)

Duties of the In-House Lawyer in the New Environment, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, CLE Chapter for Corporate Counsel Forum (2004)

A Hobson's Choice for Securities Lawyers in the Post-Enron Environment: Striking a Balance Between the Obligation of Client Loyalty and Market Gatekeeper, 16 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 91 (2002)

Work in Progress

Article analyzing Causes of Corporate Executive Malfeasance

Article analyzing Why Fiduciary Duty Law Is Insufficient to Thwart Client Fraud

Article updating impact of SOX 307 and SEC 205 Rules on Corporate Lawyers

Presentations

Panelist, Holding Lawyers Accountable for Client Behavior, 2008 ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Boston, Ma., upcoming May 29, 2008

Panelist, Roundtable on Corporate Ethics, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Five Years Later: Assessing its Impact, Charting Its Future, University of Maryland, October 18-19, 2007

Commentator, Paper on Regulation of Hedge Funds, Twelfth Annual LatCrit Conference, Miami, Florida, October 6, 2007

Panelist, White Collar Crime Roundtable, SEAALS, Amelia Island, Florida, July 29 - Aug. 4, 2007

U of L International Teaching Exchange; Mainz, Germany- Comparative Corporate Governance, June 2007

Commentator, Tamar Frankel's "Trust and Honesty: America's Business Culture at a Crossroad" (Oxford University Press, 2005), Law & Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, July 6, 2006

Panelist, The Criminalization of Corporate Law, The University of Maryland School of Law, April 2006

Panelist, Women and the "New" Corporate Governance, The University of Maryland School of Law, April 7-8, 2005

Panelist, Race, Gender and Corporate Law, St. John's University School of Law Symposium, March 18, 2005

Presenter, The Efficiency of Sarbanes-Oxley's Criminal Measures, Brooklyn Law School, Brown Bag Series, March 10, 2005

Presenter, The In-House Lawyer as Gatekeeper: Ethics in the New Environment, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Corporate Counsel Forum, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 16, 2004

Panelist, The New Look of the Attorney-Client Privilege: The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley, the Patriot Act and ABA Resolution 301, 2004 Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention, Lexington, Kentucky, June 25, 2004

Panelist and Discussant, White Collar Crime Panel, Law & Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois May 27, 2004

Panelist, Teaching Business Law Responsibly; Race, Culture, Money & Power, Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, 2004 Annual Meeting, University of Baltimore, January 31, 2004

Panelist, Sarbanes-Oxley: Impact on Lawyers, Sarbanes-Oxley Symposium, entitled, In the Wake of Corporate Reform: One Year in the Life of Sarbanes-Oxley - A Critical Review, Michigan State University-DCL College of Law, September 19, 2003

Panel Chair and Discussant, Corporations in Modern Society II: Legal Regulation of the Behavior of Officers and Directors, Law & Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 5, 2003

University and Community Service

University Service

Strategic Planning Committee

Reinstatement and Probation Committee

Speaker Selection Committee (2005-2007)

Faculty Enrichment Committee (2004-2006)

Diversity Committee (2000-2006)

Securities Regulation, Moot Court Competition (Co-advisor)

External Service

Will serve on the AALS 2009 Planning Committee for the Workshop for New Law School Teachers, Workshop on Retention of Minority Law School Teachers and Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers.

Executive Committee Member, AALS Section on Securities Regulations

Coordinator, Moderator and Faculty Host, Hospitality Suite and Question and Answer Panel sponsored by the AALS Section on Minority Groups at the Faculty Recruitment Conferences, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006

Coordinator, Hospitality Suite and Question and Answer Panel sponsored by the AALS Section on Minority Groups at the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 2003