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The authors of the Corporate Practice Series portfolios are experienced practitioners writing about areas of the law in which they have considerable expertise, such as:

A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, co-author of the portfolio on Delaware corporations;

William H. Minor, DLA Piper US LLP, author of the portfolio on corporate lobbying: federal and state regulation;

Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, co-author of the portfolio on the SEC enforcement process: practice and procedure in handling an SEC investigation in the Sarbanes-Oxley era;

Arthur Fleischer Jr., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, co-author of the portfolio on responses to takeover bids; and

Phillip A. Proger, Jones Day, co-author of the portfolio on antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

More than 200 legal experts author CPS portfolios. Many of these lawyers work at some of the most prominent law firms in the country, including:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	Reed Smith LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Baker & Hostetler LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Clifford Chance LLP	Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Schiff Hardin LLP	DLA Piper US LLP
Dechert LLP	Arent Fox PLLC
SNR Denton LLP	Fried, Frank, Harris,  Shriver & Jacobson LLP
McDermott, Will & Emery LLP	Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Blank Rome LLP	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP	Richards, Layton & Finger
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.	Greenberg Traurig LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP	Covington & Burling LLP
Adorno & Yoss	Jenner & Block LLP
McGuire Woods LLP	Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP	Jones Day
Steptoe & Johnson LLP	Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Portfolios focusing on the corporate law in specific states are authored by practitioners who have expertise in the law of those states, such as:

Some authors work as in-house counsel at major corporations, such as Honeywell International, Inc., Parker-Hannifin Corporation, AETNA, Inc., Exxon Mobil Corporation, and General Motors Corporation. 

CORPORATE PRACTICE LIBRARY AUTHORS

FEATURED AUTHORS

Michael A. Adelstein
Protecting the Corporate Creditor Under the Bankruptcy Code (80-2nd)
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
New York, N.Y.

Frederick H. Alexander
The Delaware Corporation (1-4th)
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Wilmington, Del.

John R. Alexander
The New York Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization & Operation (2-3rd)
Sayles & Evans,
Elmira, N.Y.

Elliot S. Azoff
Practice and Procedure Before the National Labor Relations Board (41-4th)
Baker & Hostetler, LLP,
Cleveland, Ohio

Darren C. Baker
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (12-5th)
Schiff Hardin LLP
Chicago, Ill.

Yelena M. Barychev
Audit Committees (49-5th)
Blank Rome, LLP,
Philadelphia, Pa.

 
E. Carolan Berkley
Third-Party Legal Opinions (82-1st)
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Philadelphia, Pa.

Jason L. Booth
The Board of Directors
(63-2nd)
DLA Piper US LLP,
Chicago, Ill.

Robert E. Braun
Records Retention for Enterprise Knowledge Management (86-1st)
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Los Angeles & San Francisco, Calif.

Lynda L. Brothers
Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA, and Related Corporate Law Issues (57-2nd)
SNR Denton LLP, San Francisco, Calif.

Jeffrey R. Capwell
Compensation Committees (73-2nd)
McGuire Woods LLP
Washington, D.C. and
Charlotte, N.C.

Joel Davidow
Antitrust Guide for International Business Activities (35-3rd)
Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP,
Washington, D.C.

Jonathan C. Drimmer
Legal Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel (87-1st)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, D.C.

Larry P. Ellsworth
Inside Information: Prevention of Abuse
(15-4th)
Jenner & Block LLP
Washington, D.C.

Arthur Fleischer Jr.
Responses to Takeover Bids: Corporate, SEC Tactical, and Fiduciary Considerations (6-4th)
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson,
New York, N.Y.

Jeffrey C. Fort
Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA, and Related Corporate Law Issues (57-2nd)
SNR Denton LLP,
Chicago, Ill.

Susan M. Franzetti
Avoiding Liability for Hazardous Waste: RCRA, CERCLA, and Related Corporate Law Issues (57-2nd)
Franzetti Law Firm, P.C.,
Chicago, Ill.

Steven J. Gartner
Corporate Minutes
(81-1st)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
New York, N.Y.

Brandon K. Gay
Shareholder Proposals
(83-2nd)
The Carlyle Group,
Washington, D.C.

Barry H. Genkin
Audit Committees
(49-5th)
Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, Pa.

Stanley M. Gibson
Records Retention for Enterprise Knowledge Management (86-1st)
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler &
Marmaro LLP
Los Angeles & San Francisco, Calif.

Michael A. Gold
Records Retention for Enterprise Knowledge Management (86-1st)
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Los Angeles & San Francisco, Calif.

Kenneth A. Gross
Regulation of Corporate Political Activity
(16-5th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Washington, D.C.

Jonathan C. Guest
The Massachusetts Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation (64-2nd)
McCarter & English, LLP,
Boston, Mass.

Keir D. Gumbs
Shareholder Proposals
(83-2nd)
Covington & Burling LLP,
Washington, D.C.

Matthew I. Hafter
Corporate Stock Repurchases and Going Private (7-3rd)
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Ill.

Harry Hammitt
Business Uses of the Freedom of Information Act (14-3rd)
Access Reports, Inc.
Lynchburg, Va.

Sara Hanks
Regulation S: The Safe Harbor for Offshore Securities Transactions (58-3rd)
Clifford Chance LLP
New York, N.Y.

William M. Hannay
Tying Arrangements: Practice Under Federal Antitrust, Patent, and Banking Law (39-2nd) and U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement: A Practical Guide to the Agencies' 1995 Guidelines (53-2nd)
Schiff Hardin LLP,
Chicago, Ill.

Robert T. Harper
Negotiated Acquisitions
(61-3rd)
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ki P. Hong
Regulation of Corporate Political Activity
(16-5th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Washington, D.C.

Robert A. Hudson
Initial Public Offerings
(60-2nd)
Butzel Long
Detroit, Mich.

Darren J. Hunter
Practice Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (9-4th)
Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP
Chicago, Ill.

S. Mark Hurd
Special Committees of Independent Directors
(79-1st)
Morris, Nichols, Arsht &
Tunnell LLP
Wilmington, Del.

Beth G. Joffe
Employment Discrimination Law
(40-4th)
Employee Relations/Human Resources Consultant, Legal Advisor Resolutions & Results, LLC
Seattle, Wash.

Andrew M. Johnston
Special Committees of Independent Directors
(79-1st)
Morris, Nichols, Arsht &
Tunnell LLP,
Wilmington, Del.

Allen G. Kadish
Protecting the Corporate Creditor Under the Bankruptcy Code (80-2nd)
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
New York, N.Y.

Steven D. Kittrell
Compensation Committees (73-2nd)
McGuire Woods LLP
Washington, D.C. and
Charlotte, N.C.

Guy P. Lander
Resales of Restricted Securities Under SEC Rules 144 and 144A  (46-3rd)
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP,
New York, N.Y.

Frederick D. Lipman
Audit Committees
(49-5th)
Blank Rome LLP,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Michael K. Lowman
Inside Information: Prevention of Abuse
(15-4th)
Jenner & Block LLP
Washington, D.C.

William C. MacLeod
Trade Associations and the Antitrust Laws
(32-3rd)
Kelley Drye Collier Shannon
Washington, D.C.

Colleen P. Mahoney
The SEC Enforcement Process: Practice and Procedure in Handling an SEC Investigation in the Sarbanes-Oxley Era
(77-4th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.

Stacey Anne Mahoney
State Antitrust Law
(52-3rd)
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher,
New York, N.Y.

Paul Mamalian
Periodic Reporting Under the Federal Securities Laws
(89-1st)
HMSHost Corporation
Bethesda, Md.

Paul F. Matousek
Indemnification and Insurance for Directors and Officers (54-2nd)
Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, Ill.

Richard T. Miller
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (12-5th)
Schiff Hardin LLP
Chicago, Ill.

William H. Minor
Corporate Lobbying: Federal and State Regulation (25-3rd)
DLA Piper US LLP,
Washington, D.C.

David T. Mittelman
Shareholder Proposals (83-2nd)
Reed Smith LLP,
San Francisco, Calif.

Robert J. Mittman
Audit Committees
(49-5th)
Blank Rome LLP
Philadelphia, Pa.

Betty Southard Murphy

(1933-2010)
Practice and Procedure Before the National Labor Relations Board (41-4th)
Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.

Bevin M.B. Newman
Antitrust Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
(56-3rd)
Jones Day
Washington, D.C.

Jonathan M. Ocker
Executive Employment Agreements (88-1st)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco, Calif.

Edward H. Pappas
Trade Secrets: Protection and Remedies (43-3rd)
Dickinson Wright PLLC,
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

David A. Parke
The Massachusetts Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization & Operation (64-2nd) and
Doing Business in States Other Than the State of Incorporation (Alabama Through Michigan)
(84-1st)
Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP,
Springfield, Mass.

Philip W. Peters
The California Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation
(31-3rd)
Farella Braun & Martel LLP
San Francisco, Calif.

Phillip A. Proger
Antitrust Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
(56-3rd)
Jones Day
Washington, D.C.

Daniel D. Quick
Trade Secrets: Protection and Remedies (43-3rd)
Dickinson Wright PLLC,
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Suzanne D. Reider
Legal Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel (87-1st)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, D.C.

Clifford A. Roe, Jr.
The Ohio Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation (55-2nd) and
Doing Business in States Other Than the State of Incorporation (Minnesota Through Wyoming) (85-1st)
 Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Cincinnati, Oh.

Irving Scher
Living with the Robinson-Patman Act (76-1st)
Greenberg Traurig LLP,
New York, N.Y.

Gregory C. Schick
Executive Employment Agreements (88-1st)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
San Francisco, Calif.

Erich T. Schwartz
The SEC Enforcement Process: Practice and Procedure in Handling an SEC Investigation in the  Sarbanes-Oxley Era
(77-4th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.

Dan P. Sedor
 Records Retention for Enterprise Knowledge Management (86-1st)
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
Los Angeles & San Francisco, Calif.

A. Gilchrist Sparks III
The Delaware Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation (1-4th)
Morris, Nichols, Arsht &
Tunnell LLP,
Wilmington, Del.

Thomas J. St. Ville
Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Compensation Arrangements (75-1st)
Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, Md.

Thomas R. Stephens
Beneficial Ownership Reporting: Schedules 13D and 13G (68-1st)
Bartlit Beck Herman
Palenchar & Scott LLP,
Denver, Colo.

Thomas M. Susman
Business Uses of the Freedom of Information Act (14-3rd)
American Bar Association
Washington, D.C.

Alexander R. Sussman
Responses to Takeover Bids: Corporate, SEC, Tactical, and Fiduciary Considerations (6-4th)
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson,
New York, N.Y.

George M. Taylor, III
Negotiated Acquisitions
(61-3rd)
Burr & Forman,
Birmingham, Ala.

Donald L. Toker
Initial Public Offerings
(60-2nd)
Crowell & Moring LLP,
Washington, D.C.

Bruce A. Toth
The Board of Directors
(63-3rd)
Winston & Strawn LLP
Chicago, Ill.

Christina T. Trotta
The Board of Directors
(63-3rd)
Winston & Strawn LLP
Chicago, Ill.

G. William Tysse
Compensation Committees
(73-2nd)
McGuire Woods LLP
Washington, D.C. and
Charlotte, N.C.

Karen L. Valihura
Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine: Corporate Applications (22-4th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, Del.

Charles F. Walker
The SEC Enforcement Process: Practice and Procedure in Handling an SEC Investigation in the Sarbanes-Oxley Era
(77-4th)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.

Scott Whittaker
Negotiated Acquisitions (61-3rd)
Stone Pigman Walther Wittman LLC
New Orleans, La.

James A. Wilson
State Antitrust Law  (52-3rd)
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, Ohio

Nicholas C. Yost
The Environmental Impact Statement Process (27-2nd)
SNR Denton LLP,
San Francisco, Calif.

Alexander B. Young
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (12-5th)
Schiff Hardin LLP
Chicago, Ill.