Hart Chair in Corporate and Securities Law, UT School of Law; Professor, UT McCombs School of Business
James Spindler holds the Mark L. Hart, Jr. Endowed Chair in Corporate and Securities Law and is a professor at the McCombs School of Business. He teaches in the areas of securities regulation, capital markets, corporate law, tax and corporate finance. His research focuses on securities disclosure and trading, corporate fraud, corporate governance and executive compensation, and has appeared in journals including the Journal of Legal Studies, the American Law & Economics Review and the law reviews of Chicago, Pennsylvania and Georgetown. Spindler has served as a consultant and expert witness on subjects including securities fraud, banking, corporate governance and fiduciary duties, and commercial contracts.
Prior to joining The University of Texas School of Law, Spindler taught at the University of Southern California. Before entering academia, he practiced in the New York and Hong Kong offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in its securities and banking groups. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an A.B. in political economy from Princeton University.