Alan Palmiter has a national and international reputation as a scholar and teacher about business law subjects (corporate law, securities regulation, legal valuation) and comparative law (Latin American law). His research interests lie in “corporate democracy,” including investor participation in corporate voting, regulation of institutional investors (particularly mutual funds), and judicial protection of shareholder rights. He has authored books used to teach Corporations and Securities Regulation (published by West Group and Aspen Publishers). His articles have been published both nationally and internationally, and he has five times been selected by corporate/securities law professors as having written one of ten best corporate/securities law articles of the year. He regularly lectures and speaks both here and abroad. Before joining the faculty, he practiced law with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton-Washington. He was born in India and grew up in Bolivia and Toledo, Ohio. He and his wife, Fabiola Bojanini, have two children - Andres 25 and Erica 20.
