From time to time, the PB.com editorial board opens the blog to distinguished colleagues who offer guests posts on areas in which they are working that overlap with the interests of the blog. (If you're interested in guest posting, let us know. But remember many will apply but few will be chosen.)
We're delighted that GMU Law Professor J.W. Verret is our newest guest poster. Jay teaches Banking, Securities, Corporation Law, and Accounting for Lawyers.
He serves on the Investor Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he advises the Chairman of the SEC on legal and policy reform. He is faculty liaison to the American College of Business Court Judges. He also serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Directors of Egan-Jones Ratings, one of the eight domestic credit rating firms licensed by the SEC to provide credit ratings on the debt of public companies and provides recommendations on shareholder proxy votes.
He has served as Chief Economist and Senior Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He previously clerked on the Delaware Court of Chancery. He received his JD from Harvard Law School, a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a BS in Financial Accounting from LSU.
His work as appeared in venues from the Stanford Law Review and the Journal of Law and Economics to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He has appeared on most major television networks on financial regulatory issues and has testified before the U.S. House and Senate over a dozen times.
Be sure to check out his SSRN page.
We've cited his work many times here at PB.com, as far back as 2009. We're excited to have him contribute.
