Assistant Professor of Law
B.S., Lousiana State University; M.A., Harvard Kennedy School of Government; J.D., Harvard Law School
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Area(s) of Expertise: Corporate and Securities Law
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Phone: 703-993-8038
Office: Room 411, Arlington Campus
Address:
3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201
Assistant Professor J.W. Verret received his JD and MA in Public Policy from Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, respectively, in 2006. While in law school, Professor Verret served an Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics under the guidance of Lucian Bebchuk at the Harvard Olin Center Program on Corporate Governance, completing a paper on hedge fund regulation. His bachelor's degree was awarded by Louisiana State University in the area of accounting.
After law school, Professor Verret served as a law clerk for Vice-Chancellor John W. Noble of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the forum in which disputes between shareholders and directors of Delaware Corporations (which represent 70% of all publicly traded corporations) are adjudicated.
Prior to joining the faculty at Mason Law, Professor Verret was an associate in the SEC Enforcement Defense Practice Group at Skadden, Arps in Washington, D.C. He has written extensively on corporate law topics, including a recent paper co-written with Chief Justice Myron T. Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court.
