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Faculty Profile
Lawrence Ponoroff
Academic Title: Dean & Samuel M. Fegtly Chair in Commercial Law
E-mail:  Lawrence Ponoroff
Office Number:
Office Phone: 520.621.1498
Office Fax: 520.626-2050
Education
Stanford University, J.D. (1978) 
Loyola University of Chicago, B.A. (1975) Graduated summa cum laude
Admitted to Practice
Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Personal Work Experience
Dean & Samuel M. Fegtly Chair in Commercial Law, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2009 - present
Dean, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001 - 2009
Mitchell Franklin Professor of Private and Commercial Law, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000 - 2009
Vice Dean & Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 - 2001
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1997
Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1995 - 1999
Visiting Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994 - 1995
Visiting Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, Fall 1993
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Administration, The University of Toledo College of Law, 1990 - 1992
Professor of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law, 1990 - 1995
Associate Professor of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law, 1988 - 1990
Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law, 1986 - 1988
Partner,, Holme, Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colorado, 1984 - 1986
Associate, Holme, Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colorado, 1978 - 1983
Representative Publications
Having One's Property and Eating It Too: When the Article 9 Security Interest Becomes a Nuisance, 82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 373 (2006) (co-author, with F. Stephen Knippenberg).
Making and Doing Deals: Contracts in Context, with Teacher's Manual (2d ed. 2006) (co-author, with David G. Epstein & Bruce A. Markell).
Principles of Preclusion and Estoppel in Bankruptcy Cases, 79 Am. Bankr. L.J. 839 (2005) (co-author, with Christopher Klein & Sarah Borrey).
Core Concepts of Commercial Law: Past, Present & Future, with Teacher's Manual (2004) (co-author, with John F. Dolan & Bruce A. Markell).
Complete List of Publications
Presentations
Panelist, The Dean as Financial Manager (Annual ABA Deans' Workshop, Phoenix, Ariz., 2009). 
Panelist, Deaning During Tough Times (Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership, Seattle Univ. School of Law, Seattle, Wash., 2009). 
Panelist, The Dean's Dual Role: University Leader and Law School Negotiator (ABA Deans' Workshop, Chicago, Ill., 2009). 
Complete List of Presentations
Organizations
American Law Institute (elected)
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy (elected)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation (elected)
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation
Public Service
Arizona State Bar Board of Governors (ex officio) 2009 - present
Member, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Judge Education (appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States) 2008 - present
Member, ABA Site Evaluation Inspection Team in connection with sabbatical reaccreditation of Emory University Law School 2008
Member, Graduate Legal Education Committee, ABA Section for Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar 2004 - present (Chair, 2006 - 2008)
Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society 2005 - present
Member, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States) 2004 - present
Member, Diversity Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association 2004 - present
Honorary Member, Advisory Committee for The National Pro Bono Celebration, American Bar Association 2008 - 2009
Member, Advisory Board of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 2000 - 2006
Member, Orleans Parish School Superintendent Search Committee 2002 - 2003
Member, Board of Governors, Louisiana State Bar Association 2001 - 2003
Member, Executive Committee, AALS Section on Debtor/Creditor Rights 2002 - 2003
Member, Board of Directors, American Board of Certification, national credentialing authority for insolvency professionals 2000 - 2006
Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Professor-in-Residence, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 2000
Moderator for semi-annual Bankruptcy Update Program broadcast to federal bankruptcy judges over the Federal Judicial Television Network 1998 - 2002
Panelist, National Bankruptcy Review Commission Hearings on Consumer Bankruptcy Policy, Washington, D.C. 1996, 1997
Lecturer, BAR/BRI Review Course-Louisiana (negotiable instruments law) 1995 - 2009
Discussion Leader, Annual Bankruptcy Judges Roundtable, New Orleans, Louisiana 1995
Co-founder and Executive Director, "For The Children" Literacy Program, New Orleans, Louisiana 1994 - present
Reporter and Consultant, Long-Range Planning Subcommittee of the Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System of the Judicial Conference of the United States 1992 - 1994
Chair, Bankruptcy CLE Planning Committee, Toledo Bar Association 1991 - 1994
Lecturer, Ohio BAR/BRI Review Course (corporations law) 1991 - 1997

Institutional Service
Member, Tulane University Research Council 2006 - 2009
Member, President's Leadership Group 12-person team formed to coordinate the rebuilding and re-opening of Tulane's campuses after Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Faculty Advisor, Tulane Law Review 1997 - 98, 1999 - 2001
Awards
New Orleans City Business-Leadership in Law Award  2006
Black Law Students Ass'n Community Service Award, Tulane University Law School  1999
Felix Frankfurter Distinguished Teaching Award, Tulane University Law School  1997
L. Hart Wright Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Michigan Law School  1997
American Bankruptcy Law Journal Fellow (awarded by the Board of Governors of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Law Judges)  1995
Law School Outstanding Professor Award, The University of Toledo College of Law  Spring 1991
University Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Toledo  1990 - 1991
   
       
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