James R. Smoot 
 

Professor of Law

Teaching interests: Banking Law, Business Organizations, Contracts, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Securities Regulation.

Education: B.A., 1968, University of Southern California (summa cum laude); J.D., 1974, Yale Law School.

Experience: Law Clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1974-75; Corporate Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York and Paris, 1975-1979; Deputy General Counsel, The Readers Digest Association, Inc.,  New York, 1980-1989; Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Memphis School of Law, 1990-93; Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law, 1993-98; Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Law, The University of Memphis, 1998-1999; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, The University of Memphis, 1999-2004; Dean and Professor of Law, The University of Memphis, 2004-2008; Professor of Law, The University of Memphis, 2008-

Admitted: New York, Tennessee, United States Supreme Court, various other federal courts.

Achievements/Publications: Executive Editor, The Yale Law Journal (1973-74). Professor Smoot writes about financial institutions and markets.
 

Email: jrsmoot@memphis.edu