Jeffrey Schwartz

Jeffrey Schwartz is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he has taught since 2012. His research covers securities law, corporate law, investment-management regulation and retirement policy. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the Virginia Law Review, the Texas Law Review and the Harvard Business Law Review. An article co-authored with Professor Jill Fisch received the Best Paper Award from the UC Berkeley Center for Law and Business and was chosen by peers as one of the top ten corporate and securities law articles of the year. He is a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

He has testified before the U.S. Congress and has been quoted in media including the Wall Street Journal. Before joining academia, he practised as a corporate attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson, advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities compliance, and also worked as in-house counsel. He holds a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Political Science from UCLA.