Dr. James Cox

Biography

James D. Cox is the Brainerd Currie Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, specializing in corporate securities law. He has authored significant texts in the field, including 'Financial Information, Accounting Law', 'Corporations Business Organizations', and 'Securities Regulations Cases Materials'. His extensive work covers market regulation and corporate governance, and he has actively contributed to legislative matters, providing testimony before the U.S. House and Senate on insider trading, class actions, and market reform issues. Cox has held memberships in several prestigious organizations, including the American Law Institute and the ABA Committee on Corporate Laws. He was appointed a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's credit rating agency task force in 2009 and served on the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In 2001, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Mercature from the University of Southern Denmark for his contributions to international securities law. His published work, 'Cox Hazen Corporations', received the Association of American Publishers National Book Award for New Professional/Scholarly Legal Book in 1995. Cox has been part of corporate law drafting committees in California and North Carolina and has taught at various law schools including Boston University and Stanford.

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