Dr. Samuel Buell

Biography

Samuel W. Buell is the Bernard M. Fishman Distinguished Professor at Duke University School of Law, where he has been a faculty member since 2010. His primary teaching and research focus is on criminal law, corporations, and the regulatory state. Buell is the author of 'Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America’s Corporate Age' and has published numerous articles in prestigious legal journals, including the Texas Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, and Stanford Law Review. His work examines the conceptual structure of white-collar offenses and the adaptive behaviors of corporate actors in evading legal controls. Buell has also been involved with the American Law Institute and has testified before the United States Senate on matters related to corporate crime. He has held previous academic positions as an associate professor at Washington University School of Law and as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Texas School of Law. Prior to his academic career, he served as a federal prosecutor in New York, Boston, Washington, and Houston, receiving the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service twice. Buell holds a summa cum laude law degree from New York University and a magna cum laude degree from Brown University.

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