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Publications | Presentations | Editorial Positions
As a student at the Yale Law School, Paul Lewis served as senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Humanities. After graduation, he served as law clerk to the Honorable David A. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and was an associate with the firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago. From 1996-2001, he was on the faculty of Mercer University School of Law, and in 1999 he was a visiting professor at the University of Western Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
Professor Lewis' primary research area is corporate bankruptcy. He has lectured in numerous countries throughout the world, and his articles have appeared in journals in Europe and Australia, as well as the United States.
Professor Lewis was a visiting professor at John Marshall during the 2001-2002 academic year, and he joined the faculty permanently in 2002. He teaches Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Property, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Full Curriculum Vitae
Publications: Book Chapters
"Corporate Rescue Law in the United States," in Corporate Rescue (Kluwer Law International, 2d. Ed., 2006)
Publications: Articles
"Bankruptcy Reform and the Foreclosure Crisis," ____ Banking and Financial Services Policy Report ____ (2009).
"The Credit Crisis in America: Its development and its bankruptcy ramifications," 9 Insolvency Law Bulletin 48 (2008).
"The New Bankruptcy Law: A Czech-U.S. Comparison," ____ Common L. Rev. ____ (2008).
"An Empirical Economic Analysis of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reforms," 24 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 327 (2008) (with T. Evans)
"A Statistical Examination of the Impact of the Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," 8 Insolvency Law Bulletin 27 (2007).
"The "Hidden" Provisions of the New American Bankruptcy Law," 7 Insolvency Law Bulletin 39 (2006).
"Personal Bankruptcy in Common Law Countries," 8 Common Law Review 38 (2006).
"What the New United States Bankruptcy Law Means for American Bankrupts," 6 Insolvency Law Bulletin 8 (2005).
"203 N. LaSalle Five Years Later: Answers to the Open Questions," 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 61 (2005).
"The Future of Personal Bankruptcy Law: A Comparative Analysis," 5 Insolvency Law Bulletin 33 (2004).
"Insolvency in Common Law Countries," 6 Common Law Review 64 (2004).
"The Supremacy of the Bankruptcy Code: NextWave Personal Communications and the Limitations on American Governmental Agencies' Ability to Act Against Bankrupts," 4 Insolvency Law Bulletin 58 (2003).
"Can United Airlines Be Rescued? Some Issues Regarding its Ability to Successfully Restructure," 3 Insolvency Law Bulletin 107 (2003).
"Bankruptcy Reform in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom," 3 Insolvency Law Bulletin 61 (2002).
"Can't Pay Your Debts, Mate? A Comparison of the Australian and American Personal Bankruptcy Systems," 18 Bankruptcy Developments Journal 297 (2002).
"Trouble Down Under: Some Thoughts on the Australian - American Corporate Bankruptcy Divide," 2001 Utah Law Review 189.
"The Repeat Bankruptcy Filer: Some Economic Considerations," 10 New Directions in Bankruptcy 18 (2000).
More Publications
Presentations
"Some Thoughts on Insolvency Law in Spain," The University of Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain November 6, 2007.
"Parent Subsidiary Relations in Transnational Corporate Insolvencies," Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia, Barcelona Spain, November 5, 2007.
"Implementing The New Czech Consumer Bankruptcy Law: Some Practical and Theoretical Concerns," The Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, November 1, 2007.
"The Economics of the New Czech Insolvency Law," Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, October 31, 2007.
"Will the New Czech Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law Work: Its Structure, Its Purpose, and a Prediction for its Success," Czech Bar Association, Prague, Czech Republic, October 31, 2007.
"The Structure and Function of American Corporate Rescue Law," The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 8, 2005.
"Swiss Insolvency in Global Perspective," The University of Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland, October 25, 2005.
"The Enron Collapse and its Aftermath: Lessons Learned for International Business Law," The North American Institute, Barcelona, Spain, October 20, 2005.
"Bankruptcy and Insolvency World-Wide: Trends and Ramifications for the Czech Republic," The Common Law Society, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, March 10, 2005.
"Irish Examinership Law, Australian Voluntary Administration, English Insolvency Law, and American Chapter 11: What Will the Future Bring?" Trinity College School of Law, Dublin, Ireland, March 8, 2005.
"Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law: What We Can Learn from Abroad," educational program for United States Bankruptcy Judges, Chicago, IL, September 29, 2004
"203 N. LaSalle Five Years Later: Answers to the Open Questions," Kratovil Program in Real Estate Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2004.
"The Future of Personal Bankruptcy: An American - Australian Comparison," Insolvency and Trustee Service of Australia Fifth International Bankruptcy Congress, Melbourne, Australia, May 13 - 15, 2004
"Why Rescue Insolvent Firms?" The University of Southern Queensland Faculty of Business Colloquium, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, May 10, 2004.
"New Value After 203 N. LaSalle," Middle District of Georgia Bankruptcy Law Institute, September, 2000.
Moderator, "Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy." Judicial Roundtable, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October, 1999.
"Some Thoughts on the Comparison Between American and Australian Corporate Bankruptcy Law," The University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, March 1999
"Bankruptcy Thermodynamics," The University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, March 1999
"Bankruptcy Thermodynamics," Southeastern American Association of Law Schools Young Scholars Workshop, Marco Island, FL, July, 1998.
Editorial Positions
Cali Editorial Board, 1999 - present
Insolvency Law Bulletin Editorial Board, 2004 - present
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