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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. His articles have appeared most recently
in the Insolvency Law Bulletin,
Bankruptcy Developments Journal, the Utah Law Review, New Directions in Bankruptcy,
and the Florida Law Review, and he
has regularly provided media commentary on significant corporate bankruptcy
issues.
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, and Property.
Recent publications:
"Personal Bankruptcy Law in Common Law Countries, " 7 Common Law Review ___ (2005).
"203 N. LaSalle Five Years Later: Answers to the Open Questions," 38 John Marshall Law Review 61 (2004).
"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," _____ Insolvency Law Bulletin ____ (2003).
"Can United Airlines Be Rescued? Some Issues Regarding Its Ability to Successfully Restructure," 3 Insolvency Law Bulletin 7 (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).
"American Bankruptcy Reform, Australian Bankruptcy Law, and the Treatment of Debtors," 9 New Directions in Bankruptcy 25 (1999).
"Bankruptcy Thermodynamics," 50 Florida Law Review 329 (1998).
"Legislatively Directed Judicial Activism: Some Reflections on the Meaning of the Civil Justice Reform Act," 28 Univ. of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 305 (1995) (with M. Kipp).
"Priming Liens and the Undersecured Creditor After In re Swedeland Development Group, Inc.,"4 Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 101 (January/February 1995) (with L. Snider).
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