A. Joseph Warburton holds a shared appointment at Syracuse University, as Assistant
Professor of Law at the College of Law and Assistant Professor of Finance at the Whitman
School of Management. 

Professor Warburton’s research focuses on corporate finance, corporate governance,
financial intermediation, financial regulation, and bankruptcy. His research is largely
empirical, and focuses on areas where law and finance intersect. 

Professor Warburton’s research has attracted significant outside funding, including a
research grant from the John Templeton Foundation and a research grant from the World
Bank. Professor Warburton has recently published his research in the Journal of
Corporation Law and been invited to present his work in academic and policy venues,
including the American Law and Economics Association, the Conference on Empirical Legal
Studies, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. 

Prior to his academic career, Professor Warburton was a banking and finance attorney with
the Wall Street law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City and with
the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago. Professor Warburton has also served as
in-house counsel with Wells Fargo and Global Crossing. In all, Professor Warburton has
nearly a decade of experience representing major financial institutions and public
corporations in complex financing matters. 

Professor Warburton earned a law degree (cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law
School and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He
also holds a master's degree in financial economics from the University of London
and a master's degree in government administration from the University of
Pennsylvania. His A.B. (magna cum laude) is from Brown University.

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