Experience
Associate Professor of Business Law
Marist College
+ Ethics and Financial Regulation
+ Legal Foundations of Business
+ Business Law I and II
+ Business & Society in a Global Environment
+ Organizational Theory and Change (MPA)
Adjunct Professor of Law
Northeastern University School of Law
+ Contracts
+ Law and Strategy
Mediator
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
+ Customer disputes
+ Industry disputes
New York and Rhode Island Courts
+ Commercial disputes
+ General civil disputes
Arbitrator
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
+ Customer disputes
+ Industry disputes
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Northwestern University School of Law, JD
New York University, MA
Trinity College, BA
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1997-2000: Attorney, Jones Day
2000-2008: Principal/Attorney, The Madden Law Firm
2010-2011: Adjunct Professor of Law, Roger Williams University, School of Law
2008-2013: Adjunct Faculty, Providence College, School of Business
2012-2016: Attorney, Madden Brockman LLC
2016-2018: Principal, Law and Strategy Advisors
2012- PRESENT: Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
2013- PRESENT: Adjunct Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
2015- PRESENT: Mediator, New York and Rhode Island Courts
2017- PRESENT: Associate Professor of Business Law,Marist College School of Management
2021- PRESENT: Mediator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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Making Sense of ESG with the SECUniversity of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law · Aug 23, 2023
A critical, but generally supportive take on SEC Release No. 33-11042 proposing enhanced climate-related disclosure.
Regulating Financial Sector Incentive Compensation a Decade after Dodd-Frank
Syracuse Law Review· Apr 3, 2023
Law review article calling out the ongoing failure of six federal financial regulatory bodies to regulate financial sector incentive compensation as mandated by Dodd-Frank §956(b) back in 2010.
Section 10(b) and the Fiduciary ConundrumSection 10(b) and the Fiduciary Conundrum
Hastings Business Law Review · Dec 31, 2021
Law review article pointing out the problem of the confused use of "fiduciary" in the federal common law of insider trading and offering a solution via modification of Rule 10b5-2.
Mandatory Pre-Dispute Arbitration: An Alternative Approach
Michigan State Law Review · Apr 1, 2020
Calls for business to innovate and implement versions of private, first-step mediation as an alternative approach to mandatory pre-dispute arbitration. Includes an extensive review of the ubiquitous use of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration in employment, consumer finance, and investment fields together with the U.S. Supreme Court precedent addressing it.
Law and Strategy and Ethics?
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics · Mar 1, 2019