ROYCE DE R. BARONDES
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW
COLUMBIA, MO 65211
TELEPHONE: (573) 882-1109
FAX: (573) 882-4984
E-MAIL: research -at- legal-environment.com

EDUCATION

University of Virginia, School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, J.D., 1985.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, S.M. (Mechanical Engineering), 1982.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, S.B. (Mechanical Engineering), 1982.

St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, graduated 1977.

EXPERIENCE

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.  Associate Professor of Law, 2002 to present.  Classes taught (academic year or years noted parenthetically):  Business Organizations (2002-present); Contracts (2003-present); Securities Regulation (2002, 2003, 2006); Corporate Finance (2005, 2007 (scheduled)); Property 1 (2002).

Terry College of Business, University of Georgia.  Assistant Professor, Department of Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate, 2000 to 2002.  Classes taught:  Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (undergraduate and M.B.A. programs).

Louisiana State University. Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, E.J. Ourso College of Business, 1996 to 2000.   Classes taught:  Legal Environment of Business (component of core M.B.A. curriculum); Business Law (component of undergraduate business curriculum).

Self-employed. 1992 to 1996.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City. Associate Attorney, 1985 to 1992.

PUBLICATIONS

Royce de R. Barondes, Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger, Underwriters’ Counsel as Gatekeeper or Turnstile: An Empirical Analysis of Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs, 2 Capital Markets Law Journal 164-190 (2007).

Royce de R. Barondes, Fiduciary Duties in Distressed Corporations:  Second Generation Issues, 1 Journal of Business & Technology Law 371-413 (2007).

Royce de R. Barondes, Correcting the Empirical Foundations of IPO-Pricing Regulation, 33 Florida State University Law Review 437-469 (2005).

Royce de R. Barondes and V. Carlos Slawson, Jr., Examining Compliance with Fiduciary Duties:  A Study of Real Estate Agents, 84 Oregon Law Review 681-724 (2005).

Royce de R. Barondes, NASD Regulation of IPO Conflicts of Interest—Does Gatekeeping Work?, 79 Tulane Law Review 859-901 (2005).

Royce de R. Barondes and Thomas A. Lambert, Should Antitrust Education Be Mandatory (for Law School Administrators)?, 38 U.C. Davis Law Review 1299-1316 (2005).

Royce de R. Barondes, An Alternative Paradigm for Valuing Breach of Registration Rights and Loss of Liquidity, 39 University of Richmond Law Review 627-707 (2005).

Royce de R. Barondes, Rejecting the Marie Antoinette Paradigm of Prejudgment Interest, 43 Brandeis Law Journal 1-27 (2004).

Royce de R. Barondes, Reorganizations and Stochastic Collateral Value, 11 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 193-218 (2002)

Royce de R. Barondes, Professionalism Consequences of Law Firm Investments in Clients:  An Empirical Assessment, 39 American Business Law Journal 379-444 (2002).

Royce de R. Barondes, Excessive Access to Web Information Can Be Tortious, 29 Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 327-28 (Summer 2001).

Royce de R. Barondes, The Business Lawyer as Terrorist Transaction Cost Engineer, 69 Fordham Law Review 31-82 (2000).

Royce de R. Barondes, Adequacy of Disclosure of Restrictions on Flipping IPO Securities, 74 Tulane Law Review 883-950 (2000).

Royce de R. Barondes, Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors of Distressed Corporations, 7 George Mason Law Review 45-104 (1998).

Royce de R. Barondes, The Limits of Quantitative Legal Analyses: Chaos in Legal Scholarship and FDIC v. W.R. Grace & Co., 48 Rutgers Law Review 161-225 (1995).

Royce de R. Barondes, An Economic Analysis of the Potential for Coercion in Consent Solicitations for Bonds, 63 Fordham Law Review 749-91 (1994).

Royce de R. Barondes, Dynamic Economic Analyses of Selected Provisions of Corporate Law: The Absolute Delegation Rule, Disclosure of Intermediate Estimates and IPO Pricing, 7 DePaul Business Law Journal 97-142 (1994).

Royce de R. Barondes, The Bespeaks Caution Doctrine: Revisiting the Application of Federal Securities Law to Opinions and Estimates, 19 Journal of Corporation Law 243-84 (1994), reprinted in 27 Securities Law Review 261-302 (1995).

BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING CITATIONS

BAR ADMISSIONS

Louisiana, 1997; Massachusetts, 1994 (currently inactive status); New Hampshire, 1993 (currently inactive status); New York, 1986; US PTO, 1994.

HONORS & AWARDS

Board of Advocates Faculty Achievement Award, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 2007.

Holmes-Cardozo Outstanding Conference Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2001.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Finance, Louisiana State University, 1996-1997.

Stipend Recipient, Louisiana State University Council on Research, Summer Stipend Program, 1997.

DOCTORAL AND OTHER STUDENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Dean's Representative on Doctoral Committee of Jack Coburn Isaacs 1997

Supervised Student Independent Study in Finance (Finance 7900) Spring 1998

SECTED PRESENTATIONS

The Business Entity as a Nexus of Relational Contracts, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Annual Meeting, July 2006. 

Examining Compliance with Fiduciary Duties: A Study of Real Estate Agents (co-authored with V. Carlos Slawson, Jr.), Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, January 2006.

Fiduciary Duties in Distressed Corporations: Second Generation Issues, Presented at University of Maryland School of Law, November 2005.

The Business Entity as a Nexus of Relational Contracts, Presented at Midwest Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, October 2005.

Correcting the Empirical Foundations of IPO-Pricing Regulation, Presented at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, April 2005.

The Coercion Theory of Pricing Initial Public Offerings, Presented at Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, March 2005.

Should Antitrust Education Be Mandatory (for Law School Administrators)? (co-authored with Thomas A. Lambert), Presented at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, November 2004 [co-presented with Thomas A. Lambert].

Valuing 1933 Act Registration Rights, Presented at Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, February 2004.

Valuing 1933 Act Registration Rights, Presented at Midwest Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, October 2003.

Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs (co-authored with Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger), Presented at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, April 2003.

Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs (co-authored with Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger), Presented at Midwest Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, October 2002.

Conflicts of Interest in IPO Pricing (co-authored with Cynthia G. McDonald), Presented at Sixth Annual Huber Hurst Research Seminar, Hosted by the University of Florida and California State University, Long Beach, February 2002.

Reorganizations and Stochastic Collateral Value, Presented at Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, October 2001.

Professionalism Consequences of Law Firm Investments in Clients: An Empirical Assessment, Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, August 2001.

Lawyer Experience and IPO Pricing (co-authored with Gary C. Sanger), Presented at Southern Finance Association, November 2000 [presented by co-author].

Lawyer Experience and IPO Pricing (co-authored with Gary C. Sanger), Presented at Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, August 2000.

Lawyer Experience and IPO Pricing (co-authored with Gary C. Sanger), Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, August 2000.

The Business Lawyer as Terrorist Transaction Cost Engineer, Presented at Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, September 1999.

Adequacy of Disclosure of Restrictions on Flipping IPO Securities, Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, August 1999.

Unreasonable Lawyers and Hidden Contract Rights, Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, August 1998.

Intra-Firm Monitoring and Inter-Firm Monitoring of Deviations from Fiduciary Duties of Loyalty of Residential Real Estate Agents (co-authored with V. Carlos Slawson, Jr.), Presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, August 1997.

INTERESTS

Dated: September 2007.