James J. Hanks Jr.

Securities, Mediation
1800 Mercantile Bank & Trust Building, 2 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, Maryland 21201


Securities

Admitted

1967, Maryland

Law School

University of Maryland, LL.B., 1967; Harvard University, LL.M., 1969

Law School Graduation Year

1969

College

Princeton University, A.B., 1964

Memberships

Maryland State (Chairman, Business Law Section, 1982-1983) and American (Member, 1984-1990, 1996-2002, Consultant, 1990-1994, 2002—: Committee on Corporate Laws, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations; American Law Institute

Biographical

Member, Editorial Board, Maryland Law Review, 1966-1967. Author: Maryland Corporation Law, Aspen Law and Business Supp., 2003; Representing the Sellers in a Merger or Acquisition, 4 University of Baltimore Law Review 281, 1975; Evaluating Recent State Legislation on Director and Officer Liability Limitation and Indemnification, 43 The Business Lawyer 1207, 1988; Removing the Limits on Authorized Stock, 73 Washington University Law Quarterly 479, 1995. Co-Author: Legal Capital, 3d ed., Foundation Press, 1990; Rejudging the Business Judgment Rule, 48 The Business Lawyer 1337 (1993); Let Stockholders Decide: The Maryland Director and Officer Liability Statute of 1988, 18 University of Baltimore Law Review, 1989; Giving at the Office: A Reappraisal of Charitable Contributions by Corporations, 54 The Business Lawyer 965, 1999. Visiting Professor and Distinguished Lawyer in Residence, Fall Semester, 1993. Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 1994—. Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern Law School, Fall 1997—. Commerzbank Visiting Professor of Law, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany. Law Clerk to Judge Charles Fahy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1967-1968. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

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