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Joseph A. Grundfest
Joseph A. Grundfest is a nationally prominent expert on capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation. His
scholarship has been published in the Harvard, Yale, and Stanford law reviews, and he has been recognized as one of the most
influential attorneys in the United States. Professor Grundfest founded the award-winning Stanford Securities Class Action
Clearinghouse, which provides detailed, online information about the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class
action securities fraud litigation. He also launched Stanford Law School’s executive education programs, and continues to
co-direct Directors' College, the nation's leading venue for the continuing professional education of directors of publicly
traded corporations. In addition, he co-directs the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, as well as
the Stanford Program in Law, Economics, and Business.
Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1990, Professor Grundfest was a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, served on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors as counsel and senior economist for legal and
regulatory matters, and was an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. Early in his career he was a research associate at the
Brookings Institution, and an economist and consultant with the RAND Corporation.
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