Walter A. Effross is a Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, DC, where he teaches, among other courses, Business Associations, Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Corporate Bankruptcy, and Negotiable Instruments.

     He is the author of Keeping Your Own Counsel: Simple Strategies and Secrets for Success in Law School (2023); and of Corporate Governance: Principles, Practices and Provisions (3d ed. 2022), which features numerous examples from the headlines and from popular culture, and presents practical, operational approaches to emerging challenges in governance.  Some posts on this blog contain material adapted from one or both of these books.

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