James Spindler

James Spindler is visiting from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he is Assistant Professor of Law and Business. Professor Spindler specializes in securities markets regulation and corporate governance. His recent research interests include the role that disclosure rules play in deterring corporate fraud, the effect of the securities laws on business and entrepreneurial activity, and the links between executive compensation and corporate governance. 

Before joining USC Law in 2005, Professor Spindler was at the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Visiting Assistant Professor and Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. He also was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, and a Teaching Fellow in the Harvard Economics Department. Prior to teaching, Professor Spindler practiced securities and banking law in Hong Kong and New York with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Professor Spindler graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He holds an MA and CPhil in Economics from UCLA, where he is a PhD candidate (expected 2010).