G. Marcus Cole is the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at the

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. He is an expert on the law of

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, corporate reorganization, and venture capital.

Biography

Education

Cole obtained his bachelor's degree in applied economics from Cornell University in 1989, and then studied law at Northwestern University, where he received his J.D. in 1993.

Career

He became an associate with the Chicago law firm of Mayer Brown, and then clerked for Judge

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of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He joined the faculty of Stanford Law School in 1997 and was Wm. Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott professor of law. He also taught for Law Preview, the law school prep course. He has also served on the editorial board of the Cato Supreme Court Review, the advisory board of the Independent Institute's Center on Culture and Civil Society, the academic advisory board of BARBRI, and as a member of the

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’s Bankruptcy Judicial Advisory Committee. Other civic and charitable organizations he served on the board of include the Central Pacific Region of the

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and Businesses United in Investing, Lending and Development (BUILD). He also served as president of the board of directors of Rocketship Education and was served on the board of trustees of

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Notre Dame

In 2019, he was appointed Joseph A. Matson Dean of the

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and professor of law at the University of Notre Dame by University President Rev.

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, C.S.C. He started his term on July 1 of that year.

Personal life

Cole is a practicing Catholic. His son, Claude, plays football at the University of Wyoming.

Publications

*''Delaware is Not a State: Are We Witnessing Jurisdictional Competition in Bankruptcy?'', 55 ''

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'' 1845-1916 (November 2002).

References

External links

Cole
at Stanford Law School
Law Preview Professors Page
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