Stephen B. Presser

Presser, Stephen B.

Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History

Phone: (312) 503-8371
E-mail: s-presser@law.northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)



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Stephen Presser is a leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts. He is frequently an invited witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on issues of constitutional law. He holds a joint appointment with the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and also teaches in Northwestern's history department.

Areas of Expertise

  • Business Associations
  • Legal History

Courses

Selected Publications

  • An Introduction to the Law of Business Organizations (Thomson/West, 2005).
  • The Teacher’s Manual for the 6th edition of his casebook Law and Jurisprudence in American History (Thomson/West) (with Jamil S. Zanaldin).
  • Annual supplement to his treatise Piercing the Corporate Veil (West Group, 2000).
  • Recapturing the Constitution: Race, Religion, and Abortion Reconsidered (Regnery, 1994).
  • The 2005 supplement to The American Constitutional Order: History, Cases, and Philosophy, 2nd edition (2004) (with Douglas W. Kmiec, John C. Eastman, and Raymond B. Marcin).

Joint Appointments

Education

  • AB cum laude, Harvard University
  • JD magna cum laude, Harvard University

Prior Appointments

  • Class of 1940 Research Professor, 1992-1993, Northwestern School of Law
  • Professor of Law, 1979-1992, Northwestern School of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law, 1977-1979, Northwestern School of Law
  • Assistant Professor of Law, 1974-1977, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
  • Attorney, 1972-1974, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
  • Law Clerk, 1971-1972, Hon. Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Recent Consulting Activities

  • Board of Advisors, Common Good
  • Board of Advisors, Texas Review of Law and Politics
  • Board of Advisors, Washington Legal Foundation
  • Board of Advisors, Center for Individual Rights
  • Constitutional Issues Advisor, Citizens Flag Association
  • Consultant, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood