Paul R. Verkuil

Counsel
New York City

t: 212 446 2365
f: 212 446 2350

pverkuil@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Antitrust

Investigations / Corporate Governance

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1967; Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review; Raven Society; Dupont Scholarship

New York University, J.S.D., 1972; Order of the Coif; NYU Outstanding Scholarship Award

College of William & Mary, A.B., English Literature, 1961

Admissions

New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia

United States Supreme Court

Mr. Verkuil works on complex corporate and regulatory matters on behalf of clients such as Tyco, Caesars Entertainment, Host Marriott and Phillip Morris. He formerly practiced with Cravath, Swaine and Moore and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison where he worked on complex antitrust and corporate litigation. He began teaching at the University of North Carolina in 1971. He then served as Dean of the Tulane Law School and President of the College of William & Mary. In 1992 he became CEO of the American Automobile Association for three years.

Mr. Verkuil has served as an arbitrator on numerous occasions and as a special master. In 1994, he was appointed Special Master by the U.S. Supreme Court in the original jurisdiction case of New Jersey v. New York, which determined sovereignty to Ellis Island in New York harbor. In 1997, he became Dean of Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University where he is currently Professor of Law. He has written over 60 articles on public law subjects and is coauthor of Administrative Law and Process (4th ed 2004), the leading student treatise in the field, and of Regulation and Deregulation (2nd ed West 2004). His academic interests include government regulation and the protection of individual rights.

Mr. Verkuil is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, membership in which is limited to one-third of one percent of New York Lawyers. He is also a life fellow of the American Law Institute.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
American Law Institute (life member)
American Bar Association Fellows(life member)

Selected Publications

Administrative Law and Practice (4th ed. 2004)

Regulation and Deregulation (2d ed. 2004)

Outsourcing Sovereignty: Why Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy and What we can do About it (Cambridge University Press, 2007)