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    Alton B. Harris

    Partner


    • Chicago
    • Office312.977.4434
    • abharris@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Al is a frequent writer and lecturer on the financial markets, financial regulation, and corporate governance.
     

    As an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University Law School, he teaches courses on the regulation of derivative products and the financial markets. He also has served as an adjunct professor in the Graduate Program in Financial Services Law at IIT – Chicago Kent College of Law, where he taught courses on the regulation of money managers.

    Practice Areas

    Corporate & Finance

    Industries

    Financial Services

    My focus

    • The regulation of financial institutions, financial products, and financial services
    • Corporate governance and finance

    Publications

    Al is a co-author of the forthcoming book, Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work. The book, according to the authors, “provides a how-to series of unique, sensible, and effective techniques for women to use to break through gender bias in the workplace and win at the career advancement game.” The book is scheduled for publication in May of 2016.

    • Credit Derivatives Post-Enron, Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse of Enron and Other Major Corporations, 06/01/03
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    • Corporate Governance: Pre-Enron and Post-Enron, Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse of Enron and Other Major Corporations, 06/01/03
    • Corporate Governance After Enron, Taxation of Financial Products, 09/01/02

    Teaching

    • Adjunct professor, Law at Northwestern University Law School
    • Adjunct professor in the Graduate Program in Financial Services Law at IIT – Chicago Kent College of Law

    Admitted to practice

    Illinois

    Education

    Harvard Law School, J.D.
    Harvard University, B.A.

    Professional activities

    • American Law Institute
    • American Bar Foundation
    • Legal Advisory Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Former Member
    • Columbia College Chicago, Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees
    • Illinois Humanities Council, Past Chairman of the Board of Directors

    Recognition

    • The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 for Securities Regulation; and Securities/Capital Markets Law; Litigation—Securities (2007-2020); Best Lawyers® 2022 and 2018 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago; listed since 2007.
    • Illinois Super Lawyers—Banking & Financial, 2005–2012
    • Named by the National Law Journal as one of the 50 outstanding securities lawyers in the United States

    News Mentions

    • Attorney at Law Magazine (Chicago)

      Navigating Gender Bias on the Road to Professional Success

      Chicago partner Al Harris is profiled in this story with his wife, Andrea S. “Andie” Kramer. Al and Andie are committed to correcting the disparity in the career achievement gap between women and men. Al and Andie’s collaboration on the forthcoming book, Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work, is noted.
      Sep 1, 2015

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