Kenneth E. Scott
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- Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus
Biography
Kenneth E. Scott, JD ’56, law and business professor emeritus and Hoover Institution senior research fellow, was a leading scholar in the fields of corporate finance reform and corporate governance who wrote extensively on federal deposit insurance issues and federal banking regulation. His recent research concentrated on legislative and policy developments related to the current financial crisis, comparative corporate governance, and financial regulation.
Professor Scott had extensive consulting experience, including work for the World Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Resolution Trust Corporation, and, most recently, the National Association of Securities Dealers (now FINRA). He was also a member of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, Financial Economists Roundtable, and the State Bar of California’s Financial Institutions Committee. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1968, he served as general counsel to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, chief deputy savings and loan commissioner of California and worked in private practice in New York with Sullivan & Cromwell.
Education
- BA College of William and Mary 1949
- MA Princeton University Graduate School 1953
- LLB Stanford Law School 1956
Related Organizations
Affiliations & Honors
- Member, Advisory Group, National Association of Securities Dealers
- Member (1985-Present), Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee
- Member (1993-Present), Financial Economist Roundtable
- Member (1986-1989, 1995-Present), State Bar California Financial Institutions Committee
- Banking Committee, American Bar Association, Administrative Law Section Chairman, 1973-1975
- Council Member, 1979-1989
Key Works
News
Governor Strikes At Debt Collection Abuse
Daily Journal
Professor Kenneth Scott spoke with the Daily Journal's Chase Scheinbaum on the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act and the possible consequences that could follow. Gov. Jerry Brown late last week signed into law a measure to protect consumers against the abusive debt-collection practices of debt buyers, such as "robo-signing" reviews…
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