John S. Beasley II Professor of Law and Business
.Director, Law & Business Program
.Director, LL.M. Program
.Director, Vanderbilt-in-Venice Program
.Professor of Management
Shareholder activism, corporate and securities litigation, executive compensation, corporate voting
Education
Ph.D. (Economics), J.D. University of Michigan
B.A. Haverford College
Biography
Randall Thomas has earned a reputation of being one of the most productive and thoughtful corporate and securities law scholars in the nation. His recent work addresses issues such as hedge fund shareholder activism, executive compensation, corporate voting, corporate litigation and the structure of firms. He joined the Vanderbilt law faculty in 2000 to develop and direct the Law & Business Program, having served previously in on the law faculties of the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Duke University, Boston University, and the University of Washington. Prior to teaching law, Professor Thomas was in private practice for four years, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Charles Joiner of the Eastern District of Michigan. An acclaimed teacher, Professor Thomas teaches courses in the area of corporate law, including corporations and securities regulation and directs the law school's LL.M. program and its Summer in Venice academic program.
Representative Publications
Articles
"Does Private Equity Create Wealth?", 76 University of Chicago Law Review 219 (2009) (with Ronald Masulis)