Jerry Markham is a prolific, nationally recognized scholar and proven classroom teacher in the fields of corporate finance, banking, securities and derivatives.
Jerry Markham is a Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law at Miami. He was previously a tenured Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina for 12 years. Before that, he served for 10 years as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Law in Washington, D.C.
Professor Markham’s published works have been cited by the Supreme Court, numerous other federal and state courts and in some 700 professional publications. Professor Markham’s three-volume Financial History of the United States was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
Prior to academia, Professor Markham served as Secretary and Counsel for the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc (CBOE); as Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission; as an attorney at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and partner in the international firm of Rogers and Wells (now Clifford Chance).
Professor Markham's Curriculum Vitae
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Law
Florida International University College of Law at Miami
2003-Present
Subjects: Business Associations, International Business Transactions, Banking, Securities Regulation and International Litigation
Lecturer: Sydney, Australia (June 2001); Fukuoka, Japan (March 1998); Mexico City, Mexico (October 1997); Bangkok, Thailand (May 1997); Beijing, China (January 1995); Warsaw, Poland (February 1995); University of Lyon (Spring 1994); Montevideo, Uruguay (July 1992); London, England (1989 and 2014).
Author of A Financial History of the United States, a three volume history selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2002.
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
1991-2003
Chairman, Securities Education Institute Inc. and Futures Education Institute Inc.
1993-1998
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
l981-1991
Partner, Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance), Washington, D.C.
l982-1991 (Associate 1978-1982)
Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1975-1978
Secretary and Counsel, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
1974-1975
Attorney, Office of General Counsel, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
1972-1974
MEMBER:
Board of Directors, Nomura Derivative Products, Inc.
2000-2021
Board of Advisors, University of North Carolina Banking Institute
1997-Present
Financial Products Advisory Committee of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1997-1999
LEGAL EDUCATION
LL.M., Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
1974
J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law
1972
Activities and Honors:
Editor-In-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal
Order of the Coif
Class Standing: 1 of 154
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
B.S., Western Kentucky University
1969