
J.D., Yale Law School
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Jonathon Zytnick is an Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown Law, where he writes and teaches about corporate governance, shareholder voting, and financial regulation. His research has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Midwest Finance Association’s Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, the John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award, the Northern Finance Association’s Best Paper in Corporate Finance, and the American Law and Economics Association’s Best Paper Award. His work has appeared in the Journal of Financial Economics, the American Law and Economics Review, and the New York Times. Before joining Georgetown, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at NYU’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance, Counsel to SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson, a corporate associate at Paul, Weiss, and a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD in Economics from Columbia University.
"A Proxy War in Texas," The New York Times, July 30, 2025, featuring Associate Professor Jonathon Zytnick.
"Imputing Proxy Advisor Recommendations," an opinion piece by Associate Professor Jonathon Zytnick, in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, August 12, 2024.
"Elon Musk Bought Twitter. Now He Must Own It," an opinion piece by Associate Professor Jonathon Zytnick, in The New York Times, July 14, 2022.