B.A., Vanderbilt; J.D., University of Virginia
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Professor Thompson teaches courses in the corporate and securities area, including mergers and limited liability. He joined the Georgetown faculty in 2010 after visiting in 2009-10. Previous positions include service as the New York Alumni Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Professor of Management at Vanderbilt University and the George Alexander Madill Professor of Law at Washington University. He has visited at New York University and Northwestern University and has taught intensive courses at the University of Sydney. He has authored or co-authored casebooks on corporations and on mergers, treatises on Close Corporations and Oppression of Minority Shareholders and LLC Members, and more than 50 articles. Professor Thompson has testified before committees of Congress, a state legislature, and the New York Stock Exchange. He has served since 1991 as editor of the Corporate Practice Commentator, served as an adviser for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of Agency and chaired two sections of the Association of American Law Schools.
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
"Prof. Robert P. Thompson Shares Insights on Securities Law at ND Law Patricia O'Hara Distinguished Lecture in Law & Business," coverage in University of Notre Dame - The Law School, April 8, 2024, featuring Professor Robert B. Thompson.
"Suing Zuckerberg Is Easy. Making a Privacy Case Stick Is Harder," coverage in Bloomberg Law, May 25, 2022, featuring Professor Robert Thompson.
"Goldman Ruling Unlikely To Move Needle On Class Actions," coverage by Law 360, June 22, 2021, featuring Professor Robert B. Thompson.
"US businesses want immunity from coronavirus lawsuits," coverage in Quartz, April 24, 2020, featuring Professor Robert Thompson.