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Stephen L. Sepinuck
Professor of Law
Gonzaga University School of Law
Spokane, WA
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Education:
- A.B., Brown University, 1981
- J.D. cum laude, Boston University, 1984
- LL.M. in Taxation, New York University, 1987
Bio:
Professor Sepinuck has an A.B. in history from Brown University, a J.D. cum laude from Boston University, and an LL.M in Taxation from New York University.
In the 1980s, he specialized in creditors' rights and related commercial issues while practicing law in Florida and in the federal tax aspects of public and private financings while practicing in California. In 1989, he began teaching at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Two years later, he joined the faculty of Gonzaga University School of Law, where he teaches courses on Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, Sales, Contracts, Appellate Advocacy, and Constitutional Law.
Professor Sepinuck has authored articles on a variety of subjects, written five books, and won awards for both his teaching and his scholarship. In the 1990s, he served as an advisor to the Drafting Committee that revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and chaired its Task Force on Deposit Accounts. More recently, he was appointed as ABA Advisor to the new Joint Review Committee for Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. He also annually edits the survey of commercial law that appears in The Business Lawyer, and serves as Chair of the ABA's UCC Committee.
He is an elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (ACCFL), and the California State Bar UCC Committee. He is a former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, a current member of the Florida, Massachusetts and California bars, and Scholar in Residence at the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
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