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Chung, Christine Sgarlata
Assistant Professor of Law
Phone: 518-445-3389
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B.A., Amherst College (magna cum laude);
J.D., Harvard Law School (cum laude)
Christine Chung, recently promoted to assistant professor of law, joined the Albany Law's faculty in 2007 as clinical professor of law and director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic. She was previously a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, where she was a member of the firm's securities and white collar crime practice groups. While at Goodwin, Prof. Chung specialized in complex business litigation and civil and criminal securities-related enforcement matters, including proceedings involving the Department of Justice, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers (now known as FINRA) and various states attorneys general. She also specialized in compliance and risk management counseling for clients. Her clients included mutual funds, investment advisors, broker-dealers, bank holding companies, complex operating companies, officers, directors and employees.
Before joining Goodwin Procter, Prof. Chung served as a branch chief in the Branch Chief of the Enforcement Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, among other posts. As a member of the Enforcement Division, Prof. Chung specialized in investigating and litigating cases involving a wide range of alleged securities-related misconduct, including matters involving alleged financial reporting fraud, insider trading, and professional misconduct by accounting professionals.
Prof. Chung's research interests include regulatory architecture and regulatory reform, risk management (including systemic risk management), compliance, corporate governance and feminist jurisprudence, with a focus on the challenges facing financial institutions and their customers, investors and employees. She also is interested in exploring the historical underpinnings of current system of financial market regulation. She frequently presents on issues arising from the current financial crisis.
Professor Chung is co-director of the joint Albany Law School/UAlbany/ Institute for Financial Market Regulation.
Courses
Contracts I & IISecurities Arbitration Clinic
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