Associate Professor of Law
J.D., Yale Law School, 2009
Ph.D., Yale University, 2011
B.S., Ohio State University, 2002
B.A., Ohio State University, 2002
Quinn Curtis joined the law faculty in 2011. He teaches corporations, securities and real estate law. His research focuses on empirical law and finance and includes work on mutual funds, corporate governance and mortgages.
Curtis received his undergraduate degrees in philosophy and physics magna cum laude from Ohio State University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an articles editor on the Yale Law Journal. He received his Ph.D. in finance from Yale School of Management in 2011. Prior to attending law school, Curtis worked as a software engineer at Microsoft Corporation.
Publications
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"Taking Exit Rights Seriously: Why Governance and Fee Litigation Don’t Work in Mutual Funds" (with John Morley), 120 Yale L.J. 84 (2010).
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"An Empirical Study of Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Litigation: Do the Merits Matter?" (with John Morley) 30 J.L. Econ. & Org. __ (forthcoming).
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Working Papers
"Schoon-er or Later?: Board Structure and the Dynamics of Corporate Governance" (with Michal Barzuza)
"Investor and Fiduciary Losses in 401(k) Plans" (with Ian Ayres)
"Enabling Mutual Fund Arbitrage: Short Redemptions and Improved Performance Guarantees" (with Ian Ayres)
"Foreclosure Law and Mortgage Origination in the Prime and Subprime Markets"
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