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In 2025, my work spanned the boardroom, courtroom, legislature, and classroom—each influencing the others in real time.
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
🏛️ 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 – 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Served as Governance Advisor to Tesla’s Special Committee of the Board. Guided fiduciary compliance under Texas law for the groundbreaking $1 trillion 2025 CEO Performance Award—overwhelmingly approved by shareholders, validating rigor, alignment, and legitimacy.
⚖️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 – 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆
Delivered expert testimony in landmark cases:
• DOJ v. @Google – M&A and governance implications of antitrust remedies
• VLSI v. @intel – Private equity structures in multi-billion-dollar patent litigation
• National Instruments Securities Litigation – Hostile M&A dynamics in Emerson’s $8.2B bid
📜 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 – 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺
Invited expert witness for Texas’s 89th Session (SB 29 & HB 15). Helped modernize fiduciary standards, codify the business judgment rule, and establish the Texas Business Court—positioning Texas as a true jurisdictional rival to Delaware.
🎓 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
As Executive Director of the SMU Corporate Governance Initiative and Editor of The Hilltop Forum, we advanced rigorous dialogue on governance, M&A, and policy.
One lesson echoed across every setting: Rigor, independence, and process matter most when the stakes are highest.
Grateful to the directors, counsel, policymakers, and colleagues whose partnership makes this work possible.
Onward to 2026—committed to thoughtful governance and institutions that endure.
#CorporateGovernance #MergersAndAcquisitions #PrivateEquity #Antitrust #ExpertWitness #FiduciaryDuty #TexasLaw #BoardLeadership #CapitalMarkets #SMUCox @SMUCox @SMULawSchool
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