Michael Perino is currently the Dean George W. Matheson
Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law in New
York. Professor Perino’s primary areas of scholarly interest
are securities regulation and litigation, corporations, class
actions, and judicial decision making. Professor Perino has
also been a Visiting Professor at Cornell Law School (2005), the
Justin W. D’Atri Visiting Professor of Law, Business and Society at
Columbia Law School (2002), and a Lecturer and Co-Director of the
Roberts Program in Law, Business, and Corporate Governance at
Stanford Law School (1995-1998).
Professor Perino has authored numerous articles and monographs on
securities regulation, securities fraud, and class action
litigation. His latest book is
The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora’s Investigation
of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance
(Penguin Press 2010). He has testified in both the United States
Senate and the House of Representatives and is frequently quoted in
the media on securities and corporate matters. Professor
Perino's comments have appeared and his research has
been profiled in the New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal, the Economist, Business Week, the
Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, the
Washington Post, and many other publications. He has
also appeared on National Public Radio's This American
Life, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and
Marketplace. Professor Perino's television
appearances include Bill Moyers’ Journal and CNBC
news.
The SEC has retained Professor Perino to provide it with a report and
recommendations on the adequacy of arbitrator conflict
disclosure requirements in securities arbitration. Professor
Perino was also one of the principal developers of Stanford Law School’s
Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, which was nominated by
the Smithsonian Institution for the 1997 Computerworld-Smithsonian
Award as one of the five most important applications of information
technology created by an educational institution. In 2008, he
received the U.S Chamber of Commerce’s award for outstanding
research on legal reform issues.
Professor Perino received his LL.M. degree from Columbia Law
School, where he was valedictorian, a James Kent Scholar, and the
recipient of the Walter Gellhorn Prize for outstanding proficiency
in legal studies. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law
School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.