Donald G. Kempf Law

Since 2006, I have been teaching “Government Regulation of Business” at the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder Colorado.The course surveys the legal, economic and policy framework that governs American business. In doing so, it examines the core principles that guide our economy and, against the backdrop of the proposition that non-regulated markets are generally preferred, introduces a number or areas of regulation, including antitrust, securities, environmental, patents, health-care, advertising and information and consumer protection. The course critically examines economic rationales, legal ground rules and regulatory models. One objective of the course is to enable students to gain a good understanding of how government intervention has actually played out in selected markets. The course also examines markets that, though once regulated, have since been deregulated.

II revise the both course content and readings each year in light of current developments so that the course remains topical and interesting. This is reflected in the syllabus for the course. I use a “speaking” syllabus that has a short, introductory “teaser” paragraph for each class session designed to stimulate student thinking about the subjects to be covered during that session prior to our class meeting. You can see the full syllabus for each year by clicking on the years below.

2008

2007

2006

My profile on the law school web site is as follows:

Adjunct Faculty
Donald G. Kempf, Jr.

Educational Background:
A.B. Villanova University
L.L.B. Harvard Law School
M.B.A. University of Chicago

Bio:
Don Kempf currently serves as a Senior Advisor at both Gleacher Partners, a leading independent investment bank, and Blaqwell, Inc., independent consultants for the legal industry, an AAA- and CPR-certified arbitrator and mediator, an adjunct professor of law and a private practioner. He served as executive vice president, chief legal officer, secretary and a member of the management committee of Morgan Stanley from December 1999 until his retirement in 2005. Don began his legal career in 1965 at Kirkland & Ellis, served on its management committee from 1981 to 1998 and retired as a senior partner in 2000 after joining Morgan Stanley.

A trial lawyer, Don has handled a wide variety of matters, including complex securities, antitrust, patent, employment, commercial and corporate transaction-related cases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Don was a Commissioner on the Antitrust Modernization Commission from 2004 to 2007. He has served in the Marine Corps, as a trustee and vice president of the American Inns of Court and as president of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and the Chicago and New York Inns of Court. Don has also served on the visiting committee at the Harvard Law School and is a past chair of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Committee to Enhance Diversity in the Profession. He was a founding director of Equal Justice Works and is a former director and chairman of Metropolitan Family Services/United Charities of Chicago. Don has served on the boards of trustees of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New York City Opera, the advisory board of CorporateProBono.Org and corporate counsel board of the National Center for State Courts. He is an emeritus member of the Association of General Counsel.

Courses:
Summer 2008 Government Regulation of Business LAWS 7221-001

Summer 2007 Government Regulation of Business LAWS 7221-001

Summer 2006 Government Regulation of Business LAWS 7221-100

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