David E. Pierce, Professor of Law, Named Director of The Business and Transactional Law Center at Washburn University School of Law
David E. Pierce, professor of law, has been named director of The Business and Transactional Law Center at Washburn University School of Law. Pierce succeeds Steven Ramirez who served as the center's director before joining the faculty at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Bradley T. Borden, associate professor of law, served as acting center director and will continue as faculty member of the center specializing in federal income tax, focusing on partnership, corporate, and real estate taxation. Other Business and Transactional Center faculty include Ronald C. Griffin, professor of law; Janet Thompson Jackson, director of the Small Business and Transactional Law Clinic and associate professor of law; L. Ali Khan, professor of law; and Robert J. Rhee, associate professor of law.
Pierce received a juris doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 1977 and earned a master's of law at the University of Utah in 1983. Following graduation from Washburn Law, Pierce was a solo practitioner in Neodesha, Kansas, and city attorney for Cherryvale, Kansas. After completing his master's degree, he worked as an oil and gas attorney for Shell Oil Company. Pierce is a nationally recognized expert in oil and gas law and the author of a number of books including co-authorship of Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law, which is used as a textbook by law schools across the country.
Pierce teaches contracts, transactional drafting, property, oil and gas law, and energy law. He has taught at Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, University of Tulsa College of Law, University of Houston Law Center, and University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas. He has served as the visiting chair of Natural Resources Law at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a member of the American Law Institute.
The Business and Transactional Law Center at Washburn University School of Law provides students with additional educational opportunities to expand their knowledge in business law while developing the essential skills of the transactional lawyer. The hands-on involvement of our alumni actively engaged in business and transactional law also allows the center to accomplish a major subsidiary goal: making the law school experience more realistic, and relevant, by providing additional opportunities to "bridge the gap" between theory and practice. The ultimate outcome from these efforts will be graduates who possess the knowledge and professional skills required to effectively represent their clients.
