Stephen Ware

Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law at The University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

About

Stephen Ware is the Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas (KU). He is the author of four books, over 50 law review articles and many other publications. His writings have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and in at least 36 other federal and state cases. Ware teaches and writes on: - Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution, - Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Debt Collection, - Contracts and Commercial Law, and - Judicial Selection, each with an international or comparative dimension. Ware has testified before both houses of the U.S. Congress, several state legislatures and, as an expert witness, in court. He is a frequent guest lecturer and speaker at academic and professional conferences throughout the U.S. and in several other countries. He has appeared on numerous television and radio stations and been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, National Law Journal and many other news outlets. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI) and has served, at various times in his career, on the editorial board of the Journal of Legal Education and as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

Experience

  • The University of Kansas (23 yrs 7 mos)
    • Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law
      Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    • Frank Edwards Tyler Distinguished Professor of Law
      Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    • Professor Of Law
      2003 - Aug 2019 · 16 yrs 8 mos

  • Expert Witness at Stephen Ware
    2005 - Present · 21 yrs 7 mos

    Testifying and consulting expert.

  • Arbitrator at American Arbitration Association
    2005 - 2017 · 12 yrs

  • Professor of Law at Samford University
    1993 - 2003 · 10 yrs

    Cumberland School of Law.

  • Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    1991 - 1993 · 2 yrs