Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy—Season 5

Eric Talley, co-host

Eric Talley, Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, is an expert on the intersection of corporate law, governance, and finance. As a co-director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Talley directs research and programs focused on the future of corporate governance and performance. He is a frequent commentator in the national media, and he speaks regularly to corporate boards, judges, and regulators on issues pertaining to fiduciary duties, governance, and finance. He is a graduate of the University of California San Diego, and he earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. Talley also hosted the first four seasons of Beyond Unprecedented.

Dorothy S. Lund, co-host

Dorothy S. Lund, Columbia 1982 Alumna Professor of Law and co-director of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, teaches and writes extensively on corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Lund’s work has been published in the Columbia Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law, and Stanford Law Review, among other journals. She has also written for popular publications including The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Several of her articles have been voted among the top 10 corporate and securities law articles of the year. Before entering academia, Lund clerked for Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Supreme Court and Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. She also practiced corporate law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. Lund hosted the fourth season of Beyond Unprecedented.

Jim Millstein ’82 is the co-chairman of Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, and was previously the founder and CEO at Millstein & Co. At both firms, Millstein has worked on many of the largest Chapter 11 restructurings of the past decade, including Hertz, Caesars, PG&E, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and American Airlines. Prior to founding his own firm, Millstein was the chief restructuring officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2009 to March 2011. In that role, he was responsible for oversight and management of the department's largest TARP investments in the financial sector and was the principal architect of AIG’s restructuring and recapitalization. Millstein also was global co-head of corporate restructuring at Lazard and ran the restructuring practice at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School, where he also received his J.D. and serves as Chair of the Millstein Center Advisory Board, and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Millstein earned an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in politics from Princeton University.

About the Series
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