Professor; William J. Magavern Faculty Scholar; Co-Director of the Advocacy Institute; Vice Dean for Student Achievement
Research Focus: Civil Procedure, Antitrust, Evidence, Consumer Protection, Remedies
Links: Curriculum Vitae, SSRN
709 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
716-645-7399
cpb6@buffalo.edu
ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (Christine Bartholomew, co-ed., ABA Antitrust Section, (2025).
LEGAL ARGUMENT: THE STRUCTURE AND EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE OF EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY (with James A. Gardner) (Carolina Academic Press, 3rd ed. 2020)
Beyond the Podium: The Pedagogical Value of Written Motions in Limine in Trial Advocacy Competitions (with Jennifer Scharf), SYRACUSE LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2026).
Grounded: How DOJ Merger Analysis Left Consumers Stranded (with Deja Graham), VILLANOVA LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2026).
The Dark Side of Antitrust Statements of Interest, 49 JOURNAL OF CORPORATION LAW 233 (2024).
Playing Nicely with Others: How and Why Antitrust Enforcers Should Work Together, 85 ANTITRUST JOURNAL (2023).
Antitrust Class Actions in the Wake of Procedural Reform, 97 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1315 (2022)
Antitrust Norms in the United States and Financial Corruption, in XLIJORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE DERECHO PENAL, CRIMINAL, CONTEMPORÁNEA Y CORRUPCIÓN: ¿EFECTIVIDAD DEL LA PENA PRIVATIVA DE LA LIBERTAD? (Universidad Externado de Colombia 2021) (translated into Spanish)
Privilege and the Fight Against Corruption in the United States, in XLIJORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE DERECHO PENAL, CRIMINAL, CONTEMPORÁNEA Y CORRUPCIÓN: ¿EFECTIVIDAD DEL LA PENA PRIVATIVA DE LA LIBERTAD? (Universidad Externado de Colombia 2021) (translated into Spanish)
The Venue Shuffle: Forum Selection Clauses & ERISA (with James A. Wooten), 66 UCLA LAW REVIEW 862, 862-910 (April 2019)
E-Notice, DUKE LAW REVIEW vol. 68 (2018)
Exorcising the Clergy Privilege, VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW vol. 103 (2017)
The Failed Superiority Experiment, VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW vol. 69 (2016)
Twiqbal in Context, JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION vol. 65 (2016)
Saving Charitable Settlements, FORDHAM LAW REVIEW vol. 83 (2015)
Redefining Prey and Predator in Class Actions, BROOKLYN LAW REVIEW (2015)
Death by Daubert: The Continued Attack on Private Antitrust, CARDOZO LAW REVIEW vol. 101 (2014)
Time: An Empirical Analysis of Law Student Time Management Deficiencies, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW vol. 81 (2013)
For the Love of the Case File, THE SECOND DRAFT: JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING INSTRUCTION vol. 25 (Spring 2011)
Normalizing Trepidation and Anxiety, DUQUESNE LAW REVIEW vol. 48: (2010)
Damages and Injunctive Relief, in CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST & UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW, (State Bar of California, 2008) (contributing author) Vol. I & II
The Portrayal of the Legal System in Young Adult Literature, 2 DAVIS JOURNAL OF JUVENILE LAW & POLICY vol. 17 (1998)
Preserving Incentive Awards, Jotwell (February 2025) (reviewing Alexander J. Noronha, On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated: Class Representative & Equitable Compensation, 122 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 733 (2024)).
The Attorney-Client Privilege Goes to Washington, JOTWELL (March 2024) (reviewing David Rapallo, House Rules: Congress and the Attorney Client Privilege, 100 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 455 (2022)).
Refashioning Old Tools for Modern Society, Jotwell (Oct. 24, 2022) (reviewing Peter Ormerod, Privacy Qui Tams, 98 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 267 (2022).
A Post Minimum Contacts World, Jotwell (April 4, 2022) (reviewing Patrick J. Borchers, Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court and “Corporate Tag Jurisdiction” in the Pennoyer Era, 72 CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW 45 (2021).
Avoiding and Surviving a Daubert Motion, in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (ABA Antitrust Section) (2025) (contributing author).
Daubert Inquiries in Class Certification Proceedings, in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (ABA Antitrust Section) (2025) (lead author).
Daubert Motions for Class Certification vs. Proceedings on the Merits (Introductory Chapter), in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (ABA Antitrust Section) (2025) (contributing author).
Expert Qualifications, in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (ABA Antitrust Section) (2025) .
If and When to Bring a Daubert Challenge, in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK (ABA Antitrust Section) (2025) (lead author).
Motions for Class Certification vs. Proceedings on the Merits, in ANTITRUST DAUBERT HANDBOOK, ABA Antitrust Section (2021)
Brief of Complex Litigation Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (U.S. 2021) (No. 20-297) (co-lead author)
Brief of Scholars as Amici Curiae Supporting Petition for Certiorari, Robertson v. U.S. District Court, (U.S. 2019) (No. 18-1341) (co-lead author)
Brief of Antitrust Law Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Petition for Certiorari, AFMS LLC v. United Parcel Services, Inc. & FedEx Corp., 138 S. Ct. 1180 (U.S. 2018) (No. 17-1092) (lead author)
Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting PlaintiffAppellant’s Petition for Rehearing, or In the Alternative, Rehearing En Banc, AFMS LLC v. United Parcel Services, Inc. & FedEx Corp., 696 Fed. Appx. 293 (9th Cir. 2017) (No. 15- 55778) (contributing author)
