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Richard  Kummert

Richard Kummert

D. Wayne & Anne Gittinger Professor of Law
Professor of Law

Professor Kummert practiced as an associate at the Los Angeles firm of O'Melveny & Myers for three years before joining the UW law school faculty in 1964. He teaches courses in business organization taxation, corporate law, and business planning to second and third year students, and serves as faculty advisor to the Washington Law Review. Professor Kummert is a member of the California bar. ...

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Joel  Ngugi

Joel Ngugi

Associate Professor of Law

Professor Ngugi joined the faculty in 2004.  His research interests include the role of law in economic development, the role of governments in market regulation and wealth allocation, and legal reforms in transition and developing economies. He teaches Contracts Law and Contracts Theory, Public and Private International Law (including courses in Law and Development, International Business Transactions, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rights, International Economic Law), and Business Organizations. Professor Ngugi was selected by the students as a Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year for 2004-05. ...

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Anita  Ramasastry

Anita Ramasastry

Director, Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology
D. Wayne & Anne Gittinger Professor of Law
Professor of Law

Professor Ramasastry joined the faculty in 1996. Her research interests include commercial law, banking and payments systems, law and development and comparative law. Her current research focuses on the accountability of economic actors in conflict and weak governance zones. During 2008, she will be a Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor at the Irish Center for Human Rights - NUI Galway. ...

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Toshiko  Takenaka

Toshiko Takenaka

Associate Director, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Director, CASRIP
Washington Research Foundation/W. Hunter Simpson Professor of Law
Professor of Law

Professor Takenaka, a Washington Research Foundation Simpson Professor of Law, joined the UW law school faculty in 1993 and teaches Patent Law, Advanced Patent Law, Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Innovations in Science and Technology. She is the Director of Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law and Policy LL.M. Program. ...

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