SCOTT F. NORBERG Florida International University College of Law 11200 S.W. 8 th Street University Park Miami, Florida 333199 norberg@fiu.edu (305) 348-8348 EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION: Florida International University College of Law, Professor of Law, 2001-present; Founding Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2001-2005; Director, Foreign Summer Program in Sevilla, Spain, Summer 2009 American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Deputy Managing Director, 2011-2014 (on leave from FIU); Accreditation Project Director of Data Policy and Collection, 2014-2015 University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Visiting Professor of Law, 1999-2001 Mississippi College School of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1996-1999; Professor of Law, 1998-2001; Associate Professor of Law, 1994-1997; Assistant Professor of Law, 1992-1994 University of North Carolina School of Law, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Summer 1996 Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986-1992 J.D. with honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1986 North Carolina Law Review Order of the Coif B.A. (English), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 President of the Student Body, 1981-1982 Frank Porter Graham Award (University s highest award, for most outstanding contribution to the ideals of peace, dignity and equality among men in the University community )
PUBLICATIONS: Bankruptcy and Higher Education Institutions, St. John s University School of Law Symposium, 23 AM. BANKR. INST. L. REV. (2015). Contract Claims and the Willful and Malicious Injury Exception to the Discharge in Bankruptcy, 88 AM. BANKR. L.J. 175 (2014). Report on an Empirical Study of District Variations, and the Roles of Judges, Trustees and Debtors Attorneys in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases, 81 AM. BANKR. L.J. 431 (2007) (with Nadja Campo). Chapter 13 Project: Little Paid to Unsecureds, A.B.I. Journal, Vol XXVI, No. 2 (March 2007), pp. 1, 54-56. Debtor Fresh Start and Creditor Repayment in Chapter 13, 39 CREIGHTON L. REV. 473 (2006) (with Andrew Velkey). Consumer Bankruptcy s New Clothes: An Empirical Study of Discharge and Debt Collection in Chapter 13, 7 ABI L. Rev. 415 (1999). The Bankruptcy Review Commission Recommendation on Classification of Claims in Chapter 11, 18 MISS. COLL. L. REV. 411 (1998). Foreword, Bankruptcy Law Symposium, 18 MISS. COLL. L. REV. 1 (1998) (with Todd J. Zywicki). Debtor Incentives, Agency Costs and Voting Theory in Chapter 11, 46 KAN. L. REV. 1 (1998). Classification of Claims Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code: The Fallacy of Interest Based Classification, 60 AM. BANKR. L.J. 119 (1995). Avoidability of Intercorporate Guarantees Under Sections 548(a)(2) and 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, 64 N.C.L.REV. 1099 (1986). WORKS IN PROGRESS: The Case for an ABA Accreditation Standard on Employment Outcomes Fraudulent Transfers and the Debtor Discharge in Bankruptcy Treatise on the Exceptions to Discharge in Bankruptcy 2
TEACHING AWARDS: Florida International University Excellence in Teaching Award (one of three teaching awards given annually by the University), 2011 Professor of the Year (Florida International University College of Law), 2008-2009 First-Year Professor of the Year (Mississippi College School of Law), 1994-1995 Professor of the Year (Mississippi College School of Law), 1995-1996 COURSES TAUGHT: Contracts Bankruptcy Law Sales International and Comparative Sales Sales and Electronic Commerce Seminar Advanced Bankruptcy Law Seminar Secured Transactions LAW SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES: Florida International University Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2014-present Member, University Faculty Senate, 2016-present Chair, Academic Standards Committee, 2009-2011, 2006-2007 Member, Law Dean Search and Screen Committee, 2009 Member, University SACS Accreditation Review Committee, 2008-2010 Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, 2009-2010, 2005-2006, 2001-2002 Chair, Library Committee, 2009-2010 Chair, Academic Culture Committee, 2008-2009 Chair, AALS Self-Study Committee, 2007-2009 Chair, Academic Standards Committee, 2006-2007 Chair, Academic Support Committee, 2003-2007 Chair, Clinical Programs Committee, 2006-2007 Chair, ABA Self-Study Committee, 2002-2003, 2005-2006 Chair, Law School Admissions Committee. 2001-2002 Chair, Law School Director of Advancement Search and Screen Committee, 2002 Chair, Law Library Position Search and Screen, 2001-2002 Member, Curriculum Committee, 2002-2005 Member, Faculty Appointments Committee, 2002-2003 Member, Law School Bylaws Revision Committee, 2005-2006 Mississippi College Chair, Law School Strategic Planning Committee, 1997-1998 Chair, Law School Self Study Committee, 1997-1998 3
Member, Law School Dean Search Committee, 1998-1999 Member, Law School Academic Program Committee, 1996-1999 Member, University Strategic Planning Committee, 1994-1999 Member, University Student Services Committee, 1996-1999 Member, University Faculty Senate Member, Law School Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1994-1996 Member, Law School Admissions Committee, 1992-1994 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES: Chair, ABA Site Evaluation Team for Concordia University School of Law, Fall 2016 Member, Standards Review Committee, American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 2016-present Member, Data Policy and Collection Committee (formerly Questionnaire Committee), American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 2014-2015-2016, 2009-2011 Member and AALS Representative, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for Emory University School of Law, Spring 2015 Chair, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for University of Baltimore School of Law, Fall 2010 Member, St. John s University School of Law LL.M. in Bankruptcy Advisory Board, 1999- present Member and AALS Representative, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for University of Arkansas, Little Rock School of Law, Spring 2009 Chair, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for University of South Carolina School of Law, Fall 2008 Member, ABA Site Evaluation Team for Charlotte School of Law, September 2007 Member, The Florida Bar, Committee on Professionalism, 2005-2006 Member, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, 1998-1999 Chair, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for University of Dayton School of Law, March 2001 Member and AALS Representative, ABA Site Evaluation Team for Hamline University 4
School of Law, November 2000 American Bar Association Site Evaluator for Notre Dame University School of Law Foreign Summer Program in London, England, June 2000 Member, ABA Site Evaluation Team for John Marshall College of Law (Atlanta), January 2000 Member, ABA and AALS Site Evaluation Team for Washburn University School of Law, November 1999 American Bar Association Site Evaluator for proposed LL.M. in Bankruptcy Program at St. John s University School of Law, November 1998 Reporter, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, 1994-1999 Barrister, Charles Clark American Inn of Court, 1994-1999 Chair, Mayor s Task Force on Police and Public Safety, Jackson, Mississippi, 1997 Lecturer on Bankruptcy Law, West Bar Review, 1997 Board of Directors, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc., 1996 Board of Directors, Atlanta Bar Association Section on Bankruptcy Law, 1991-92 Board of Directors, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers, 1990-92 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: Panelist, Current Critical Issues for Deans (A Discussion for Deans, Associate Deans and Faculty), Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (Summer 2016) Moderator, Panel on Distance Education, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (upcoming Summer 2016) Panelist, National Association for Law Placement Annual Meeting Program on the ABA s Protocol for Reviewing Law Graduate Employment Data (upcoming Spring 2016) Trends in Legal Education, FIU College of Law (Spring 2016) National Association for Law Placement Webinar on ABA Protocol for Reviewing Law Graduate Employment Data (Spring 2016) 5
Moderator, Panel on Distance Education, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (Summer 2015) Bankruptcy and Higher Education Institutions, St. John s University School of Law/ American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Symposium (Fall 2015) Moderator, Panel on Innovation in Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting (January 2014) Federalist Society Podcast on the Supreme Court s decision in Schwabb v. Reilly, http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/pubid.1936/pub_detail.asp (2010) Federal Judicial Center Programs for United States Bankruptcy Judges (2008, 2009) Unsettled Topics in Chapter 13, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual Seminar, Jackson, Mississippi, 2007 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What does Chapter 13 accomplish for debtors and creditors?, Third Annual Walter Shapiro Bankruptcy Symposium, Detroit, Michigan, 2007 Unsettled Topics in Chapter 13, Federal Judicial Center, Workshops for Bankruptcy Judges I and II (Baltimore and Austin), 2007 The Chapter 13 Project: An Empirical Study of Debtor Discharge and Creditor Repayment in Chapter 13 Cases, Debtors and Creditors Rights Section, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, 2006 Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual Seminar, 2002 Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 2002 Selected Issues in Chapter 13 Cases, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 2002 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 1998, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual Seminar, 1998 Selected Issues in Chapter 7, and Preferences, Postpetition Transfers and Fraudulent Conveyances, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 1997, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual 6
Seminar, 1997 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 1996, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual Seminar, 1996 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 1995-1996, Mississippi College School of Law Tenth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1996 Classification and Impairment of Claims Under Chapter 11, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Annual Seminar, 1995 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law 1995, Mississippi College School of Law Ninth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1996 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law 1994, Mississippi College School of Law Eighth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1994 Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors of Financially Distressed Companies, Section on Business Law, State Bar of Mississippi, Mississippi State Bar Convention and Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Law Forum Committee, 1995 A Tale of Two Cases: Greystone and Briscoe, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Ad Hoc Law Forum Committee, 1994 Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law 1993, Mississippi College School of Law Seventh Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1993 Recent Bankruptcy Law Developments: Supreme Court Roundup, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Law Forum Committee, 1993 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: State Bar of Georgia, 1986-present (presently inactive) State Bar of North Carolina, 1988-present (presently inactive) American Bar Association, 1986-present 7