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Areas of expertise: History of and current issues involving Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange
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News Releases
Construction to Begin on Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovation
July 09, 2012
Four Members Join University of Rochester Board
June 24, 2011
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June 20, 2011
President Seligman Appoints Two to Vice President Posts
May 26, 2011
Biography
Joel Seligman is one of the nation's leading experts on securities law. He is the coauthor, with the late Louis Loss and with Troy Paredes, of the 11-volume Securities Regulation, the leading treatise in the field, and author of The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporation Finance.
He also has served as reporter for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Revision of Uniform Securities Act (1998–2002); as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Market Information (2000–01); and as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Professional Ethics Executive Committee. He was a member of the board of the National Association of Securities Dealers (2004-07) and is currently a member of the board of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).