Joshua FersheeAssistant Professor of Law  Professor Joshua Fershee received his J.D. magna cum laude from Tulane Law School, where he was elected Order of the Coif and editor in chief of the Tulane Law Review. He is also a graduate of Michigan State University, where he received a B.A. in Social Science, with a focus on economics, psychology, and sociology. Before joining the UND School of Law faculty, he served as a visiting professor of law at Penn State University’s Dickinson School of Law in State College, PA. Professor Fershee began his legal career with Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, where he represented clients in corporate and litigation matters including mergers and acquisitions, derivatives transactions, and securities regulation. He then joined the energy practice group at Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, D.C., where he represented energy clients in matters before state and federal regulators, analyzed state and federal legislation, and advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, climate change issues, and renewable portfolio standards. Before his legal career, Professor Fershee worked for a Washington, D.C.-based trade association comprised of video and computer game companies where he coordinated the media relations program and conducted intellectual property and anti-piracy training sessions for law enforcement officials (e.g., U.S. Customs and FBI), media, and other key audiences. He then served as a public relations professional in the entertainment technology industry specializing in strategic planning, brand management, and crisis communications with two Los Angeles public relations agencies. Professor Fershee writes and lectures on business associations, corporate law and governance, energy law and policy, climate change and environmental policy, agricultural law, labor and employment law, law and economics, Native American law, and sports and entertainment law. OpEd in Lansing State Journal, September 7, 2008
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEUniversity of North Dakota School of Law Courses Taught:
Penn State Dickinson School of Law (State College, PA)
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New York University School of Law Tulane Law School PUBLICATIONSArticlesAtomic Power, Fossil Fuels, and the Environment: Lessons Learned and the Lasting Impact of the Kennedy Energy Policies (submitted for publication) The Rising Tide of Climate Change: What America’s Flood Cities Can Teach Us About Green Energy Policy, and Why We Should Be Worried, Environmental Law (forthcoming) Struggling Past Oil: The Infrastructure Impediments to Adopting Next-Generation Transportation Fuel Sources, Cumberland Law Review (forthcoming) (symposium issue) The North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act: A Branding Initiative Without a (North Dakota) Brand, 84 North Dakota Law Review 1085 (2008) Changing Resources, Changing Market: The Impact of a National Renewable Portfolio Standard on the U.S. Energy Industry, 29 Energy Law Journal 29 (2008) (peer reviewed) excerpt in Chris Wold, et al., Climate Change and the Law 699-701 (2009) SSRN Misguided Energy: Why Recent Legislative, Regulatory, and Market Initiatives Are Insufficient to Improve the Failing U.S. Energy Infrastructure Levels of Green: Balancing State and Regional Efforts, in Wyoming and Beyond, to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 7 Wyoming Law Review 269 (2007) (symposium, by invitation) - referenced at Wyofile.com Tax Magic: Did Billy Donovan Pull Income Out of a Hat? From Self-Determination to Self-Domination: Native Americans, Western Culture, and the Promise of Constitutional-Based Reform 39 Valparaiso Law Review 1 (2004) (lead article) Aviall Services v. Cooper Industries: The Fifth Circuit Makes Securing CERCLA Contribution for Environmental Cleanup a Messy Proposition Books and Book ChaptersABA Section of Antitrust Law, State Antitrust Practice and Statutes (4th ed. 2009) PeriodicalsBailout has to have strings: GM as deserving as Bear Stearns, however taxpayers need protection States Get Together on Greenhouse Gases PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONSDiversify Your Portfolio: Regulating Energy Sources with Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, Williamsburg, VA
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights in a Time of Financial Crisis: How the North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act Changes the Landscape, Bismarck, ND
Greening the Grid: Building a Legal Framework for Carbon Neutrality, Portland, OR
Transportation Energy Policy in National and Global Perspective: A New Beginning?, Birmingham, AL
JFK: History, Memory, and Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Conference and Community Event, Grand Forks, ND
CSLSA Annual Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Energy Bar Association Mid Year Meeting, Washington, DC
Wyoming Energy Development: A Community and Regulatory Assessment, Laramie, WY
Blogs• Agricultural Law, A Member of the Jurisdynamics Network • Energy Bar Association Renewable Energy Committee Blog EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONSTulane Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2003
Michigan State University, - B.A./Social Science, 1995
Admitted to Practice: New York and District of Columbia Professional Association Membership & ServiceAmerican Bar Association Member, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (2005–present)
* Member, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (2007–present) Energy Bar Association Co-Chair, Professional Development Committee (2008–present) Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Trustee, representing the University of North Dakota School of Law (2007 – present) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEHogan & Hartson, LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell Breazeale Sachse & Wilson, LLP Douglas, Cohn & Wolfe Golin / Harris International Interactive Digital Software Association |
