About the Author
Daniel L. Keating
Daniel Keating's responsibilities as Vice Dean at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law include oversight of academic matters at the law school, including the curriculum, tenure process, and mentoring of new faculty.
Daniel Keating is the author of two case books on commercial law, Sales: A Systems Approach (4th ed. Aspen 2009) and Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach (with LoPucki, Warren & Mann; 4th ed. Aspen 2009), as well as a treatise on the employment law implications of bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Employment Law (Little Brown 1995). He has been the chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, and has also chaired the planning committees for the AALS New Law Teachers Workshop, the AALS Workshop on Bankruptcy, and the AALS Commercial Law Workshop. Daniel Keating is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and a fellow for the American College of Bankruptcy. Daniel Keating's knowledge of bankruptcy is informed by his firsthand commercial experience as an attorney for The First National Bank of Chicago. He has served twice as Interim Dean of the Washington University School of Law.
His recent writings include, e.g.: Harsh Realities and Silver Linings for Retirees, 15 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, 437 (2007); Why the Bankruptcy Reform Act Left Labor Legacy Costs Alone, 71 Missouri Law Review, 985 (2006); and The Human Side of Commercial Law, 6 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, 213 (2001).
