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James Feinerman
Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
James V. Feinerman is a distinguished legal scholar and professor at Georgetown University Law Center.12 He holds the position of James M. Morita Professor of Asian Legal Studies and serves as the Associate Dean for Transnational Programs.2 Feinerman is also the Faculty Director of the Center For Asian Law at Georgetown.2
Feinerman's academic background is extensive. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures from Yale University, both in 1979.1 After law school, he studied at Peking University in China and later joined the New York firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell as a corporate associate.1
Throughout his career, Feinerman has held several prestigious positions:
- Fulbright Lecturer on Law at Peking University (1982-83)1
- Administrative Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School (1983-1985)1
- Fulbright researcher at Kyoto University in Japan (1986)1
- MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient (1989)1
- Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1992-93)1
- Director of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with China at the National Academy of Sciences (1993-95)1
- Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association's China Law Reporter (1986-1998)1
At Georgetown, Feinerman teaches J.D. and LL.M. students corporate law subjects such as Corporations and Corporate Finance, as well as comparative law related to Asia, focusing on China and Japan.3 His expertise in Asian law, particularly Chinese law, has made him a leading scholar in the field.2
