PROFESSOR WILLIAMS AGREES TO SERVE AS EXPERT PANELIST AT MARCH 2022 RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON CAPITALISM & THE RULE OF LAW
February 2022 — Professor Sarah Williams has accepted an invitation to serve as a discussant at the March 2022 Research Roundtable on Capitalism & the Rule of Law, sponsored by the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. In this role. Professor Williams will join other selected expert academics and practitioners in discussing research projects focusing on capitalism and the Rule of Law in a variety of contexts. The Roundtable will take place in Destin, Florida from Wednesday, March 2 to Sunday, March 6. Prof. Williams noted “I am honored to be invited to provide feedback on an impressive array of research papers relevant to capital formation.”
Professor Sarah Williams current serves as an Assistant Professor at Penn State Dickinson Law, where her research focuses on the intersection of federal securities regulation and accounting. Prior to joining Dickinson Law, Professor Williams practiced law as a securities regulator. She was Deputy Director at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and Associate General Counsel at NASD, now FINRA. She spent several years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, serving as staff attorney and branch chief in its Division of Enforcement, then as Counsel to SEC Commissioner Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. Professor Williams began her legal career as an associate at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C.