Paul R. Verkuil

Paul Robert Verkuil (born December 4, 1939) is an American lawyer, legal scholar, and academic administrator. He served as president of the College of William & Mary from 1985 to 1992, dean of Tulane Law School from 1978 to 1985, and dean of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law from 1997 to 2001. He was chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) from 2010 to 2015, after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate. He has also served as a Special Master of the Supreme Court of the United States in New Jersey v. New York, president and chief executive officer of the American Automobile Association, and senior counsel at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. His scholarship focuses primarily on administrative law, regulation, public administration, privatization, and government contracting. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Outsourcing Sovereignty and Valuing Bureaucracy.

Biography

He attended Curtis High School in Staten Island, New York, before enrolling at the College of William & Mary, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1961. He subsequently served in the United States Army from 1962-64, stationed at Ft Lee, Va. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1967, followed by an LL.M. in trade regulation from New York University in 1969. He received a master's degree in political science and economics from the New School for Social Research in 1971 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree from New York University in 1972.

While at the University of Virginia, Verkuil served as an editor of the Virginia Law Review and was recognized as the outstanding third-year editor. He was also elected to the Raven Society. His student note was cited by the Supreme Court in the Fortnightly case.