Brent J. Horton

• Bachelors: State University of New York College at Geneseo
• Masters: LL.M. in Corporate Law: New York University Law School
• JD: Syracuse University College of Law

• Corporate Governance
• Business Entities
• Securities Regulation

• Brent J. Horton, How Corporate Lawyers Escaped Sarbanes-Oxley: Disparate Treatment in the Legislative Process, __ S.C. L. Rev. __ (Fall 2008).
• Stewart F. Hancock and Brent J. Horton, Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Chapter 44, "Compensatory Damages"(West Publishing, 2d ed., 2005).
• Brent J. Horton, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Contribution Provision: Must A PRP First Face an Administrative Order or Cost Recovery Action? a Proposal for Amendment, 53 Syracuse L. Rev. 209 (2003).

Prior to joining the faculty at Fordham, Professor Horton practiced corporate law with the law firm of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, in Syracuse, New York, where he advised business clientele on entity choice and corporate governance issues, mergers and acquisitions, and day-to-day contracting.

At Fordham, Professor Horton teaches Legal Framework of Business.  His research interests include the results – often unintended – of government attempts to regulate corporate malfeasance.  Professor Horton’s most recent scholarship delves into how corporate officers faced the brunt of regulation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, while corporate attorneys escaped regulation.

Professor Horton is admitted to practice before the bars of the State of New York and the Northern District of New York.