Stephen Bainbridge
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Stephen Bainbridge (b. 1958 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania) is the William D. Warren Professor of Law at UCLA, teaching courses on corporations and business law. Bainbridge graduated with an A.B. Western Maryland College, 1980; a Master of Science in Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1983; and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia, 1985. Bainbridge has been a law professor at UCLA since 1997. Bainbridge has written numerous law review articles and has been published on legal and corporate law issues. Bainbridge has also authored or edited text books on corporate legal matters, including The Complete Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley. He is a leading advocate of Director Primacy in corporate governance, and has written numerous Law Review articles on the subject.
Bainbridge created and operates three webblog sites: one on law and business, one on politics, religion, and culture and another on wine and food. He also maintains a planet or hub site that provides a combined stream from the three topical blogs.
Bainbridge is a member of the Federalist Society and his expressed political views tend to lean to the right of the political spectrum and conservative, although he has been critical of President George W. Bush's handling of economic and foreign policy issues.