Harvey Gelb
Kepler Chair in Law & Leadership and Professor of Law
A.B., Harvard University (1957), magna cum laude
J.D., Harvard University (1960), Board of Editors of Harvard Law Review (1958 - 60) and cum laude
hgelb@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-3367 • 210 College of Law

Office Hours:
Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Harvey Gelb has been a member of the University of Wyoming's College of Law faculty since 1979. Selected as the Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law in 1996, his teaching excellence was rewarded again in 2001 with the receipt of the UW John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. He teaches classes in Advanced Business Organizations; Business Organizations; Business Planning and Securities Regulation.

Following graduation from Harvard, Gelb was a Law Clerk to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Samuel J. Roberts and Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge J. Sydney Hoffman. He became the City Solicitor in Scranton Pennsylvania in 1966. Gelb practiced privately in Scranton before joining the law faculty at UW. During that time he served as Arbitrator, Attorney Examiner, and Hearing Officer for judicial and administrative cases.

Having written extensively in business ethics and securities regulation, Gelb has also served on numerous American Bar Association Committees such as Corporate Litigation, Federal Regulation of Securities, and SEC Enforcement Matters.

Teaching:
Business Organizations, Business Planning, and Securities Regulation

Publications:

Book

Gelb, H. (1991).  Personal Corporate Liability: A Guide For Planners, Litigators, and Creditors Counsel (PLI, 1991).

Presentations

Gelb, H. (2007).  Why Lawyers Should Lead, Kepler Lecture on Law and Leadership, University of Wyoming, College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming April 4, 2007.

Gelb, H. (2003).  The Lawyer's Role in Business Governance: An Ethics Symposium, Moderator, April 11, 2003.

Gelb, H. (1999).  Reading the Law: Literature and Legal Ethics, CLE instructor, Wyoming Council for the Humanities and University of Wyoming, College of Law, Jackson, Wyoming, November 1998; Casper, Wyoming, April 1999; and Gillette, Wyoming, May 1999.

Gelb, H. (1998).  CLE instructor, "Corporate Crime," University of Wyoming, College of Law, February 1998.

Publications

Gelb, H. (2006).  Corporate Governance and the Independence Myth, 6 Wyo. L. Rev. 131 (2006).

Gelb, H. (2006).  Reflections Upon SEC Standards of Professional Conduct, 46 Washburn L. J. 75 (2006).

Gelb, H. (2003).  Fiduciary Duties and Dissolution in the Closely Held Business, 3 Wyo. L. Rev. 547 (2003).

Gelb, H. (2001).  Corporate Governance Guidelines: A Delaware Response, 1 Wyo. L. Rev. 523 (2001).

Gelb, H. (1999).  CERCLA versus Corporate Limited Liability, 48 U. Kan. L. Rev. 111 (1999).

Gelb, H. (1997).  The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine - Recent Cases and the Elusive Goal of Clarity, 31 U. Rich. L. Rev. 371 (1997).

Press releases:

• 12/16/2008 - Gelb Appointed to Uniform Law Commission
• 3/28/2007 - UW Professor to Give Law and Leadership Lecture
• 8/15/2005 - UW Private Fundraising Campaign Tops $200 Million
• 1/2/2004 - Gelb Named as Kepler Chair in Law and Leadership
• 5/18/2001 - Harvey Gelb
• 2/19/1998 - Four Candidates for Law Dean to Visit UW Campus