Jerry W. Markham is a professor at the Florida International University College of Law,[1] and a legal scholar on business organizations and securities regulation in the United States.
[1] Before entering academia, Markham was secretary and counsel, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.;[1] chief counsel, Division of Enforcement, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission;[1] an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission,[1] and a partner with the international firm of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance) in Washington, D.C.[1] Markham has written and taught in the areas of corporate finance, banking, commodities trading, securities and international trade law.
[1] Markham was previously a member of the law faculty at the University of North Carolina, where he taught for twelve years,[1] and prior to that was an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center for ten years.
[1] Markham authored a three-volume financial history of the United States in 2002.
[1] More recently, he authored a book on the Enron and other financial scandals that followed the market downturn in 2000.