Benjamin Means

Assistant Professor of Law

Contact Information USC School of Law 701 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29208 v 803-777-3616 Email

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Benjamin Means graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, and magna cum laude from Michigan Law School, where he was an articles editor for the Michigan Law Review.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Carolina, he practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell and Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, both in New York City, where he represented clients including JPMorgan Chase Bank, Moody's Investors Service, National Geographic, and the Thomson Corporation in matters of corporate law and litigation. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rosemary Pooler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Professor Means' scholarship focuses on the governance of closely held business organizations. His recent publications include Corporate Social Responsibility After Disaster, 89 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (2012) (with Susan Kuo), A Contractual Approach to Shareholder Oppression Law, 79 Fordham L. Rev. 1161 (2010), and A Voice-Based Framework for Evaluating Claims of Minority Shareholder Oppression in the Close Corporation, 97 Geo. L. J. 1207 (2009).

Professor Means teaches Business Associations, Business Crimes, Mergers & Acquisitions, and a seminar on Liberty Theory.