My Interests

English and Latin grammar (specifically, morphology and syntax)
- My favorite English-language writers include Neal Stephenson, Charles Bukowski, George Orwell, and George R. R. Martin.
- My favorite Latin writers include Ovid, Catullus, Virgil, and Martial.
Law and jurisprudence (principally U.S. law and jurisprudence)
- Bankruptcy law (particular topics: Ch. 7; Ch. 11; treatment of liens/security interests in bankruptcy)
- Administrative law (particular topics: APA; agency rulemaking and judicial review thereof; Chevron doctrine)
- Constitutional law (particular topics: Separation-of-powers jurisprudence; federal preemption jurisprudence)
- Securities law and financial regulation (particular topics: Rule 144A; Volcker Rule; regulation of credit derivatives)
- Tax law (particular topics: Corporate taxation; taxation of financial products)
- Property law (particular topics: Realty; personalty; liens/security interests in each; litigation concerning MERS)
- Civil procedure (particular topics: Claim preclusion and issue preclusion; federal civil procedure; Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 and class action jurisprudence)
Finance
- Securitization and structured finance
- Asset-backed securities and CDOs/CLOs
- Real estate finance
Audio engineering

Articles to Which I've Contributed

Carthago delenda est
- Edited the Grammatical analysis section and added additional material thereto
Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett
- Created article; principal contributor

Revision of Nobelman v. American Savings Bank, 508 U.S. 324 (1993).
- Draft of revised article available here