Karl Lockhart
BIO
Karl Lockhart is an assistant professor of law at DePaul University. He focuses his research and teaching on the intersections of corporate law, financial regulation and other business-related topics. His scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review, the Boston College Law Review (twice) and the Washington University Law Review, and his article “Ameliorative Infringement and Public Interest Damages” was selected for the 2024 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum. His research also has been mentioned in the Atlantic, Bloomberg and the Chicago Tribune.
Prior to entering academia, Professor Lockhart worked as a lawyer in both the corporate and investigations practice groups at Hogan Lovells, where he was twice seconded to the firm’s Singapore office for matters in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. He also has extensive experience in Africa, having consulted for a private equity company in Morocco, interned at the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in South Africa and provided advice to early-stage start-ups in Zambia. In addition to his work in private practice, Professor Lockhart clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Chief Judge Emeritus Michael W. Mosman, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. At Virginia School of Law he served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review, and at Boston College he studied linguistics.
Courses Taught
- Business Organizations
- European Business Law
- Securities Regulation