Robert E. Bishop is an associate professor at Duke Law School, where his research focuses on corporate governance, securities, and markets more broadly. Bishop is a founding partner of Bishop Partnoy LLP, a law firm with a unique mission: to use academic research, data-driven insights, and rigorous economic analyses to target wrongdoing. He co-founded the International Institute of Law and Finance (IILF), a non-profit, non-partisan institution that seeks to bridge the gap between academic research and financial regulatory policy. Bishop brings a distinguished record of public service. Most recently, he was the senior advisor on financial markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he played an integral role on economic relief efforts. Before his doctoral studies, he advised a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to graduate school, he served in the Middle East and East Africa with the U.S. Department of Defense. Bishop holds an AB from the University of Chicago, JD and MBA from Columbia University, and MA, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University. He clerked on the Delaware Court of Chancery.
