Benjamin Edwards joined the faculty of the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2017. He researches and writes about business and securities law, corporate governance, and professional ethics. 

A member of the Nevada, New York, and Michigan Bar Associations and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Professor Edwards has authored articles published or forthcoming in the Northwestern University Law Review, Yale Law Journal Forum, The Journal of Corporation Law, The Business Lawyer, Washington & Lee Law Review and other leading legal journals.  His writing has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Oxford Business Law Blog, and the Columbia Blue Sky Blog as well as other mainstream publications. He also writes regularly for the Business Law Professor blog. 

Professor Edwards is a member of the American Bar Association’s Corporate Laws Committee, The Nevada Board of Finance, and the National Business Law Scholars Conference Board.  He previously served as the Chair for Sections on Securities Regulation and Professional Responsibility for the Association of American Law Schools.  He is also a co-author of a treatise on Nevada Business and Commercial Law. 

Prior to teaching, Professor Edwards practiced as a securities litigator in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. At Skadden, he represented clients in complex civil litigation, including securities class actions arising out of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and litigation arising out of the 2008 financial crisis. He currently serves as Senior Of Counsel with the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Professor Edwards earned his law degree from Columbia Law School and clerked for Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Professor Edwards's most recent publications and working papers may be found on the Social Science Research Network.