John Orcutt

Professor of Law

BA, University of California, Berkeley
JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley
jorcutt@piercelaw.edu
(603) 513-5185
Courses: Securities Regulation, Contracts, Business Associations, Trade Secrets
Committees: ABA Accreditation (ad hoc), Curriculum, Judicial Clerkships
Scholarship

Before coming to Franklin Pierce, Professor Orcutt spent eight years as both a capital markets attorney and an investment banker. Most recently, Professor Orcutt was a Principal at Robertson Stephens, a Silicon Valley investment bank, where he was the head of its West Coast Telecom Services investment banking practice. He also served as Chief Administrative Officer of Robertson Stephens' M&A group and as its Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens, Professor Orcutt was a Corporate Finance Associate with Shearman & Sterling, serving in both its New York, NY and Paris, France offices, where he specialized in securities offerings by European companies that involved dual listings in the United States and Europe.

Professor Orcutt teaches courses in Start-up Company Finance, Securities Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, and Business Associations. He also teaches a course in IP, Entrepreneurialism and Foreign Direct Investment in China, in Pierce Law's Summer Intellectual Property Institute in Beijing, China. Professor Orcutt was elected Pierce Law's "Teacher of the Year" for each of the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years.

Professor Orcutt's research interests include capital market reforms and various topics related to the private equity markets, including how to improve the environment for financing entrepreneurial companies.

Bibliography:

Improving the Efficiency of the Angel Finance Market: A Proposal to Expand the Intermediary Role of Finders in the Private Capital Raising Setting, 37 ARIZONA STATE LAW JOURNAL 861 (2005).

Investor Skepticism v. Investor Confidence: Why the New Research Analyst Reforms Will Harm Investors, 81 DENVER UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1 (2003).

Improving the Ability of Venture Capitalists to Fund and Nurture Rapid-Growth Start-ups: A Proposal to Remove the Resale Restrictions on "Licensed" Investors [work in progress]

Potential Liabilities in Public Securities Offerings – A Comprehensive Primer [work in progress]