Jeffrey T. Ferriell

Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43215

(614) 236-6683

(614)236-6596 (fax)

jferriell@law.capital.edu

www.users.law.capital.edu/jferriell

Education

B.S., The Ohio State University, 1975

J.D. summa cum laude, Santa Clara University, 1978

• Outstanding Graduate Award, 1978
• Comments Editor, Santa Clara Law Review
• Chair, Moot Court Board

LL.M., University of Illinois, 1983

Experience

Professor of Law, Capital University Law School, 1988-present.

Adjunct Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, Spring 2006, 2004-05; Spring-2003, 2001-02, 1998-99; Spring 1988.

Visiting Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, 1986-87.

Summer Visiting Professor of Law, University of San Diego College of Law, 1986, 1987, 1983.

Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University, 1985-88; Associate Professor, 1982-85; Assistant Professor, 1979-82

Of Counsel, Caldecott, Phillips, & Downey, Oakland, CA, Summer, 1985.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Santa Clara University, Spring 1979.

Law Teaching Fellow, University of Illinois, 1978-79.

Publications

Books & Chapters

• Understanding Bankruptcy (2d ed. LexisNexis (2007) (with Prof. Ted Janger, Brooklyn Law School)
• Understanding Contracts (LexisNexis) (2004)(with the late Prof. Mike Navin)
• Volumes 1-2, Baldwin's Ohio Practice, Commercial Code (Westgroup 1996).
• Chapter 2, Courts and Officers, Bankruptcy Service -- Lawyer's Edition (Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Company, 1986)

Articles

• The Perils of Nationwide Service of Process in a Bankruptcy Context, 48 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1199 (1991).
• Collateral Estoppel in Ohio, 18 Capital U. L. Rev. 337 (1989)
• Actions to Collect Accounts Receivable in Bankruptcy Court, 26 Houston L. Rev. 603 (1989)
• The Constitutionality of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984, 63 Am. Bankr. L.J. 109 (1989)
• Core Proceedings in Bankruptcy Court, 56 UMKC L. Rev. 47 (1987)
• The Preclusive Effect of State Court Decisions in Bankruptcy, Part II, 59 Am. Bankr. L.J. 55 (1985)
• The Preclusive Effect of State Court Decisions in Bankruptcy, Part I, 58 Am. Bankr. L.J. 349 (1984)
• Res Judicata in Ohio: Preclusion of Causes of Action or Claims?, 10 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. 241 (1983) (companion article to Shapiro, The Application of State Claim Preclusion Rules in a Federal Civil Rights Action, 10 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. 200 (1984))
• The Bankruptcy Reform Act and Ohio's New Exemption Law: Representing Consumer Debtors in Liquidation Proceedings, 8 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. 881 (1981)
• The Proposed Bankruptcy Reorganization Provisions: A Comparison of the Current Law with Chapter 11 of H.R. 8200 and S. 2266, 18 Santa Clara L. Rev. 567 (1978) (with Sheridan Downey III & Roland Pfeiffer)
• Note, Bankruptcy--Voidable Preferences--Uniform Commercial Code Section 9-306(4)(d) Operates as a Voidable Preference, in re Gibson Products of Arizona, 17 Santa Clara L. Rev. 967 (1977)

Professional Memberships & Community Service

• Admitted to Practice: California, 1978; Northern District of California, 1985
• American Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Board Member, Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, Inc., 2007-present
• Bankruptcy Curriculum Committee, Ohio CLE Institute, 1992-1999
• Consultant, Ohio State Bar Association, Uniform Commercial Code Subcommittee on Personal Property Leasing, 1989-1992
• Chair, AALS Section on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, 1988
• Member, Committee on Uniform Commercial Code, ABA Section on Corporation, Banking, & Business Law; Subcommittee on Personal Property Leasing; Subcommittee on Secured Transactions
• 1981 Summer Program, Center for Law and Human Values (formerly Project for the Study and Application of Humanistic Education in Law)
• Communications Director for Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, 1998-2002
• ARRL Ohio State Government Liaison, 1999-2001
• Board of Trustees, Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition, 1990-1994; President, 1991-92; Vice President, 1990
• Chair, Columbus Bikeway Advisory Committee, 1993-1995
• Member, American Red Cross - Central Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service (COARES), 1991-present; FCC Extra Class Amateur License, K8ZDA (formerly AA8HC) 

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Contact Prof. Ferriell:

(614) 236-6683 (Office)

(614) 236-6956 (FAX)

E-mail: jferriell@law.capital.edu

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