Steven Davidoff Solomon

Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center for Law, Business, and the Economy, University of California, Berkeley

Steven Davidoff Solomon is Professor of Law and Faculty Director at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Business, and the Economy. A specialist in corporate law, he writes a weekly column for the New York Times and is the author of Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion. Prior to entering academia, he practiced as an attorney in New York and London. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in finance from the London Business School, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. He actively volunteers in the Jewish community and has served as an officer or on boards of several different organizations.