Leonard I. Rotman, B.A. (Toronto) (“With Distinction”), LL.B. (Queen’s), LL.M. (Osgoode Hall), S.J.D. (Toronto) of the Ontario Bar.

Len Rotman is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, where he teaches Business Associations, Comparative Corporate Theory and Governance and Fiduciary Law. He also teaches comparative Corporate Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He was formerly on faculty at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. Len has published 5 books (3 in multiple editions) and more than 80 book chapters, essays and articles addressing a variety of substantive issues in Aboriginal Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law and Governance, Equity, Fiduciary Law, Legal History, Trusts, Remedies, Unincorporated Associations, and Unjust Enrichment/Restitution. His book Fiduciary Law (Thomson/Carswell, 2005) was shortlisted for the 2007 Walter Owen Book Prize as the best new book in Canadian law. He is also co-editor of Canadian Corporate Law: Cases, Notes & Materials, 4th ed. (LexisNexis, 2010). His work has been cited by domestic and international commissions and courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

In addition to being a Visiting Scholar at the Hennick Centre, Professor Rotman was previously awarded a T.C. Beirne Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at the T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and was previously named a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.

While at the Hennick Center, Professor Rotman will continue his work on the application of fiduciary duties in corporate governance and examine how the notion of “business privilege” shapes the perception of acceptable corporate activities.