James A. Wooten

James A. Wooten is a Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law. His research focuses on regulatory policies affecting retirement plans, health plans, and employee benefit plans. He teaches Contracts, Pension and Employee Benefit Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal Reasoning.

• Affiliations: National Academy of Social Insurance, Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel

Education:

• B.A. from Rice University (1981)
• J.D./Ph.D. program at Yale University (completed J.D. in 1989, Ph.D. in American Studies in 2003)

Career Highlights:

• Clerk for U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice (post-J.D.)
• Associate at Bredhoff & Kaiser (1992-93)
• Legal History Fellow at Yale Law School
• Golieb Fellow in Legal History at New York University School of Law
• Joined UB Law faculty in 1995

Awards:

• Recognized by Buffalo Law Review in 2000 and 2005 for outstanding contributions