Before joining Penn Law in 2008, he was Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law and director of the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law. One of his students at UConn Law was future U.S. Senator Chris Murphy.
His research explores insurance, risk, and responsibility in a wide variety of settings, using methods and perspectives drawn from economics, sociology, and history, as well as law.
He is co-founder of the Insurance and Society Study Group, an informal association of scholars from law, humanities and the social sciences who write about risk and insurance. Baker is regularly involved as a consultant in high-stakes insurance projects and litigation.
^"Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance". www.ali.org. American Law Institute. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
Booksedit
Embracing Risk: The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility (contributing editor, with Jonathan Simon; 2002)
Insurance Law and Policy: Cases, Materials, and Problems (2003)
The Medical Malpractice Myth (2005)
Ensuring Corporate Misconduct: How Liability Insurance Undermines Shareholder Litigation (Co-Author with Sean J. Griffith; 2010)
Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance (Reporter, with Associate Reporter Kyle D. Logue; 2019)
External linksedit
Faculty Profile at Penn Law
SSRN Page
April 07, 2024
baker, professor, baker, born, 1959, professor, scholar, insurance, university, pennsylvania, school, professortom, bakeracademic, backgroundalma, materharvard, university, harvard, schoolacademic, workinstitutionsuniversity, pennsylvania, schoolmain, interest. Tom Baker born 1959 is professor of law and a scholar of insurance law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School 1 ProfessorTom BakerAcademic backgroundAlma materHarvard University and Harvard Law SchoolAcademic workInstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania Law SchoolMain interestsInsurance law Contents 1 Education 2 Professional career 3 References 4 Books 5 External linksEducation editBaker holds both a BA 1982 and a JD 1986 from Harvard University 1 Professional career editBaker clerked for Judge Juan R Torruella of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit He then practiced with the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington DC He served as an Associate Counsel for the Independent Counsel investigating the Iran Contra affair Before joining Penn Law in 2008 he was Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law and director of the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law One of his students at UConn Law was future U S Senator Chris Murphy His research explores insurance risk and responsibility in a wide variety of settings using methods and perspectives drawn from economics sociology and history as well as law He is co founder of the Insurance and Society Study Group an informal association of scholars from law humanities and the social sciences who write about risk and insurance Baker is regularly involved as a consultant in high stakes insurance projects and litigation Baker is the Reporter for the Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance published by the American Law Institute in 2019 2 References edit a b Tom Baker www law upenn edu Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance www ali org American Law Institute Retrieved February 5 2023 Books editEmbracing Risk The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility contributing editor with Jonathan Simon 2002 Insurance Law and Policy Cases Materials and Problems 2003 The Medical Malpractice Myth 2005 Ensuring Corporate Misconduct How Liability Insurance Undermines Shareholder Litigation Co Author with Sean J Griffith 2010 Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance Reporter with Associate Reporter Kyle D Logue 2019 External links editFaculty Profile at Penn Law SSRN Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Baker professor amp oldid 1217734579, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
