Thomas A. Lambert is an American legal scholar. After graduating from Wheaton College in 1993 with a bachelor's degree, Lambert became an environmental policy analyst at the Center for the Study of American Business at

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...

. Lambert left the position to pursue a J.D. at

University of Chicago Law School The University of Chicago Law School is the Law school in the United States, law school of the University of Chicago, a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time facul ...

, which he earned in 1998. He clerked for Jerry Edwin Smith, then joined

Sidley Austin Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational corporation, multinational law firm with approximately 2,300 lawyers in 21 offices worldwide. It was established in 1866 and its headquarters is at One South Dearborn in Chicago's Chicago Loop, Loo ...

in Chicago, before starting his teaching career at the

University of Missouri School of Law The University of Missouri School of Law (Mizzou Law or MU Law) is the law school of the University of Missouri. It is located on the university's main campus in Columbia, forty minutes from the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. The s ...

in 2003. He is the Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance at MU Law, and was named a 2017 William T. Kemper Fellow.

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