Peter A. Alces

Peter A. Alces joined the William & Mary Law School faculty in 1991, where he is the Rita Anne Rollins Professor of Law. He has been named the Cabell Research Professor of Law from 1997-1998, 2012-13, and 2017-2018; Alces won the Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence at William & Mary in 2012. He practiced law in Chicago with Sidley & Austin and taught at the University of Texas Graduate School of Business and the University of Alabama School of Law. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Illinois, Washington and Lee University, Washington University, and University of Texas law schools. Alces is the author of The Moral Conflict of Law and Neuroscience, A Theory of Contract Law: Empirical Insights and Moral Psychology; Commercial Contracting; The Law of Suretyship and Guaranty; Bankruptcy: Cases and Materials; Cases, Problems and Materials on Payment Systems; The Commercial Law of Intellectual Property; Sales, Leases and Bulk Transfers; The Law of Fraudulent Transactions; and Uniform Commercial Code Transactions Guide. He has also published articles in the Northwestern, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, Fordham, California, Texas, and William and Mary Law Reviews, and the Emory, Ohio State and Georgetown Law Journals. Alces was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice from 1991 to 2000. He is a Life Member of the American Law Institute and was an Advisor to the Restatement (Third) of the Law of Suretyship and Guaranty.