PEGGY SHERMAN, JD Assistant Professor of Legal Studies (404) 413-7481 psherman2@gsu.edu

Peggy Sherman is an assistant professor of legal studies in the Risk Management and Insurance Department. She has over 13 years domestic and international experience as a corporate attorney, representing primarily technology companies. She served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Per-Se Technologies, Inc. (formerly Medaphis Corporation); and was an Associate at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, Corporate and Technology Department.

During her career in private practice, Sherman managed an in-house Legal Department; completed over 30 acquisitions; participated in numerous lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations; negotiated licensing, distribution, development and other technology-related contracts; prepared copyright and trademark applications; assisted in various securities filings; advised clients regarding various employment laws; and represented clients in loan transactions.

Sherman is a Board Member and Secretary of the Atlanta Compliance and Ethics (ACE) Roundtable as well as an Advisory Board Member of the Resource Planning Group, LTD. She is also a member of the State Bar of Georgia District of Columbia Bar, Atlanta Bar Association, Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
	Sherman and Mansfield, The Graduate Legal Environment Course:  A Student-Centered Entrepreneurial Approach, 19 The Journal of Legal Studies Education, No. 2, 311 (2001). Sherman and Oakley, Pandemics and Panaceas: The World Trade Organization’s Efforts to Balance Pharmaceutical Patents and Access to AIDS Drugs, 41 American Business Law Journal, No. 2/3, 353 (2004). Sherman and Sherman, How a Fortune-500 Process Can Help Your Firm Reduce Errors, 10 Solutions, A Supplement to the Journal of Financial Planning), July/August (2007).