Eric A. Chiappinelli
Dean and Professor of Law
Office: Harper - Suite 4066
(402) 280-5548
eac@creighton.edu

Eric A. Chiappinelli, Assistant to the President and Dean for Law School Affairs, received a J.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. cum laude from Claremont McKenna College. He teaches and writes in the business law area. He has published numerous law review articles and a casebook on business entities (Aspen 2006, Second edition forthcoming 2010). Dean Chiappinelli’s current research interests include nonprofit governance and the relation between corporate law and family dynamics. He is an Elected Member of the American Law Institute, which comprises lawyers, judges, and scholars elected on the basis of their professional achievement and demonstrated interest in the improvement of the law. Before entering academia Dean Chiappinelli clerked at both the United States District Court in Los Angeles and the Supreme Court of California. He practiced law in Los Angeles with the firms of Munger, Tolles, & Olson and Jones Day. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California (inactive). He was a professor and associate dean at Seattle University prior to joining Creighton University in 2008. He served as the ninth Dean of the Creighton University School of Law from 2008-2009.