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Undergraduate
Testimonies
Economics in Law - Mark D. Wasserman
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"I graduated with a degree in Economics from Clemson
University in 1982 and continued my work to obtain a
Masters degree in Economics from the University in
1983. After leaving Clemson I attended and graduated
from Emory University School of Law in 1986. I have
been practicing in Atlanta since 1986, and since 1987
have been with the law firm of Sutherland Asbill &
Brennan LLP. My practice is focused in the business
transactions and securities areas and I currently
serve on the firm's executive committee.I believe that
my undergraduate and graduate work in economics
provided the perfect stepping stone for law school and
the practice of law. Although I may not remember every
micro or macro economics principle studied 20+ years
ago, I do utilize on a daily basis the critical
thinking skills that I learned as part of my economics
curriculum. At its core, the study (and to some extent
the practice) of law is really nothing more than a
careful and creative application of rules and
precedents to a particular fact situation. The
analysis of scarcity and the working of markets is
similar in many ways and the skills learned in
economics training are easily transferrable to the
law. In addition, there is also a very rich tradition
of law and economics scholarship directly applying
economic theories to the law, an area in which
Clemson's faculty has always taken a leading role. I
believe that any student considering a career in the
law will be well served with an undergraduate degree
in economics."
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- Mark D. Wasserman is a member of
the Executive Committee of the Atlanta law firm
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. He also
serves on Clemson's Board of Visitors. Mark graduated
from Clemson in 1982 with a BS in economics and in 1983
with a MA in economics.
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If you are thinking of law school, Mark welcomes
you to contact him by phone, email or in person if you
would like.
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Mark D. Wasserman
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
999 Peachtree Street, Suite 2300
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404.853.8398
404.853.8806 (fax)
mdwasserman@sablaw.com
A Few of our Graduates
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Name |
Business |
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R.
C. Clement, Partner |
Andersen
Consulting |
| M.
A. Packer, President |
Time
Out Sports |
| A.
E. Bundrick, Legislative Director |
Senator
Strom Thurmond |
| A.
S. Fountain, Education Manager |
Miliken
& Co. |
| J.
L. Ashby, Int’l Marketing Coordinator |
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co. |
| E.
P. Bertonazzi, President |
Wainwright
Investment Counsel |
| L.
W. Porterfield, Policy Analyst |
US
Senate Banking Committee |
| A.
S. Ponder, Chief Labor Economist |
UPS/Atlanta |
| C.
Chmura, President & Senior Economist |
Chmura
Economics & Analytics |
| J.
League, President |
First
Mortgage Capital Corp. |
| S.
Lindsey, Asst. Vice Pres. & Research Economist |
First
Union Corp. |
| M.
Mitchell, Associate Professor |
Harvard
Business School |
| E.
Becker, Principal |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| T.
Chapman, President & CEO |
Equifax
Inc. |
| J.
Harris III, President & Owner |
Greenwood
Research Inc. |
| S.
Adams, Economist |
US
Department of Labor |
| J.
Francis Jr., President |
Easlan
Capital Inc. |
| J.
Ferguson Jr., President & CEO |
Rock
Hill Bank & Trust |
| T.
Clyne, CEO |
Continental
Mach Movers,Inc. |
| C.
Alexander, Senior VP Investments |
Dean
Witter Reynolds, Inc. |
| M.
Crapps, President & CEO |
First
Community Bank |
| Mark D.
Wasserman, Member of Executive Commitee |
Sutherland
Asbill & Brennan LLP |
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