Goolsby & Haas on Virginia Corporations

Steven M. Haas is a partner at Hunton & Williams LLP where he focuses on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced at Abrams & Laster LLP in Wilmington, Delaware.

Mr. Haas has authored numerous articles on corporate law topics, including Toward a Controlling Shareholder Safe Harbor, 90 VA. L. REv. 2245 (2004), The Dilemma That Should Never Have Been: Minority Freeze Outs in Delaware, 60 BUS. LAW. 25 (2005), and Contracting Around Fraud Under Delaware Law, 10 DEL. L. REV. 49 (2008). Certain of his articles have been cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court.

Mr. Haas is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law where he teaches a course on Mergers & Acquisitions. He has served in varying capacities within the American Bar Association 's Business Law Section, including as chairman of its corporate governance subcommittee on current developments and emerging issues and as the lead drafter for an illustrative proxy expense reimbursement bylaw task force.

Mr. Haas received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as notes editor of the Virginia Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Hampden-Sydney College. He is a member of the Delaware and Virginia state bars. In addition to serving as General Editor of this treatise, Mr. Haas is the author of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.