Erik Gerding is a Professor and a Wolf-Nichol Fellow at Colorado Law. He joined the University of Colorado Law School in 2011. He previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for three years. His research interests include commercial law, payment systems, securities, banking law, the regulation of financial markets, products, and institutions, contracts, and corporate governance. He started his academic career at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He practiced in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Cleary Gottlieb, working on corporate, securities, and financial transactions.