Marleen Swerdlow
Contact
Dr. Marleen SwerdlowInterim Chair of Department of Business
Director of the General Business Program and B.B.A. Online Programs
Professor of Business Law
Department of Business
Phone: (409) 880- 8639
Email: swerdlowms@lamar.edu
Office: Galloway Business Building Room 237A
B.S. H. Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University
State Bar of Texas
Courses Taught
M.B.A.:
Internship
Special Topics in Management
The Legal Environment of Business
Bachelors:
Business Ethics
Business Law
Special Problems in Business
Special Topics in Business Law
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Interim Chair of Department of Business, Lamar University (September, 2020 - Present), Beaumont, Texas
Director of On-Line Business Programs, Lamar University (July, 2012 - August 2020), Beaumont, Texas.
Director of General Business Programs, Lamar University - Beaumont (September, 2007 - August 2020), Beaumont, Texas.
Professor of Business Law, Lamar University - Beaumont (1994 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
Associate Professor of Business Law, Lamar University - Beaumont (1988 - 1994), Beaumont, Texas.
Assistant Professor of Business Law, Lamar University - Beaumont (1984 - 1988), Beaumont, Texas.
Non-Academic Experience
Briefing Attorney for Judge Quentin Keith, Associate Justice, Ninth Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (1977 - 1979), Beaumont, Texas.
Associate, Weller, Wheelus & Green Law Firm (1977 - 1979), Beaumont, Texas.
Service
Professional Service
2018 – 2020: Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas. Torch Awards Selection Committee -- Award for Non-Profit Sector
2011 – 2015: Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas (Local). Torch Award for Non Profit Sector
Other Professional Service Activities
2015: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (National). Member
2012 – 2020: Beta Gamma Sigma (International).
2011 – 2020: State Bar of Texas (State). Member of Bar and Several of its Sections
2011 – 2020: ALI/ABA (National). Member of ABA and Several of its Sections
2011 – 2020: Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business (Regional). Member
2011 – 2020: Jefferson County Bar Association (Local). Member
2011 – 2020: Alpha Kappa Psi (National). Member
Institutional Service
Department Assignments
Chair:
2019-2020: General Business Program Committee
2012-2013: Personnel Committee for Promotion to Full Professor for the Department of Accounting and Business Law (G. Moss)
Member:
2012-2013: Personnel Committee for Tenure/Promotion to Associate Professor for the Department of Accounting and Business Law (Badua)
2011-2012: Personnel Committee re. Frank Badua
College Assignments
Chair:2011-2020: General Business Programs Committee
2016-2017: Spring Academic Lecture Committee
Member:
2020-2021: College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - College Environment)
2015-2016: Undergraduate Programs Committee
2014-2015: Conferment
2014-2015: Personnel Committee Lamar University
2014-2015: Selection Committee for Steinhagen Global Fellows 2015: Reviewed Student Essays for M.B.A. Office
2013: College of Business Committee for Lamar University Academic Lecture Series (Spring 2013)
2013: University Professor and Merit/Regent's Professor Committee
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2011-2012: Business Law Faculty worked on creation of Minor in Business Law: Minor in Business Law was ultimately approved at the end of Fall 2011
University Assignments
Member:
2015: Search Committee for Associate Director Position for Distance Education: Search Committee for Associate Director Position for Distance Education
2012-2013 – 2015-2016: Distance Education Committee
2011-2012 – 2015-2016: Committee on Student Organizations
2011-2012 – 2015-2016: Educator Preparation Council (EPC)
2012 – 2014: Communication Committee (AP Programs)
2012: Advisement Center Advisory Council
2011-2012 – 2014-2015: Judge Joe J. Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series Committee
2013: Advisory Committee for Internships, Cooperative Education and Other Experiential Activities
2013-2014: Online Faculty Task Force
2013-2014 – 2015-2016: Student Advising and Retention Council
2012: Search Committee for University Advising Center (aka, the 'Jimmy Center') Associate Director Position
2012: Search Committee for University Advising Center (aka, the 'Jimmy Center') Director Position
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2019: LU Student Conduct Hearing Panel
2012: Spring Commencement -- Faculty Marshal
Community Service
Chair of a Committee
2015 - 2020: Temple Emanuel Bylaws Committee
2011 – 2020: Temple Emanuel Sisterhood - Bylaws Committee
2011 – 2020: Temple Emanuel Sisterhood - Hospitality Committee
2011 – 2014: Temple Emanuel Ritual Committee, Ritual Committee
2019: Junior League of Beaumont -- Sustaining Advisor for Spinnings Committee (JLB Magazine), Assist Committee by helping to edit their articles and advising/mentoring the Committee Chair
2018: Temple Emanuel Sisterhood Ad HocCommittee to revise Organization of Board,Proposal to suspend Constitutional Provisions dealing with size and make up of Board for two years in order to try out having a smaller board and a group of coordinators to substitute for president, defining the duties of each coordinator, and revising the make up of the Nominating Committee
2015: Temple Emanuel Nominating Committee for President-Elect
2015: Temple Emanuel Ritual Committee
2011: Junior League of Beaumont - Junior League of Beaumont Community Board (Representing Education)
2011: Temple Emanuel Long Range Planning Committee
Other Community Service Activities
2011: Temple Emanuel -- Trustee on Board of Trustees
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Articles
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Cavaliere, F. J., Colon, R., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (in press, 2020). The Battle over Fiduciary Responsibility of Pension Fund Managers: The Trump Administration Takes on the ESG Movement. Southern Law Journal.
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Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2019). Protected Concerted Activity Decitions Under the Obama-Era NLRB: A Look at the Political & Ethical Issues Facing the NLRB in an Erao of Declining Union Membership. Southern Law Journal, XXIX (2), 237-253.
- Baldo, M., Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2019). Social Media and the C-Suite:The Ethical and Legal Implications. Southwestern Business Administration Journal.
- Swerdlow, M., Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Natarajan, V. (2017). Prohibiting Gray Market Prescription Drugs: The Ethical Dimensions. Southern Law Journal.
- Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Seawright, D., & Swerdlow, M. (in press, 2015). LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing. Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 15 Issue 2 (23-37).
- Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Swerdlow, M. S., & Baldo, M. (2014). Congress Kickstarts Securities Laws to Jumpstart the Economy: The JOBS Act Awaits SEC Implementation. Southern Law Journal, XXIV (1), 149-164.
- Cavaliere, F. J., Mulvaney, T. P., & Swerdlow, M. R. (2012). Congress Proposes, the Supreme Court Disposes: Is there Room for Courts to Subvert the Will of Congress After the ADAA Act Broadens the Definition of Disability. Southern Law Journal, 22 (1), 37-60.
Refereed Proceedings
- Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Seawright, D., & Swerdlow, M. (2015). LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing. Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.
Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
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Cavaliere, F., Colon, R., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2020, March). The Battle over Fiduciary Responsibility of Pension Fund Managers: The Trump Adminitration Takes on the ESG Movement. Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas.
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Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2019, March). Protected Concerted Activity Decisions Under the O'Bama-era NLRB: A Look at the Political and Ethical Issues Facing the NLRB in an Era of Declining Union Membership. Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas.
- Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Seawright, D., & Swerdlow, M. (2015, October). LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing. Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
- Cavaliere, F. J., Mulvaney, T. P., Swerdlow, M. R., & Baldo, M. (2013, March). Power to the People?: The SEC Misses Its Deadline for Crowdfunding Regulations under the JOBS Act. Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas.
- Cavaliere, F. J., Mulvaney, T. P., & Swerdlow, M. R. (2011). Congress Proposes, the Supreme Court Disposes: Is there Room for Courts to Subvert the Will of Congress After the ADAA Act Broadens the Definition of Disability. Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas.