Paul R. Verkuil

Paul Robert Verkuil (born December 4, 1939) is an American lawyer. He is a former dean of the Tulane University Law School, a former president of the College of William and Mary, and a former dean of the Cardozo School of Law. He is currently on the faculty of the Cardozo School of Law.

Education and career Verkuil received his B.A. at the College of William & Mary and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also earned a M.A. from the New School for Social Research, and an LL.M. and J.S.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Verkuil served as president of the College of William & Mary from July 1, 1985 until his resignation, effective January 7, 1992.

Verkuil has also served as the CEO of the American Automobile Association from 1992 to 1995.

In 2009, Verkuil was nominated by President Barack Obama to be head of the Administrative Conference of the United States. The Senate confirmed his nomination on March 3, 2010, and he was the Chair until October 1, 2015..

Verkuil is coauthor of Administrative Law and Process (5th ed. 2009) and Regulation and Deregulation (2nd ed. 2004) and Outsourcing Sovereignty: How Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy And What We Can Do About It (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He has been the editor of Virginia Law Review, and the recipient of the NYU Founders Day Award for "Consistent evidence of outstanding scholarship."

He is married to Judith Rodin, the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.