Georgette Chapman Poindexter Faculty Profile

Georgette Chapman Poindexter
David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate; Professor of Legal Studies and Law
Chairperson, Real Estate Department

JD, Harvard University, 1985; AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1981

Research Areas
Real estate law; urban and regional planning; housing

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1992-present (Chairperson, Real Estate Department, 2003-present; named David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate, 2003). University of Pennsylvania: 1994-present

Other Positions
Associate, Toll, Ebby Langer & Marvin, 1988-92; Associate, Drinker Biddle & Reath, 1987-88; Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 1985-87

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994; Rapaport Award for Excellence in teaching the Undergraduate Core, 1997

Professional Leadership 2001-2005
American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Editorial Board, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer; Contributing Editor, Real Estate Law Journal

Representative Publications
"Land Hungry." Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law (forthcoming 2005).

"Dequity" Berkeley Business Law Journal (forthcoming 2005).

"Idolatry of Land." Current Legal Issues vol. 5, Oxford Univ. Press (2003).

(with W. Vargas)
"The Emerging Secondary Mortgage Market in Latin America." George Washington International Law Review (2002).

"Subordinate Rolling Equity: Analyzing Real Estate Loan Defaults in the Era of Securitization." Emory Law Journal (2001).

"Light, Air or Manhattanization? Communal Aesthetics in Zoning Central City Real Estate Development." Boston University Law Review (1998).

(with L. Rogovoy and S. Wachter)
"Selling Municipal Property Tax Receivables: Economics, Privatization and Public Policy in a Era of Urban Distress." Connecticut Law Review (1997).

"Collective Individualism: Deconstructing the Legal City." University of Pennsylvania Law Review (1997).