Anne Tucker Nees

Anne Tucker Nees is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University College of Law. Professor Nees researches in the areas of corporate law and governance examining the fiduciary duties of directors and the rights of shareholders. Professor Nees teaches Corporations and Unincorporated Business Associations.

Prior to joining the College of Law, Professor Nees practiced corporate law with Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP. She left the firm to join Georgia’s new Business Court, a specialized court adjudicating high-dollar, complex, commercial and business litigation. At the Business Court, Professor Nees clerked for the Honorable Alice D. Bonner and the Honorable Elizabeth E. Long. Professor Nees simultaneously served as the Program Director for the Business Court overseeing the development of the court, including two rule amendments before the Supreme Court of Georgia. While at the Business Court, Professor Nees published an article analyzing the role of specialized courts in modern civil jurisprudence and proposing a framework to assess the role of business courts.

Professor Nees received her J.D. magna cum laude at Indiana University, Bloomington—Maurer School of Law where she served as the Senior Managing Editor of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the official journal of the Federal Communications Bar Association, became a member of the Order of the Coif, and earned the Public Interest Service Award. Before attending law school, she served as a Governor’s Fellow for Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon. Professor Nees received her B.A. in political science and journalism at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.