Joseph C. Long

Securities Law

Attorney Bio

Joseph Long is a renowned attorney and law professor in the areas of state and federal securities regulation, corporations, partnerships and related disciplines. He has devoted his long and distinguished legal career to teaching and legal research, and has authored hundreds of books, teaching materials, Law Review articles, securities articles, and a wide variety of related publications.

For more than 40 years, Joseph has served with distinction on the law faculties of the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of South Dakota, Stetson College, and the University of Virginia.

Joseph is the Chief of Securities Regulation for the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities, and is recognized as one the nation’s preeminent authorities on securities regulations. He authored a three-volume treatise on ‘Blue Sky Law,’ regarded by many to be the definitive source on state securities regulation. Since 1970, Joseph has been Special Advisor and Consultant to the Oklahoma Securities Commission, and has been an expert witness in over 50 cases in nearly 30 states. He served as Special Counsel for the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), and co-reporter for the Revised Uniform Securities Act, National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws. He has also been cited by more than 50 state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

He is a recipient of the Distinguished Visiting Professor and holder of the Harter Chair, the Distinguished Associates Professor, and the North American Securities Administrators Association “Blue Sky Cube” Award for Distinguished Service.

Joseph is admitted to the bar in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals. He is a member of numerous organizations including the American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association (Committee on Corporations, Banking, and Securities), Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (former President and Treasurer), and the Securities Committee and State Securities Enforcement Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Securities Commission Committee for Continuing Education for Broker Dealers, and the Board of Advisors for the National Council of Individual Investors.

Joseph received his bachelor’s degree in History and Juris Doctor with distinction from the University of Missouri. He attained his Master of Law degree from the University of Virginia.

Presentations and Publications

Joseph Long’s publications span from the 1960s to the present.

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