Business law professor and corporate attorney with over ten years in-house, as well as 9 years developing and training new lawyers and undergraduates on both foundational business law and entrepreneurism. Regular speaker and author on compliance, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.

Contracts
Intellectual Property
Merger & Acquisitions
Entrepreneurship

• DBA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Management) - 2021
• MBA, Wake Forest University- 2005
• JD, Wake Forest University- 2002
• BS, University of Florida (Finance) - 1999

Research Interests

• Employment Law
  Entrepreneurship
  Human Resources
  Sustainability

Teaching Interests

• Business Law
  Compliance
  Economics
  Employment Law
  Entrepreneurship
  Finance
  Human Resource
  Management
  Marketing
  Supply Chain Management
  Strategic Management
  Wills, Estates, and Trusts

• Best, E. , &  Binkley, M. (Forthcoming). To be a B Certified Benefit Corporation or Not to Be. The Contemporary Tax Journal. | more information
• Best, E. (2019). Business Law Workbook. Kendall Hunt.
• Best, E. (2016). How to Find the Right Employees for Your Compliance Department. Compliance and Ethics Prof. Mag.
• Best, E. (2014). Satisfying Experiential Education Requirements through Expanding Externships in For-Profit Placements. 21 Clinical L. Rev. 1
• Best, E. (2011). Greening the Supply Chain: Why Corporate Leaders Make it Matter. 27 Fla. St. U. J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 31