Campbell Law School

Timothy R. Zinnecker

Tim Zinnecker has been teaching and writing in the field of commercial law since 1994. He joined Campbell’s faculty in Fall 2011 and became Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in Spring 2012.  Previously he was a tenured professor at South Texas College of Law. He has been a visitor at Samford University, Florida State University, the University of Richmond, and the University of Houston.

Zinnecker is an honors graduate of Brigham Young University’s law school, where he served on the management board of the law review and became a member of the Order of the Coif. Following graduation, he served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Frank X. Gordon (Arizona Supreme Court) and the Honorable Edith H. Jones (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). He then worked for five years in the financial services department of a large Texas firm, primarily drafting and negotiating syndicated loan transactions.

Professor Zinnecker is a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. He enjoys reading (mostly fiction) and playing the piano (sacred/gospel). He and his family live in Holly Springs. One of his favorite scripture verses is found in Job 42:2 - “I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.”

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Banking Law
Consumer Bankruptcy
Payment Systems
Secured Transactions
Transaction Skills

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B.S.B.A., Central Missouri State University (summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi; degree emphasis in accounting and data processing).

J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (magna cum laude and Order of  the Coif; Lead Note and Comment Editor of the BYU Law Review).

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Books:

PAYMENT SYSTEMS, BANKING, AND DOCUMENTARY TRANSACTIONS: PROBLEMS, CASES, COMMENTS (w/ Teacher’s Manual) (co-author:  Dellas W. Lee, Texas Tech University School of Law (now
retired)) (Carolina Academic Press) (1st ed. 2003; 2nd ed. 2007)

Q&A: PAYMENT SYSTEMS (co-author:  Gregory E. Maggs, The George Washington University Law School) (Matthew Bender & Co. 2003) (anticipate second edition will be forthcoming in 2012)

Q&A: SECURED TRANSACTIONS (co-author:  Hon. Bruce A. Markell, William S. Boyd School of Law (UNLV) and United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada) (Matthew Bender & Co.) (1st ed. 2003; 2nd ed. 2011)

THE DEFAULT PROVISIONS OF REVISED ARTICLE 9 (American Bar Association 1999)

Articles:

Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Fallacies:  Mastering Secured Transactions Through Deductive Reasoning, ___ Wayne L. Rev. ___ (2011) (forthcoming)

Socrates, Syllogisms, and Sadistic Transactions:  Challenges to Mastering U.C.C. Article 9 Through Deductive Reasoning, 13 Chapman L. Rev. 97 (2009)

When A Hundred Grand Just Isn’t Enough: 50 Hypotheticals that Explore the Contours of FDIC Deposit Insurance Coverage, 72 Tenn. L. Rev. 1005 (2005)

Pimzy Whimsy in the Eleventh Circuit: Reflections on In re Alphatech Systems, Inc., 40 Gonzaga L. Rev. 379 (2005)

Resolving Priority Disputes Between the IRS and the Secured Creditor Under Revised UCC Article 9:  And the Winner is ...?, 35 Ariz. St. L. J. 921 (2002)

Extending Enforcement Rights to Assignees of Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Negotiable Instruments Under U.C.C. Article 3:  A Proposal for Reform, 50 Kan. L. Rev. 111 (2001)

The Default Provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code:  Part II, 54Bus. Law.1737 (1999) (peer reviewed / selected)

The Default Provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code:  Part I, 54 Bus. Law. 1113 (1999) (peer reviewed / selected)

A Literalist Proposes Four Modest Revisions to UCC Article 3, 32 U. RICH L. REV. 63 (1998)

Purchase Money Security Interests in the Preference Zone: Questions Answered and Questions Raised by the 1994 Amendments to Bankruptcy Code § 547, 62 MO L. REV. 47 (1997)

When Worlds Collide: Resolving Priority Disputes Between the IRS and the Article Nine Secured Creditor, 63 TENN L. REV. 585 (1996)

Lawyers Who Draft and Negotiate Guaranties (and the Clients Who Love Them), 35 S. TEX L. REV. 387 (1994)

Lender Liability Under CERCLA and the Fleet-ing Protection of the Secured Creditor Exemption, 44 Sw. L. J. (S.M.U.) 1449 (1991)

Other:

Thoughts on the U.C.C. (With Apologies to Dr. Seuss), 59 J. LEGAL EDUC. 169 (2009) (“co-authored” with daughter)

“Dear Diary” Moments in the Semester of a UCC Law Professor, 50 MERCER L. REV. 603 (1999)

Corporate Vicarious Liability for Punitive Damages, 1985 BYU  L. REV. 317 (student note)

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