Nathan Crystal

Nathan Crystal holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School), Emory Law School (where he was editor-in-chief of the law review), and Harvard Law School. Professor Crystal concentrates in the areas of professional responsibility and contract law. He is the author or coauthor of four books, three on legal ethics and one on contract law: Professional Responsibility – Problems of Practice and the Profession (Aspen Law & Business 6th ed. 2017), An Introduction to Professional Responsibility (Aspen Law & Business 1998), Annotated South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct (S.C. Bar 2016 ed.) (with Robert M. Wilcox), Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (with Charles Knapp and Harry G. Prince) (8th ed. 2016).

In addition to his books, Professor Crystal has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, including the Akron Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Global Jurist, Illinois Law Review, International Litigation, Kansas Law Review, Kentucky Law Journal, Mercer Law Review, Mississippi College Law Review, Notre Dame Journal of Law Ethics and Public Policy, NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Opinio Juris in Comparitone, Penn. State Law Review, Saint Mary’s Law Journal, Saint Louis Law Journal, South Carolina Law Review, South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business, Wake Forest Law Review, and Washington Law Review. He authors a bimonthly column, “Ethics Watch,” for the South Carolina Lawyer. Professor Crystal lectures frequently on matters of professional ethics to national, regional, and local organizations. He has held visiting appointments and lectureships at Arkansas (Little Rock), Florida State, Hastings, Indiana (Indianapolis), Luiss (Rome), Scuola Superiore Santa’Anna, Tanjin (China), (Pisa), Suffolk, Sydney (Parsons Visiting Scholar).

As a practicing lawyer, Mr. Crystal provides ethics advice to major law firms, represents lawyers in disciplinary matters, serves as an expert witness, and functions as special counsel to investigate and make recommendations on issues of contract law and professional ethics. His firm, Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal, LLC, focuses its practice on professional ethics, international transactions, and business law. For information about his firm, see www.cgcfirm.com. He and his partner, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, are cofounders of www.technethics.com, a website devoted to issues of technology and professional ethics.

Nathan Crystal served as a member of the New York City Bar Ethics Advisory Committee from 2014-2017. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law.

Education

• L.L.M. Harvard Law School (1974 — 1976)
• JD Emory Law School (1968 — 1971)
• B.S. University of Pennsylvania (1964 — 1968)

Companies

• Adjunct Professor NYU School of Law (2015)
• Partner Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal, LLC (2011)
• Class of 1969 Professor Emeritus of Professional Responsibility and Contract Law University of South Carolina (2008)
• Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Research Scholar Charleston School of Law (2005 — 2014)
• Class of 1969 Professor of Professional Responsibility and Contract Law University of South Carolina (1999 — 2008)
• Roy Webster Professor of Professional Responsibility and Contract Law University of South Carolina (1991 — 1999)
• Associate Dean and Professor of Law, 1987-1992 University of South Carolina (1987 — 1992)
• Professor of Law University of South Carolina (1982 — 1987)
• Associate Professor of Law University of South Carolina (1979 — 1982)