FACULTY
Faculty Profile
Full-time Faculty
Elysa Dishman
Professor of Law
Professor Elysa Dishman joined the BYU Law faculty in 2016. Her scholarship focuses on government enforcement actions and corporate compliance. She is a leading expert on multistate litigation brought by state attorneys general and has published articles on that topic in top law reviews including Notre Dame Law Review, Alabama Law Review, Arizona State Law Journal, and BYU Law Review. She teaches courses on corporate compliance, business organizations, professional responsibility, and criminal law.
Prior to joining the faculty, she was a senior litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P. in Washington, D.C., where she defended clients in state and federal enforcement actions. She holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia and B.A. from Brigham Young University.
Additional Information
- Generals of the Resistance: Multistate Actions and Nationwide Injunctions, 51 Ariz. St. L. J. 506 (2022)
- Settling Data Protection: Multistate Settlements and National Policymaking, 72 Ala L. Rev. 839 (2021) [SSRN]
- Class Action Squared: Multistate Action and Agency Dilemmas, 96 Notre Dame L. Rev. 291 (2020) [SSRN]
- Enforcement Piggybacking and Multistate Actions, 2019 BYU L. Rev. 421(2019) [SSRN]