Allen Matkins Partner Keith Paul Bishop a Co-Author of ‘Marsh’s California Corporation Law,’ Fifth Edition

IRVINE, Calif. – October 7, 2020 – Allen Matkins, a California-based, full-service business and real estate law firm, applauds Corporate & Finance partner Keith Paul Bishop for serving as co-author on the fifth edition of Marsh’s California Corporation Law, the leading treatise on California corporate law originally authored by the late Harold Marsh, Jr. Keith is head of the Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice Group at Allen Matkins and is the former California Commissioner of Corporations, as well as the former Deputy Secretary for Business Regulation and General Counsel of the California Business, Transportation, & Housing Agency. The other co-author of the fifth edition is attorney R. Roy Finkle, who served as the assistant draftsman of the revision of California's Corporations Code.

Marsh’s California Corporation Law is an authoritative research tool that covers all aspects of California corporate law and practice, providing clear, reliable guidance to the laws, legislative history, and major case law holdings, as well as the authors' well-known insight and advice on approaching and understanding key corporate transactions. There is no better source on how to handle all key corporate transactions, from corporate formation and governance to takeovers and bankruptcies. Completely current, there is full coverage and insightful, reliable analysis of all the critical new issues affecting California corporate law practice.

“It is an honor and a privilege to have contributed to such a prestigious and influential book. I’m especially honored to be associated with two individuals who were instrumental in drafting the original work, Mr. Marsh and Mr. Finkle,” says Keith, who practices out of the Orange County office of Allen Matkins.   

In addition to this most recent endeavor and producing numerous articles on corporate and securities laws, Keith is the author of a Nevada corporate law treatise, Bishop and Zucker on Nevada Corporations and Limited Liability Companies. His writings have been cited in several Nevada Supreme Court and U.S. District Court opinions. He is a practice consultant to Marsh & Volk’s Practice Under the California Securities Laws, also co-authored by Harold Marsh, Jr., among others.  He also writes a daily legal blog published by Allen Matkins that has received several honors, California Corporate & Securities Law. 

Keith received his Juris Doctor degree from USC Gould School of Law and his bachelor's degree from Harvard University. In addition to serving as the original author of California Corporation Law, Harold Marsh, Jr. was co-author of California’s Corporate Securities Law of 1968, was instrumental in drafting California’s Commercial Code, and went on to draft California’s new General Corporation Law in 1973, helping shape California corporate law into what it is today.

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