About the Author

• Author: Val Ricks
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About the Author

Val Ricks has taught Contracts since 1996. His scholarship on contract law appears in the

Georgetown LJ, Indiana LJ, BYU LR, George Mason LR, Baylor LR, and U. Kan. LR. He

claims the original discovery that Isaac Kirksey actually made a bargain with Antillico.

Professor Ricks also teaches, and writes about, business associations and other

intersections of law and business. Before teaching, he clerked for Judge Charles Wiggins

of the 9th Circuit and practiced transactional and appellate law in Salt Lake City. Professor

Ricks received a B.A. summa cum laude in Philosophy and a J.D. summa cum laude, both

from BYU. He and his bride are the parents of seven beautiful children.