Academic Degrees
Ph D, University of South Carolina
BBA, East Tennessee State University
Representative Publications
S. Yi, L. Fairchild, and Y. Shin, “The Information Value of Credit Rating Withdrawals,” International Journal of Bonds and Derivatives, volume 2 (2), 2016, pp. 108-132.
L. Fairchild, Y. Shin and Y. Yan, “Does SEC Rating Agency Certification Matter? The Case of A.M. Best,” International Journal of Financial Research, volume 6 (4), 2015, pp. 10-21
Nan S. Ellis, Lisa Fairchild and Frank D'Souza, Conflicts of Interest in the Credit
Rating Industry After Dodd-Frank: Continued Business as Usual?, Virginia Law and Business
Review, 7 2012, 1-46.
Nan S. Ellis, Lisa Fairchild and Frank D'Souza, Is Imposing Liability on Credit Rating
Agencies a Good Idea?: Credit Rating Agency Reform in the Aftermath of the Global
Financial Crisis, Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, 2012.
Lisa Fairchild, Member, Attendance Area Adjustment Committee, Howard County Public
School System, , 2010.
Nan S. Ellis, Lisa M. Fairchild and Harold D. Fletcher, The NYSE Response to Specialist
Misconduct: An Example of the Failure of Self-Regulation, Berkeley Business Law Journal,
7(1) 2010, 102-149.
Frank P. D'Souza, Nan S. Ellis and Lisa M. Fairchild, Illuminating the Need for Regulation
in Dark Markets: Proposed Regulation of the OTC Derivatives Market, University of
Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, 12(2) 2010, 473-516.
Lisa Fairchild, Illuminating the Need for Regulation in Dark Markets: Proposed Reform
of the OTC Derivatives Market, Journal of Business Law, 12(2) 2010, 101-144.
Lisa M. Fairchild, Susan M. Flaherty and Yoon S. Shin, Analysis of Unsolicited Credit
Ratings in Japan: New Evidence from Moody's, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets
and Policies, 12(1) 2009, 103-123.
Shin, Y. S., Fairchild, L. M., The Japanese Credit Rating Environment: Insights from
Issuers, Research in International Business & Finance, (2006).
Fairchild, L. M., Li, J. W., Director Quality and Firm Performance, Financial Review
(The), 40, (2005), p. 257-279.
Fairchild, L. M., Trillion Dollar Bet: A Video Supplement for Teaching Derivatives,
Advances in Financial Education, (2004), p. 13.
Fairchild, L. M., Ellis, N. S., Rule 15C2-12: A Flawed Regulatory Framework Creates
Pitfalls for Municipal Issuers, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, 2,
(2000), p. 587-626.
Fairchild, L. M., Are Federal Disclosure Requirements Beneficial for the Municipal
Bond Market?, Municipal Finance Journal, Fall 2000, (2000), p. 18.
Professional Memberships
American Finance Association
Financial Management Association