Faculty Scholarship - University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis ...

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David J. Leibson
Bernard Flexner Professor of Law
Uniform Commercial Code, torts, law and literature
David J. Leibson received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, cum laude, and his J.D. from
the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, graduating first in his class. He has an LL.M.
from Harvard University. Professor Leibson came to the law faculty in 1971 as an adjunct instructor
and accepted a full-time position in 1972. He has been a full professor since 1977 and the Bernard
Flexner Professor of Law since 1989.
Professor Leibson teaches and writes in the areas of torts and the Uniform Commercial Code. He
co-authored The Uniform Commercial Code of Kentucky with his colleague, Professor Richard
Nowka. This book was originally published in 1983, and supplemented in 1987 and 1991. In 1992,
a second edition was published, and a third edition was completed in 2003. The book has been
cited in many Kentucky Court of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions. Professor Leibson is also
the co-author of The Perfect Repossession Checklist and the author of Kentucky Tort Law, which is
a part of West Publishing Company's Kentucky Practice series.
Professor Leibson has written several articles which have been cited in appellate court opinions
and course textbooks. He has been honored with outstanding teaching awards including the 1988-
89 Law Alumni Foundation Teaching Excellence Award, and as a Distinguished Alumnus of the law
school. Professor Leibson has been a visiting Professor of Law at McGeorge School of Law and
the University of Leeds, England, and the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Books, Chapters, and Journal Articles
• KENTUCKY TORT LAW (2d ed. KY Practice Vol. 13, 2008) (as supplemented).
• THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OF KENTUCKY (3d ed. 2003) (as supplemented) (with Richard
Nowka).
• KENTUCKY TORT LAW (KY Practice Vol. 13, 1995) (as supplemented).
• THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OF KENTUCKY (2d ed. 1992) (as supplemented) (with Richard
Nowka).
• THE PERFECT REPOSSESSION CHECKLIST (1990) (with William Mapother).
• Handling Re-Presented Checks–Risky Business for Collecting and Payor Banks, 78 KY. L.J.
549 (1984).
• THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OF KENTUCKY (1983) (as supplemented) (with Richard Nowka).
• Recovery of Damages for Emotional Distress Caused by Physical Injury to Another, 15 J. FAM. L.
163 (1976-1977).
• Wrongful Dishonor Under the UCC–A Trip Through the Maze of 4-402, 8 AKRON L. REV. 317
(1976).
• Anticipatory Repudiation and Buyer’s Damages–A Look Into How the UCC Has Changed the
Common Law, 7 UCC L.J. 272 (1975).