Paul J. Stancil
Assistant Professor

Phone: 217-244-2713 Email: stancil@illinois.edu B.A. University of Virginia J.D. University of Virginia Courses Antitrust Civil Procedure Low Resolution Photo (~550k jpg) High Resolution Photo (~2Mb jpg)

Professor Paul J. Stancil joins the College of Law faculty after serving as a visiting professor at Illinois for the past year, teaching Anti-Trust and Civil Procedure. Before entering teaching, Professor Stancil practiced antitrust and intellectual property law as a shareholder of Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee, and as an associate at Baker Botts in Houston.  In his private practice, Professor Stancil represented both corporate and individual clients in connection with a variety of antitrust and patent infringement matters.  Professor Stancil also taught antitrust law at the University of Houston, as an adjunct professor. Professor Stancil's primary research interests lie at the intersection of competition theory, game theory and law, including both traditional antitrust law and the application of competition theory to other aspects of legal and political processes.  He is the author of "Atomism and the Private Merger Challenge" in Temple Law Review (2006).   Professor Stancil received his B.A. in Economics and Spanish from the University of Virginia.  He also earned his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of Virginia School of Law.  He teaches antitrust and civil procedure.