Faculty Publications
Professor Zinnecker has been teaching and writing in the field of commercial law since 1994. He joined Campbell’s faculty in Fall 2011 and served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from January 2012 to June 2017. Previously he was a tenured professor at South Texas College of Law. He has been a visitor at Samford University, Florida State University, the University of Richmond, and the University of Houston.
Zinnecker is an honors graduate of Brigham Young University’s law school, where he served on the management board of the law review and became a member of the Order of the Coif. Following graduation, he served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Frank X. Gordon (Arizona Supreme Court) and the Honorable Edith H. Jones (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). He then worked for five years in the financial services department of a large Texas firm, primarily drafting and negotiating syndicated loan transactions.
Nine Questions for the Article 9 Professor
Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Fallacies: Mastering Secured Transactions Through Deductive Reasoning
Socrates, Syllogisms, and Sadistic Transactions: Challenges to Mastering U.C.C. Article 9 Through Deductive Reasoning
Thoughts on the U.C.C. (With Apologies to Dr. Seuss)
Pimzy Whimsy in the Eleventh Circuit: Reflections on IN RE ALPHATECH SYSTEMS, INC.
When A Hundred Grand Just Isn’t Enough: 50 Hypotheticals that Explore the Contours of FDIC Deposit Insurance Coverage
Resolving Priority Disputes Between the IRS and the Secured Creditor Under Revised UCC Article 9: And the Winner is ...?
Extending Enforcement Rights to Assignees of Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Negotiable Instruments Under U.C.C. Article 3: A Proposal for Reform
The Default Provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Part I
The Default Provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Part II
“Dear Diary” Moments in the Semester of a UCC Law Professor
A Literalist Proposes Four Modest Revisions to UCC Article 3