Carrie Stanton

Professor Carrie Stanton is a business law scholar who teaches and writes in the areas of contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Her scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in leading scholarly journals, including the Wisconsin Law Review and the Journal of Corporation Law.

Prior to joining the W&L Law faculty, Professor Stanton was a partner at Williams Mullen. In her practice, she represented clients in major business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial contract negotiations, and corporate governance matters. As a practicing attorney, she received several awards and recognitions, including the Best Lawyers® Charlottesville "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law (2022). She was also named to the Virginia Business "Legal Elite" in Business Law (2022), Virginia Lawyers Weekly's class of "Up & Coming Lawyers" (2019), Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Business & Corporate Law, and The Best Lawyers in America©. While in private practice, Stanton also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, teaching courses on commercial transactions and business law.

Professor Stanton received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia.