From 1988 until 2015, Mark E. Budnitz, now professor of law emeritus, taught consumer protection and banking courses as the Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law at Georgia State University.  From 1984 to 1988, he headed the Bankruptcy Reorganization branch of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s southeastern office.  From 1979 to 1988, he held professorial appointments at Emory University School of Law.  Prior to that, he was an attorney in legal services programs for the poor, including serving as the executive director of the National Consumer Law Center.

Budnitz specializes in consumer protection, with much of his research focused on electronic payment systems.  He has published over 40 articles on this and other topics.  In addition, he has written books on credit reporting and bankruptcy.  For many years he wrote yearly updates for two other books, Consumer Banking and Payments Law and the Law of Lender Liability.  Budnitz has written amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts, testified before congressional committees, drafted legislation and model statutes, and litigated many cases on behalf of low-income consumers.

Budnitz is on the board of directors of the National Consumer Law Center and the Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.  He was a member of the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council.  He graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School.