Eight New Faculty Join Colorado Law
Lolita Buckner Inniss, Dean and Provost鈥檚 Professor of Law, announced the appointment of eight professors to Colorado Law鈥檚 full-time faculty: Bryan Choi, Tony Derron, Ann Lipton, Jacob Nunnally, Govind Persad, Adam Sopko, Delaram Takyar, and Paige Wilson.听听
鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome these eight exceptional scholars and educators to our esteemed faculty this fall,鈥 said Dean Inniss. 鈥淓ach of them brings to Colorado Law a wealth of expertise, innovative research, and a deep commitment to preparing the next generation of legal leaders.鈥澨听
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Meet Colorado Law鈥檚 newest professors:听
Bryan Choi听
Choi's scholarship brings an interdisciplinary focus to software and AI safety. He is especially well-known for his work on software liability, which has been influential in policymaking discussions on national cybersecurity strategy. Prior to joining Colorado Law, Choi was jointly appointed at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Choi received his JD and AB in Computer Science from Harvard University. He clerked for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge William C. Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.听
Tony Derron听
Tony Derron joins the Colorado Law faculty from the University of Chicago School of Law, where he was a Bigelow Fellow. He is an environmental law scholar who examines how administration, government structure, and property rules affect environmental outcomes. Before joining the academy, Derron served in the Natural Resources and Environment Section of the Colorado Attorney General鈥檚 office and clerked on both the Colorado Supreme Court and U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.听
Ann Lipton听
Joining the Colorado Law faculty from Tulane Law, Ann M. Lipton studies corporate governance, the relationships between corporations and investors, and the role of corporations in society. Her articles have appeared in the Yale Journal on Regulation, Journal of Corporation Law, and the Georgetown Law Journal, among other publications. Prior to entering academia, she practiced law in New York city for over ten years, specializing in corporate and securities litigation.听She also clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter and Chief Judge Edward Becker of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.听
Jacob Nunnally听
In March 2025, Jacob Nunnally joined Wise Law Library as the Associate Director for Resource Access and Discovery. His research interests include institutional repositories, archives, and 18th and 19th-century American history. Nunnally began working in academic law libraries in New York in 2018 when he became the Assistant Director of Access and Collections Services at the Hofstra University Law Library.听
Govind Persad听
Govind Persad鈥檚 research applies methods from bioethics and social philosophy to law in order to address longstanding and new problems at the interface of health law and policy. His recent writing appears in law reviews, such as the Michigan Law Review, Iowa Law Review, and Emory Law Journal, as well as high-profile peer reviewed medical and scientific journals, including 听Science, JAMA, and The Lancet. Persad comes to Colorado Law from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He clerked for Judge Carlos Lucero on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.听听
Adam Sopko听听
Adam Sopko is a state public law scholar who studies how institutions structure and participate in state-level governance and policymaking. Before joining Colorado Law, he served as a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, which studies the role state institutions play in protecting and enhancing our democracy. At SDRI, Sopko's work included scholarly research, drafting amicus briefs, and advising policymakers.听 Before SDRI, he 听clerked for Chief Justice Stuart J. Rabner on the New Jersey Supreme Court.听听
Delaram Takyar听
Delaram Takyar鈥檚 research focuses on social inequality and the law, considering how the law contributes to the marginalization of disadvantaged groups. Her most recent article, The Hidden Price of Government Immunity, argues in favor of reforming government immunity laws, which, the article argues, disproportionately affect poor communities and communities of color. Prior to joining the Colorado Law faculty, Takyar was a visiting scholar at Vanderbilt Law School and medical-legal partnership attorney at the Tennessee Justice Center, where she started as a Skadden Fellow.听
Paige Wilson听
Paige Wilson previously directed the Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where her students represented a mix of startups, small businesses, nonprofits, and student-athletes with NIL contracts. She also practiced corporate law at Gunderson Dettmer in New York City, where she represented high-growth technology companies and venture capital funds. Wilson鈥檚 research on venture capital and clinical pedagogy has been published in the Berkeley Business Law Journal and the Tennessee Journal of Business Law, respectively.听