Lindsay Sain Jones

Lindsay Sain Jones is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Terry College of Business and holds a courtesy appointment at the School of Law. Her research primarily focuses on financial regulation and technology. Professor Jones’s scholarship has been accepted in a variety of academic journals, including the California Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, and the American Business Law Journal. Prior to joining the faculty, she practiced law in a transactional practice at Jones Day, where she primarily represented large financial institutions. Professor Jones also has four years of industry experience as a financial analyst.

Professor Jones is a recipient of the Hoeber Memorial Award, an award bestowed by the American Business Law Journal in recognition of excellence in research, and the Holmes-Cardozo Award for the best conference paper at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. She has completed the Lilly Teaching Fellowship Program and the Teaching Academy Fellowship Program.

• JD, University of Georgia, 2014
• BBA, Georgia State University, 2007

• Financial Regulation, FinTech, Corporate Social Responsibility

Working Papers

• Money and Sovereignty (drafting phase)

Journal Articles

• Antitrust for the Fintech Era (with Greg Day), 63 American Business Law Journal (forthcoming 2025).
• Nonbanks and the Social Contract, 103 North Carolina Law Review (forthcoming 2025).
• Rebooting the Community Reinvestment Act (with Goldburn Maynard), 61 American Business Law Journal 167 (2024)
• Investor Driven Climate Accountability (with Kimberly Houser), 57 UC Davis Law Review 2627 (2024)
• Unfulfilled Promises of the FinTech Revolution (with Goldburn Maynard), 111 California Law Review 801 (2023).
• On the Systemic Importance of Digital Platforms (with Tim Samples), 25 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 141 (2023).
• Who’s Keeping Score?: Oversight of Consumer Credit Infrastructure (with Janine Hiller), 59 American Business Law Journal 61 (2022).
• Beyond the Hype: A Practical Approach to CryptoReg, 25 Virginia Journal of Law & Technology 175 (2022).
• Aligning National Bank Priorities with the Public Interest: National Benefit Banks and a New Stakeholder Approach, 58 American Business Law Journal 5 (2021).
• Putting the Wild Back in Wilderness: An Argument for a More Natural Approach to Wildlife Management in Wilderness, 6 George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 21 (2015).
• The Problem with the Bureau of Land Management’s Delegation of Wildlife Management in Wilderness, 47 Georgia Law Review 1281 (2013).

• Staff Editor, American Business Law Journal, 2025–present
• Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Business Law Journal, 2019–2025
• Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Legal Studies in Business, 2021–present

• Holmes-Cardozo Award for Best Submitted Conference Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2023
• Best Environmental Paper Award, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2023
• Terry College of Business Outstanding Teacher, University of Georgia, 2023
• Lilly Teaching Fellow, University of Georgia, 2022-2024
• Teaching Academy Fellow, University of Georgia, 2021-2022
• Hoeber Memorial Award for Excellence in Research, American Business Law Journal, 2021

• Co-Chair, Technology Section, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 2023-present
• Vice Chair, Advisory Council for Inclusive Excellence & Engagement, Terry College of Business, 2023-present
• Member, Advisory Council for Inclusive Excellence & Engagement, Terry College of Business, 2021-present

• Associate Attorney, Jones Day, 2014-2020
• Senior Associate, TriMont, 2007-2011