Professor Joanna Shepherd-Bailey is a tenured law professor at Emory University in Atlanta. She has a Ph.D. in Economics and was a professor of Economics before she started at the law school. She brings together training in Economics and Statistics with a deep understanding of many areas of law and litigation. She teaches classes in Torts, Law and Economics, Analytical Methods for Lawyers, and Statistics for Lawyers.

Professor Shepherd-Bailey's research focuses on empirical analyses of legal changes and legal institutions. She has published broadly in the top national law reviews, legal journals, and peer-reviewed economics journals. Her recent research has empirically examined the consequences of tort reform, employment law, and judicial elections. She is also an author of an Industrial Organization textbook. Her research has been discussed on CNN Sunday, National Fox News, and The O'Reilly Factor, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

Professor Shepherd-Bailey has served as a statistical expert on several legal cases. Her consulting experience includes expert reports and testimony in cases involving damage computations, healthcare law, and competition policy. In addition, she has been invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and before the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Shepherd-Bailey has also been invited to present her scholarly work by faculties at leading universities around the country including Stanford Law School, The University of Chicago Law School, NYU School of Law, The University of Michigan School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Duke Law School, Georgetown School of Law, The University of Southern California School of Law, and The University of Texas School of Law.