Frank Cavaliere

Contact

Dr. Frank Cavaliere
Professor of Accounting and Business Law

Phone: (409) 880-8619
Email: cavalierfj@lamar.edu
Office: Galloway Business Building Room 257

J.D.   University of Texas School of Law
B.B.A.   Lamar University
B.A.   Brooklyn College

Courses Taught

M.B.A.:

Employment Law 
International Law 
The Legal Environment of Business 

Bachelors:

Business Environment and Public Policy 
Business Law 
Employment Law 
Special Topics in Business Law

Professional Experience

Academic Experience 

Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lamar University (January, 1985 - Present), Beaumont, Texas. See teaching section.

Non-Academic Experience 

Owner - law firm, Law Office of Frank J. Cavaliere (January, 1985 - May, 2007), Beaumont, TX Ran a one-person private law practice.

Instructor, Conviser-Duffy (later Becker-Conviser) CPA Review (September, 1996 - May, 2002), Beaumont, TX. Taught law content for CPA review course.

Attorney, Weller, Wheelus & Green Law Firm (January, 1981 - December, 1984), Beaumont, TX Associate attorney primarily engaged in business and estate planning practice.

Attorney, Coke & Coke Law Firm (October, 1979 - December, 1981), Dallas, TX. Associate Attorney primarily engaged in estate planning and business law practice. 

Service

Institutional Service 

College Assignments

Member:
2015-2016:  Personnel Committee  
2015-2016:  Commencement Committee  
2015-2016:  Faculty Academic and Professional Impact Committee  
2014-2015 – 2015-2016:  BUSI 2300  
2012-2013 – 2014-2015:  Faculty Development Committee Lamar University  
2011-2012:  Assessment Committee Lamar University  

Chair:
2011-2012:  Department Chair ARC: Department Chair Ann Watkins ARC (Administrative Review Committee)  

Member:
2011-2012:  Dean Venta's ARC  

University Assignments

Member:
2011-2012:  University Research Council: Review and evaluate research enhancement grant requests and vote on the University Scholar award recipient.  

Community Service 

Media Contact
2013:  Television news appearance, Appearance on Channel 6 news discussing legal implications of streaming video and copyright (Feb. 27, 2013).

Intellectual Contributions

Refereed Articles 

  • Mulvaney, T. (in press, 2015).  LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing.   Southwestern Business Administration Journal.
  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Swerdlow, M. S., & Baldo, M. (2014).  Congress Kickstarts Securities Laws to Jumpstart the Economy: The JOBS Act Awaits SEC Implementation.   Southern Law Journal, XXIV (1), 149-164.
  • Hawkins, C. F., Cavaliere, F. J., & Glasscock, K. (2014).  Student Loans: A Damocles Sword for Higher Education?   Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 14 (2), 13=31.
  • Mulvaney, T., Cavaliere, F., & Hawkins, C. (2014).  Are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) the Solution to Higher Education's Problems or Its Biggest Threat?   Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 14.
  • Cavaliere, F. J., Glasscock, K., & Sen, K. C. (2014).  The Englishnization of Business: Does this Help or Hinder Teaching Global Business?   Education, 135 (2), 161-168.
  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2012).  Congress Proposes, The Supreme Court Disposes: Is There Room for Courts to Subvert the Will of Congress after the ADAA Act Broadens the Definition of Disability?   Southern Law Journal, 22 (1), 37-60.
  • Cavaliere, F. & Mayer, B. W. (2012).  Flooding the Zone: A Ten-Point Approach to Assessing Critical Thinking as Part of the AACSB Accreditation Process.   Education, 133 (2), 361-366.
  • Hawkins, C. F. & Cavaliere, F. J. (2012).  Increasing Effective Teaching Through an Online Component to Traditional Classroom Instruction.   Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 10 (2), 104-115.

Refereed Proceedings 

  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Swerdlow, M., & Seawright, D. (2015).  LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference.

Presentation of Refereed Papers 

  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., Swerdlow, M., & Seawright, D. (2015, October). LARPing It Up: An Innovative Classroom Exercise about Stock Options Utilizing Student Role Playing.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T. P., & Glasscock, K. (2014). Touching Students Lives in the Age of Globalization: The Importance of Internationalizing Business Education.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Hawkins, C. F., Cavaliere, F. J., & Glasscock, K. (2014). Student Loans: A Damocles Sword for Higher Education?   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Cavaliere, F., Hawkins, C. F., & Mulvaney, T. (2013). Are MOOCs the Solution to the Problems in Public Higher Education or the Biggest Threat to the Status Quo?   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Cavaliere, F. & Hawkins, C. (2012). The Increasing Emphasis on Teaching Soft Skills in the College of Business Curriculum.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Cavaliere, F. & Hawkins, C. (2011). Integrity: The Bedrock of Quality On-Line Education.   Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers 

  • Cavaliere, F., Mulvaney, T., & Swerdlow, M. (2011). The ADAAA Attempts to Broaden the Definition of Disability.   Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, San Antonio, Texas.

Papers Under Review 

  • Cavaliere, F., Glasscock, K., & Sen, K. C. (2014). "The Englishnization of Business: Does this Help or Hinder Teaching Global Business?," Initial submission to Education.

Intellectual Contributions-Other 

Applied or Integrative/application Scholarship

  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  STOLI on the Rocks: A case for practical ethics presentations
  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  Rules for Non-Radicals: Best Practices and Policies for Using Social Media
  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  Cyberbullying: Anti-social media on the Internet
  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  Cyberterrorism: Act of State and State of Emergency
  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  Countdown to Election 2016
  • 2015: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  Rise of the Aggregators: International News Sites on the Web
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer - Online Alternatives for Legal Education: MOOCs
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer - The Virtual Office Gets Ethics Scrutiny
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer - Tech Complacency: What Did Bitcoin's Troubles Mean to You?
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer - Job Satisfaction: Exploring Your Options
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer - Job Satisfaction: Becoming and International Lawyer
  • 2014: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer - Exposed: More Cautionary Tales from the World of Social Media
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer- Think About If: Websites That Aim To Improve Critical Thinking
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer: The JOBS Act: Kickstarting the Securities Laws
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer: Real Estate Sites on the Web
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer: The Online Alternatives: Welcome to the New Music Industry (Part 2)
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer: Legal Education in Crisis: Is it Time to Consider Online and Other Alternatives?
  • 2013: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.   The Web-Wise Lawyer: Alternatives for Legal Education: California Validates Totally Online Study of Law
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer: Use the Web to Navigate the Economic Landscape of Europe
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer: Protecting Your Online Reputation
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer: Inside the NLRB: An Old Agency Addresses New Issues
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer: Countdown to Election 2012: Get Your Front Row Seat on the Web
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer: Sports Law on the Web
  • 2012: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer- The Online Alternative: Welcome to the New Music Industry (Part 1)
  • 2011: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- All That Glitters (Part 2): The Gold Frenzy Continues; Vol. 57, No. 1 (February)
  • 2011: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- Catch Up On The ADA As The ADAAA Hits The Courts; Vol. 57, No. 2 (April)
  • 2011: , ., .  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- Catch Up On The Amended ADA And The EEOC's New Regulations (Part 2; Vol. 57, No. 3 (June)
  • 2011: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- Job Hunting Via Social Networking; Vol. 57, No. 4 (August)
  • 2011: , ., .  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- The Aging Of America: Retirement Planning On The Web; Vol. 57, No. 5 (October)
  • 2011: Cavaliere, F., The Practical Lawyer.  The Web-Wise Lawyer -- There's An App For That: Tablet Turmoil And The Decline Of The PC; Vol. 57, No. 6 (December)