Professor Omarova received her Diploma (B.A. equivalent) from the Department of Philosophy of Moscow State University, her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. Prior to joining the UNC Law School, Professor Omarova practiced law in the Financial Institutions Group of Davis, Polk, & Wardwell, a premier New York law firm, where she specialized in a wide variety of corporate transactions and advisory work in the area of financial regulation. In 2006-2007, she served at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Special Advisor for Regulatory Policy to the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. Her primary research and teaching interests include regulation of financial institutions, corporate finance, and international business transactions.