Dave Min is a father, a devoted husband, and a UC Irvine law professor who has dedicated his life to improving the economic opportunities available to working families. After graduating from Wharton and Harvard Law School, Dave began his career as an Enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, turning down higher paying private sector jobs to help protect the retirement security of seniors and help clean up an unfair and corrupt financial system in the aftermath of the Enron and Worldcom accounting scandals.
Dave went on to work as an economic and financial policy advisor for Senator Chuck Schumer and as an economic policy director at the Center for American Progress. He is a first generation Korean-American and native California who lives and works in Irvine with his wife and UC Irvine School of Law colleague Jane Stoever, where they are raising their three children. Dave is one of the country’s leading experts on banking and housing policy, and he has testified six times before Congress on these issues. His work has been featured in national media outlets such as the New York Times, and he has been a regular guest on TV and radio outlets including CNBC and NPR’s Marketplace.