University of MissouriMU School of Law

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Patricia Brumfield Fry

Patricia Brumfield Fry
  • Sales and leases
  • Modern payment systems
  • Secured transactions
  • Electronic commerce
  • Check 21
  • Uniform law drafting and proposals for enactment
  • Financing secured goods
  • Promissory notes, checks and drafts
Edward W. Hinton Professor of Law

JD magna cum laude (1971), Southwestern University College of Law
MA (1980), California State University at Northridge

  • Phone Number: (573) 884-7761
  • Room Number: 312 Hulston Hall
  • E-Mail Address:

Professor Fry joined the law faculty in the fall of 2000. She served on the faculty of the University of North Dakota School of Law for the preceding 15 years. Professor Fry was hired as part of the Mission Enhancement Program in the area of Electronic Commerce and is part of the Center for the Digital Globe.

She represents Missouri in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and currently serves that organization as a member of the Study Committee on Electronic Payment Systems.

Professor Fry chaired the Drafting Committee for the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and has served on drafting committees to revise UCC Articles 2, 2A and 7, as well as the drafting committee for the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. In addition, she represents NCCUSL on the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code.

She is a member of the American Law Institute and of the American Bar Association Business Law Section, where she serves on the Uniform Commercial Code Committee and Cyberspace Law Committee.

Professor Fry has published widely in the field of commercial law and electronic commerce. She teaches Sales and Leases, Modern Payment Systems, Secured Transactions and Electronic Commerce.

Complete Listing of Professor Fry's Publications