Adam J. Levitin

Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law

Research Interests

• Consumer Finance
• Structured Finance
• Bankruptcy
• Housing Law and Finance
• Financial Regulation
• Commercial Law (payments, secured credit)

Education

• Harvard College A.B. 1998, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and History
• Columbia University A. M. 2000, History
• Columbia University M.Phil. 2001, History
• Harvard Law School J.D. 2005

Appointments

• Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Additional Information

Visiting Professor Levitin will teach a section of Contracts in the Fall 2012 term. He will also teach the course Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganizations, and the course Consumer Finance in the Spring 2013 term.

Biographical Statement

Adam J. Levitin is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. His research focuses on bankruptcy, consumer finance, and financial regulation. Before joining the Georgetown faculty, Professor Levitin practiced in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York and served as law clerk to the Honorable Jane Richards Roth on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. While at Georgetown, he has served as Special Counsel to the Congressional Oversight Panel and as the Robert Zinman Scholar in Residence at the American Bankruptcy Institute. Professor Levitin holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.Phil and an A.M. from Columbia University, and an A.B. from Harvard College.

Representative Publications

• Levitin, Adam J. "Bankrupt Politics and the Politics of Bankruptcy," 97 Cornell Law Review (forthcoming 2012).
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• Levitin, Adam J. & Susan Wachter. "Explaining the Housing Bubble," 100 Georgetown Law Journal 1177 (2012).
  Full text: SSRN
  
• Levitin, Adam J. "Priceless? The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints," 55 UCLA Law Review 1321 (2008).
  Full text: SSRN