Troy A. McKenzie
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Troy A. McKenzie is an American lawyer who is the Dean and Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. He assumed the position of dean on June 1, 2022, succeeding Trevor Morrison.
Troy A. McKenzie | |
|---|---|
| Education | Princeton University (BSE) New York University (JD) |
| Employer | New York University School of Law |
| Known for | Civil procedure, legal education |
| Title | Dean |
In 1997, McKenzie graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Princeton University. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2000 after serving as an executive editor of the Law Review.[1] He is a member of the Order of the Coif.
After law school, McKenzie clerked for Judge Pierre Leval of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and then for Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court.
In 2007, he joined the faculty at NYU School of Law.[2] His scholarship focuses on civil procedure, bankruptcy law, complex litigation, the federal courts, and class actions.
McKenzie returned to NYU Law in 2017 after serving for two years as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel.
In 2019, McKenzie was the Ropes & Gray Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He taught courses on civil procedure and the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court.[3]
He is a member of both the American Law Institute and the American Bankruptcy Institute.[4]
- "'Helpless' Groups," 81 Fordham L. Rev. 3213 (2013)
- "Getting to the Core of Stern v. Marshall: History, Expertise, and the Separation of Powers," 86 Am. Bankr. L.J. 23 (2012)
- "The Mass Tort Bankruptcy: A Pre-History," 5 J. Tort L. 59 (2012)
- "Toward a Bankruptcy Model for Non-Class Aggregate Litigation," 87 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 960 (2012)
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