Daniel D. Barnhizer
Associate Professor of Law
418 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6901
barnhize@law.msu.edu
Degrees: J.D. 1995, Harvard Law School; B.A. 1991, Miami University
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Courses: American Legal History Seminar, Business Enterprises, Contracts I, Contracts II
Biography: Professor Barnhizer graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. After graduation, he was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Richard L. Nygaard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, and for the Honorable Robert B. Krupansky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, sitting by designation on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Professor Barnhizer has practiced as a litigator with the law firms of Hogan & Hartson and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Before joining the MSU College of Law faculty, he was an adjunct professor of law at American University - Washington College of Law, where he taught legal reasoning, research, and writing. At MSU Law, he teaches Contracts, Contract Theory, Business Enterprises, Securities Litigation, and Legal History.