Mae Kuykendall
Professor of Law
366 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6894
kuykend1@law.msu.edu
Degrees: J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1985; Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 1980; M.A. University of North Carolina, 1972; B.A., summa cum laude, University of Houston, 1969
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Bar Admissions: Massachusetts; Eleventh Circuit; Southern District of New York; New Jersey; New York
Courses: Business Enterprises, Constitutional Law II, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law and Policy Seminar, Law and Gender, Mergers & Acquisitions
Biography: Upon receiving her juris doctor, Professor Kuykendall clerked for the Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She then spent six years as an associate in the New York City firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, practicing in the area of corporate finance. Professor Kuykendall writes in the area of corporate law and has a scholarly interest in the relationship between legal definitions of marriage and the evolving common usage of the term marriage. She is the co-reporter of the Michigan Business Corporation Act. Prior to her law career, Professor Kuykendall was involved in civil justice research in an office attached to the U.S. Attorney General’s office at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. She is co-chair of MSU Law’s Corporate Law concentration.