David Arthur Skeel, Jr. (born September 10, 1961) is an American

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specializing in

bankruptcy law Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...

and corporate law. He is the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

, a position he has held since 2004.

Biography

Skeel received a B.A. from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

and a J.D. from the

University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as part of his "academical v ...

. From 1987 to 1988, he clerked for the Honorable

Walter K. Stapleton Walter King Stapleton (born June 2, 1934) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delawa ...

of the

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. From 1988 to 1990, he was an associate in the law firm Duane, Morris, and Heckscher, within the firm's reorganization and finance department. From 1990 to 1998, Skeel taught at

Temple University School of Law The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and enrolls about 530 students. Student body Admission for fall 2019 entering class was highly comp ...

, where he was an associate professor from 1993 to 1998 and an assistant professor from 1990 to 1993. Skeel joined the

in 1999. He specializes in corporate law, and is the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, a position he has held since 2004. He has won the

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(2004), the Harvey Levin Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999, 2002 & 2011), and the

Robert A. Gorman Robert A. Gorman (born April 22, 1937) is the Kenneth W. Gemmill Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Gorman was born in New York City. Gorman obtained an A.B. ''summa cum laude'' from Harvard College in 195 ...

Award (2010). In 2016, he was named to the PROMESA oversight board in charge of resolving the

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Publications

*2014
''True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World''
InterVarsity Press *2011
''The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its (Unintended) Consequences''
*2006

Oxford UP *2001. ttps://books.google.com/books?id=30P1ETv_sesC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America'' Princeton UPReviewed at:
• Janis Sara (2003), "Book Review: Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America, by David A. Skeel Jr," ''Osgoode Hall Law Journal'', 41(4), pp
734-740.
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References

External links

Penn Law page for David Skeel
with link to Curriculum Vitae {{DEFAULTSORT:Skeel, David Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty University of Virginia School of Law alumni 1961 births