Troy A. McKenzie is a professor at the

New York University School of Law New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...

. On April 29, 2022, NYU announced that he would become the dean of the School of Law, effective June 1, 2022.

Biography

In 1997, McKenzie graduated with a

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in chemical engineering from

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. He went on to receive his

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from

, graduating magna cum laude in 2000 after serving as an executive editor of the ''Law Review''. After law school, McKenzie clerked for Judge

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of the

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, and then for Justice

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of the

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. In 2007, he joined the faculty at NYU School of Law. His scholarship focuses on

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, complex litigation, the

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, and

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s. McKenzie returned to NYU Law in 2017 after serving for two years as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the

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. In 2019, McKenzie was the Ropes & Gray Visiting Professor of Law at

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. He taught courses on

and the workings of the

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. He is a member of both the

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and the

American Bankruptcy Institute The American Bankruptcy Institute is an organization of over 13,000 bankruptcy and insolvency professionals, including attorneys, judges, law professors, accountants, investment bankers and turn-around specialists. It bills itself as the "largest ...

. On April 29, 2022, NYU announced that McKenzie would become the dean of the School of Law, effective June 1, 2022.

Selected publications

* "'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)

References

External links

Profile at New York University
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Biography

Selected publications

See also

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