David Gustav Epstein is the George E. Allen Professor of Law at

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and an expert on bankruptcy. Epstein was raised in Texas by a Jewish family. Epstein received a

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from the

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in 1964, a J.D. from the

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in 1966, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1969.Southern Methodist University biography of David Epstein
While a student at UT, he became a member of the

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fraternity. He was also a clerk for the

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. For twenty-five years, Epstein has been the primary Barbri lecturer on the topic of

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s, and his lectures have thus been viewed by upwards of a million students. He has coauthored textbooks on bankruptcy, commercial law, contracts, and corporations.SMU Bankruptcy Law Professor David Epstein Joins Haynes and Boone, LLP
(December 2006). In 2004, the Commercial Law League of America honored him with their Lawrence P. King Award for Excellence in the Field of Bankruptcy.. Epstein has taught at numerous schools and has been the

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of two of them, the

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and the

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. He has been a

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d law professor at

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, the University of North Carolina Law School, and the

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, the Charles E. Tweedy Jr. Chair of Law at the

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, and a

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at Harvard, as well as

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,Faculty profile as an adjunct professor at Georgetown
Retrieved 2009-07-11. the

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, the

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and the

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. In 2006, he became Of Counsel to the law firm of Haynes and Boone, working out of their office in

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, one day a week.

Books

*''A Short & Happy Guide To Contracts'', with Bruce A. Markell & Lawrence Ponoroff (Short and Happy Series, 2012)

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*''Making and Doing Deals: Contracts in Context (2nd Edition)'' (2006) *''Business Structures'', with Richard D. Freer, Michael J. Roberts, George Shepherd (American Casebook Series, 2006) * ''Bankruptcy: 21st Century Debtor-Creditor Law'', with Bruce A. Markell, Steve H. Nickles, Elizabeth L. Perris, (

, January 2005 st edition November 2005 9 nd edition * ''Bankruptcy and Related Law in a Nutshell'' (Nutshell Series, 2005) *''Business Structures in a Nutshell'', with Joseph Shade (Nutshell Series, 2003) *''Debtor-Creditor Law in a Nutshell'' (Nutshell Series, 1991) *''Debtors and Creditors: Cases and Materials'', with Jonathan M. Landers, and Steve H. Nickles (American Casebook Series, 1987)

References

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