David A. Dana

Professor of Law

Phone: (312) 503-0240
E-mail: d-dana@law.northwestern.edu

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David Dana is a leading scholar in the fields of environmental, property, intellectual property, and professional responsibility law. Before becoming a professor, he was an environmental litigator in both the private (Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) and public (U.S. Department of Justice) sectors.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Environmental Law
Property

Intellectual Property

COURSES

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

The Foreclosure Crisis and the Anti-Fragmentation Principle in State Property Law
The Mismatch between Public Nuisance Law and Global Warming
Exclusionary Eminent Domain
Democratizing the Law of Federal Preemption, 102 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 507-550, 2008
Reframing Eminent Domain: Unsupported Advocacy, Ambiguous Economics, and the Case for a New Public Use Test , 32 VERMONT LAW REVIEW 129-169, 2007

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EDUCATION

BA summa cum laude, Harvard University
JD magna cum laude, Harvard University

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Law and Professor, Boston University School of Law, 1993-98
Attorney, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1991-93
Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 1989-91
Law Clerk, Hon. Betty Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-89

RECENT CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Consultant, Kirkland & Ellis
Consultant, Beveridge & Diamond, Clean Air Act
Consultant, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Consultant to Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. on administrative law matters