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Michael Francus is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Law School. His research focuses on bankruptcy law, particularly legal entity structures in insolvency contexts for both government and corporate entities. He teaches Contracts and Bankruptcy courses. Before academia, he clerked for Judge Stephanos Bibas of the Third Circuit and practiced at Kirkland & Ellis, specializing in commercial litigation. Educated at the University of Chicago (B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science) and Stanford Law School (J.D.), he has held roles as an articles editor on the Stanford Law Review.
- Education: J.D., Stanford Law School; B.A., University of Chicago (Philosophy & Political Science)
- Clerkship: Judge Stephanos Bibas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Practice: Kirkland & Ellis (commercial and appellate litigation)
His scholarship addresses bankruptcy law's intersection with legal design and clarity doctrines. Recent works examine entity structures in insolvency, state bankruptcy frameworks, and textualist approaches to legislative ambiguity.
Publications span topics like clarity doctrines in judicial decision-making, corporate bankruptcy strategies, and public hospital insolvency, reflecting a focus on both doctrinal precision and practical legal reform.
