Alan J. Meese
Ball Professor of Law
William & Mary Law School
Alan J. Meese is the Ball Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research and teaching focus on antitrust law, constitutional law, business associations, political economy, and law & economics.
Meese has spent his academic career at William & Mary, where he has held multiple named research professorships, including Cabell Research Professor of Law and Tazewell Taylor Research Professor. He also was a visiting professor of law at the University of Virginia.
Before entering academia, he practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. Earlier, he clerked for Judge Frank H. Easterbrook of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.
His professional service has included senior adviser to the Antitrust Modernization Commission, service on the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation, and board service with the Bork Foundation and the Antitrust Education Project. He also has held extensive university-level faculty-governance leadership roles and was nominated by the Virginia Bar Association for consideration to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
His distinctions include the Walter L. Williams Jr. Teaching Award, the Plumeri Fellowship for Faculty Excellence, and the Society for the College’s William Small Award.
He earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as a comment editor on the law review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received a bachelor’s with high honors from the College of William & Mary.
