Michael Abramowicz
Oppenheim Professor of Law
George Washington University Law School
Michael Abramowicz is the Oppenheim Professor of Law and associate dean for strategy and innovation at The George Washington University Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research focuses on law & economics across a wide range of fields, including intellectual property, civil procedure, corporate law, administrative law, and insurance law. He is the author of “Predictocracy: Market Mechanisms for Public and Private Decision Making.”
Before joining George Washington University, Abramowicz served as an associate professor and assistant professor at George Mason University School of Law. He also held visiting appointments as a visiting associate professor at the University of Chicago Law School and as a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University School of Law.
Earlier in his career, he clerked for Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board.
Abramowicz earned a J.D. from Yale Law School and a bachelor’s, summa cum laude, from Amherst College.
