G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. is the Macklin Fleming Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and is a partner in the firm of Dechert, LLP in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Brunstad practices in the firm's Litigation Area where he focuses on commercial and constitutional appellate litigation. He has argued eight cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, has prepared numerous Supreme Court briefs, and has argued and/or briefed a broad variety of issues in most of the U.S. Courts of Appeals (including matters en banc), as well as numerous U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts across the country. In addition to his practice, Mr. Brunstad teaches courses on bankruptcy law, business reorganizations, commercial transactions, secured transactions, and argument and reason at the Law School, where he began teaching in 1990. He has published and lectured widely on a variety of bankruptcy issues, is a contributing author to the Collier treatise on bankruptcy law, and is the former chair of the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee. Several courts, including the Supreme Court, have quoted his scholarly work. Mr. Brunstad is also a former member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Bankruptcy Rules.

Education
J.D., University of Michigan, 1986
B.A., Connecticut College, 1983

Courses Taught
Advanced Business Reorganizations and International Insolvency Law
Argument and Reason in Commercial Law
Bankruptcy
Commercial Transactions
Secured Transactions