Richard M. Hynes

Richard M. Hynes teaches bankruptcy, contracts, corporate finance and secured transactions at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., and is an expert in consumer finance and law and economics. Previously, he practiced law with Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los An- geles. Prof. Hynes joined the faculty at the William and Mary School of Law in 2000, and he joined the Virginia faculty in 2007 after visiting during the 2006-07 academic year. He received his B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa), his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania his J.D. from the University of Chicago. He was elected to the Order of the Coif.