Troy A. McKenzie

Prof. Troy A. McKenzie is professor of law at New York University School of Law in New York, and his scholarly interests include bankruptcy, civil procedure and the federal courts. His research explores litigation and the institutions that shape it, with a particular focus on complex litigation that is resolved through the class action, bankruptcy and other forms of aggregation. From 2015-17, Prof. McKenzie took a leave of absence from NYU to serve as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of LegalCounsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2011-15, he served as assistant reporter to the AdvisoryCommittee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He is a member of theNational Bankruptcy Conference and the Council of the American Law Institute. Before his academic career, Prof. McKenzie was a litigation associate in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton. After receiving his law degree from NYU, he clerked for Hon. Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Prof. McKenzie holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.