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Rich Hynes Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professor of Business Law and Regulation Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1997 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1998 B.S.F.S., Georgetown University, 1990 An expert in consumer finance and law and economics, Rich Hynes teaches Bankruptcy, Contracts, Corporate Finance, and Secured Transactions at Virginia. Hynes received his B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Chicago. He was elected to the Order of the Coif. After graduating from law school, he practiced law with Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles. He 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.

“Credit Markets, Exemptions, and Households with Nothing to Exempt,” 7 Theoretical Inq. L. 493 (2006).

“Bankruptcy & State Collections Proceedings: The Case of the Missing Garnishments,” 91 Cornell L. Rev. 603 (2006).

"Why (Consumer) Bankruptcy,” 56 Ala. L. Rev. 121 (2004).

“The Political Economy of Property Exemption Laws” (co-author), 47 J. Law & Econ. 19 (2004).

“Overoptimism and Overborrowing,” 2004 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 127.

“Non-Procrustean Bankruptcy,” 2004 Ill. L. Rev. 301.

“Optimal Bankruptcy in a Non-optimal World,” 44 B.C. L. Rev. 1 (2002).

“The Law and Economics of Consumer Finance” (co-author), 4 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 168 (2002).

“Bankruptcy Exemptions and the Market for Mortgage Loans” (co-author), 42 J. L. & Econ. 809 (1999).

“Inconsistent Verdicts, Issue Preclusion and Settlement in the Presence of Judicial Bias,” vol. 2, no. 2 University of Chicago Law School Roundtable 663 (1995).