Capital Welcomes Two New Faculty Members This Fall

August 25, 2008

Two new faculty members, Joseph Grant and Michael Rich, join Capital University Law school this fall. Both professors were selected in the spring from an extremely competitive candidate pool that involved extensive interviewing by faculty, staff, and students.

Joseph Grant comes to Capital after most recently serving as an assistant professor of law at the Appalachian School of Law, and as a lecturer in law at West Virginia University College of Law. He will be teaching Business Associations and Estates and Trusts. Prior to teaching, he worked in private practice as a solo practitioner and partner in Cleveland, Ohio, and also as an associate at both Thompson Hine LLP and Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, LLP.

Professor Grant obtained his law degree from Duke University School of Law. He also holds an A.B. in political science from Brown University. His area of research includes business entity choice and succession planning, taxation of trusts and individuals, estate planning, technology and the law, and issues of diversity in the legal profession. His latest article, Shattering and Moving Beyond the Gutenberg Paradigm: The Dawn of the Electronic Will, is scheduled to appear in volume 42 of the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF LAW REFORM this fall.

Michael Rich became acquainted with teaching at Capital while serving as a visiting professor during the 2007-08 school year. Prior to pursuing his interest in teaching, he was an associate in the Cincinnati, Ohio, office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP. Professor Rich is also a former law clerk to The Hon. Susan J. Dlott of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and a former associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York, NY.

Professor Rich obtained his law degree from Stanford Law School, where he was the Lead Article Editor for the Stanford Technology Law Review and a semi-finalist in the Kirkwood Moot Court Competition. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and English from the University of Delaware.

Professor Rich’s research focuses on the proper role of qui tam and whistleblower statutes such as the federal False Claims Act within the realm of public law litigation. His most recent article, Prosecutorial Indiscretion: Encouraging the Department of Justice to Rein in Out-of-Control Qui Tam Litigation under the Civil False Claims Act, will appear in volume 76 of the University of Cincinnati , Law Review this year. He will be teaching Criminal Law, Evidence and Professional Responsibility.