Faculty Bios

Michael L. Rich
Visiting Professor
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Delaware, 1997
J.D., Stanford Law School, 2000

Michael L. Rich has been named a visiting professor of law at Capital for 2007-08. Since 2003, he has been an associate in the Cincinnati, Ohio office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP, where, among other things, he worked on a multi-million dollar civil False Claims Act trial, represented a county government in a civil rights class action lawsuit, and appeared before the Ohio Elections Commission on behalf of a candidate for U.S. Congress.

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.

A graduate of Stanford Law School, Professor Rich was a Lead Article Editor for the Stanford Technology Law Review, and 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. He will be teaching Criminal Law, Evidence and Professional Responsibility.

E-mail Professor Rich at mrich@law.capital.edu.

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