Kyle D. Logue is an American law professor and the Douglas A. Kahn Collegiate Professor of Law at the

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, University of Michigan Law School. He was appointed to serve as interim dean of the Law School effective January 1, 2024, until a permanent dean is appointed

From 2006-2016 he was the Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law. Logue is a leading scholar and teacher in the fields of

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, and

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s. Logue uses insights from economics, psychology, and other disciplines to shed light on issues relating to the allocation, regulation, and fair distribution of risk in society. His recent research includes work on how private insurance contracts regulate individual and commercial behavior and on how public law regulates the behavior of insurance companies.

Career

Logue received his

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'' summa cum laude'' from Auburn University in 1987. He was a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a

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Scholar. Logue received his J.D. from

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, where he was an Olin Scholar in Law and Economics and an articles editor of the '' Yale Law Journal''. Logue served as a law clerk to Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before joining the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in

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as a

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University of Michigan Law School. and received

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in 1998. Logue served as Michigan Law's associate

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for academic affairs from 2006 to 2008. He has taught courses in

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and individual income tax, torts, tax policy, insurance, distributive justice, costs and benefits, asbestos liability, and other subjects. Logue is highly

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in the area of tax law. The

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cited Logue on the transition effects of changes to the Internal Revenue Code in '' United States v. Winstar Corp.'' (1996). Logue has published important articles in a number of fields, including torts, insurance, and tax. He has co-written articles with many famous legal and policy scholars, including Kenneth S. Abraham, Ronen Avraham, Tom Baker, Omri Ben-Shahar, David F. Bradford, Jon D. Hanson, Saul Levmore, Daniel Schwarcz, and

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. Logue's work has appeared in various law journals, including the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''Tax Law Review'', the ''

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'', and the '' Yale Law Journal''. Logue was, along with

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and David F. Levi, a finalist for the post of

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dean in 2006-2007; Levi was named to the position. Logue is a member of the American Law Institute and has been the associate reporter of the ALI Principles of Liability Insurance Project since 2010. He is also the Chair-Elect of the

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Section on Insurance Law.Section on Insurance Law
Association of American Law Schools.

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