George L. Priest | |
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Born | November 24, 1947 |
Died | December 17, 2024 77) | (aged
Academic background | |
Education | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Antitrust law |
Institutions | Yale University |
George L. Priest (born November 24,1947 - December 17,2024) was an American legal scholar specializing in antitrust law. Priest taught at Yale Law School beginning in 1981,where he was the Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law and Economics and Director of the John M. Olin Center for Law,Economics,and Public Policy. Priest was a noted antitrust scholar,and was also the author of a wide number of articles and monographs on the subjects of product liability,tort law,insurance litigation,and settlement. Among his students at Yale was journalist Emily Bazelon. [1]
Priest graduated from Yale University in 1969 and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973. After graduation and prior to Yale,he worked at the University of Chicago,University at Buffalo,and UCLA. [2] He was the father of fellow Yale Law School professor Claire Priest,Doctor of Evolutionary Biology Nicholas Priest and a son-in-law of Adolph Kiefer,a 1936 Olympics champion. [3] He was also a member and longtime sponsor of Yale's chapter of the Federalist Society. [2] [4]
Priest passed away on December 17,2024 after a battle with cancer.
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