Adam Wright

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Adam Wright
Contact Info:
Campus: Riverfront Campus
Building: Dowling Hall
Room: 301
Phone: 313-596-0216
Adam Wright
Areas of Expertise:
Business & White Collar Crime
Criminal Law
Federal Prosecution

Degrees

  • J.D. Harvard Law School
  • B.A. Michigan State University

Biography

Professor Adam Wright joined the faculty at Detroit Mercy Law in 2023 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law after many years working in the United States Attorney's Office in Cincinnati and San Francisco. He worked in both the civil and criminal divisions including the National Security & Special Prosecutions Unity and Organized Crime & Drug Enforcement Unit. His research interests include public corruption, white collar crime, and criminal procedure. 

  • Courses Taught

    Criminal Procedure Adjudication
    Business Crimes
    Criminal Law
  • Selected Publications

    Corruption as Contract: Taking Quid Pro Quo Seriously, in Baylor Law Review (forthcoming 2024)
  • Selected Presentations

    The Impact of Snyder and the Centrality of Quid Pro Quo, Panel on Developments in White Collar Crime, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting, July 2024

    Constitution Day Panel: The Trump Indictments, 海角大神 School of Law, September 2023

    United States v. Chamberlain, DOJ Domestic Terrorism Seminar, May 2016

    A Guide to the Guidelines, United States Attorney’s Office, NDCA, October 2015