David Friedman
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
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Bio
Professor David Adam Friedman teaches commercial law, business law, torts, and consumer trade practices law. Friedman's current work focuses on the regulation of price advertising. Friedman has published in the areas of consumer law, contract theory, advertising law, public health, and most recently, attorney licensure.
Friedman currently serves as the College of Law's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and previously served as Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives.
Willamette law students have selected him as Outstanding Professor of the Year several times. He received the university’s Robert L. Misner Award for Law Faculty Scholarship in 2019, and the Jerry E. Hudson Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012.
Before joining the Willamette faculty in 2008, Friedman was a management consultant for Monitor Group, a global strategy consultancy founded by professors from Harvard Business School.
Friedman has served as the secretary of his Yale College class.
He is a member of the Oregon and New York state bars.