Dale A. Oesterle

J. Gilbert Reese Chair in Contract Law

After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, Professor Dale Oesterle clerked for the Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He then worked as an associate in the litigation section of Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Va., before entering law teaching.

Prof. Oesterle was a law professor at the Cornell Law School and the School of Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he also served as director of the school’s Center for Entrepreneurial Law.

In 2003, Prof. Oesterle joined Moritz, where he was named the Gilbert J. Reese Chair.

Prof. Oesterle’s teaching and research focus primarily on business law, particularly mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, hedge funds, securities law, and securities trading markets. At Moritz, he teaches Business Associations, Law of Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, Law and Finance for Entrepreneurs, Contracts, International Business Transactions, Comparative Company, and Securities Law.

Prof. Oesterle was voted Moritz Outstanding Professor by the classes of 2005 and 2008.

Professor Oesterle's Podcasts

Update: Analysis of Arguments in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

Issues: Private securities litigation; scheme liability
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Oct. 11, 2007

Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

Issues: Private securities litigation; scheme liability
Podcast Series: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: Oct. 5, 2007