Professor of Law
Marie T. Reilly is a professor at Penn State Law and an expert in bankruptcy and commercial law. She served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2008 to 2015. Prior to joining the Penn State faculty, she was a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Before she became a law teacher, she practiced law with Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and Schiff Hardin in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches contracts, bankruptcy, and commercial law subjects and co-teaches a bootcamp-style course on business fundamentals for law students. Her scholarship considers legal responses to insolvency problems in light of economic, political, and social influences over time. She is a co-author of a law school casebook on secured transactions. Her articles address a wide variety of issues including Catholic organization bankruptcies, fraudulent transfer law, successor liability, marital agency, and tax lien foreclosures. Professor Reilly holds a B.A. (economics) and J.D. from the University of Illinois. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a member of the bars of Illinois, District of Columbia, and South Carolina.
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About Marie T. Reilly
Marie T. Reilly is a professor at Penn State Law and an expert in bankruptcy and commercial law. She served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2008 to 2015. Prior to joining the Penn State faculty, she was a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Before she became a law teacher, she practiced law with Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and Schiff Hardin in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches contracts, bankruptcy, and commercial law subjects and co-teaches a bootcamp-style course on business fundamentals for law students. Her scholarship considers legal responses to insolvency problems in light of economic, political, and social influences over time. She is a co-author of a law school casebook on secured transactions. Her articles address a wide variety of issues including Catholic organization bankruptcies, fraudulent transfer law, successor liability, marital agency, and tax lien foreclosures. Professor Reilly holds a B.A. (economics) and J.D. from the University of Illinois. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a member of the bars of Illinois, District of Columbia, and South Carolina.