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Matthew Bruckner

mbruckner@Howard.edu

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Professor of Law

J.D., 2007, New York University School of Law
B.A., 2000, Binghamton University

Contact:

mbruckner@howard.edu

202.806.8064

Biography

Matthew Adam Bruckner is a Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law. He teaches a variety of business and commercial law courses, including Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Law, and Bankruptcy. Professor Bruckner has previously taught at George Washington University School of Law, St. John’s University School of Law, and Cleveland State University College of Law. His academic interests center on bankruptcy and consumer protection issues with student loans, higher education, and consumer financial technology.

Prior to law teaching, Professor Bruckner was an attorney at A&O Sherman (née Allen & Overy). After leaving the law firm, Professor Bruckner clerked for the Honorable Allan L. Gropper of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. In a prior life, he was a stagehand at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Professor Bruckner is a member of the New York Bar.

Selected Publications and Works-in-Progress

  • Mathew Bruckner, Raphaël Charron-Chénier & Jevay Grooms, Racial Disparities in Alabama Bankruptcy Cases (work in progress)
     
  • Mathew Bruckner, Raphaël Charron-Chénier, Jevay Grooms, & Franklin Emeni, Mapping DC’s Bankruptcy Disparities (work in progress)
     
  • Matthew Bruckner, Dalié Jiménez & Belisa Pang, Full Discharge Ahead? An Empirical Look at the New Student Loan Discharge Process in Bankruptcy, 41 Emory Bankr. Developments J. __ (forthcoming 2025).
     
  • Matthew Bruckner, New Guidance on Student Loan Relief, __ Norton Bankr. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2025).
     
  • Consumer Shadow Banks (with Todd Phillips), 35 Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev. 226 (2024).
     
  • Bankruptcy in Black and White: Examining Racial Disparities in Bankruptcy Exemptions (with Raphaël Charron-Chénier & Jevay Grooms), 28 U. Mich. J. Race & L. 217 (2023).
     
  • Student Loans and Financial Distress: A Qualitative Analysis of the Most Common Student Loan Complaints (with C.J. Ryan), 35 Loyola Consumer L.J. 203 (2023).
     
  • The Magic of Fintech? Insights for a Regulatory Agenda from Analyzing Student Loan Complaints Filed with the CFPB (with C.J. Ryan), 127 Dickinson L. Rev. 49 (2022).
     
  • Race, Wealth Inequality and Bankruptcy Code Exemptions in Washington, D.C. (with Raphaël Charron-Chénier & Jevay Grooms), A Report of the Society of Actuaries (2022).
     
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Big Data (Oxford U. Press – 2022) (book chapter).
     
  • Who’s Down with OCC(‘s definition of “banks”)?, 24 U. Penn. J. Bus. L. 144 (2021).
     
  • Debtor-Creditor Issues with Basic Income Guarantees, 29 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 171 (2021).