Eugene F. McCarthy

Professor Eugene McCarthy teaches Contracts, Business Associations, and related courses.

Before joining Syracuse Law, McCarthy was an Assistant Professor of Business Law at James Madison University and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield. At James Madison, he was the recipient of the Dr. Otto C. Brenner Memorial Award for the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Business. McCarthy was also a corporate associate in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

His research addresses corporate law, white-collar crime, public health, education, and U.S. legal history. His recent work appears in the Brooklyn Law Review, Rutgers University Law Review, and the Syracuse Law Review, among other law journals.

McCarthy received a J.D. from  UCLA School of Law and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley. He is admitted to the State Bar of California.