Michael W. Lewis

Biography:
Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006. Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted
strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq. He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Corporate Finance. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure, Contracts and Torts.

Publications:
“International Myopia: Hamdan’s Shortcut to ‘Victory’” 42 University of Richmond Law Review (Jan. 2008) Forthcoming

“The Law of Armed Conflict – A Contemporary Critique” 6 Melbourne Journal of
International Law 55 (2005) (with CDR Dale Stephens, Royal Australian Navy)
(2005) (faculty reviewed journal)

“The Law of Aerial Bombardment in the 1991 Gulf War” 97 American Journal of
International Law 481 (2003) (faculty reviewed journal)

Presentations:
Duke University School of Law, Law, Ethics and National Security Conference, Conference Panel, April 2007
Participated in panel discussion on Domestic Spying and the proposed amendments to FISA, moderated by Prof. Kinkopf with Prof. Schroeder, Prof. Banks and Mary DeRosa of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Panel, April 2007 Participated in panel discussion on limits to interrogation in the War on Terror with Prof. Travalio and Prof. Alt.

William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Debate, April 2007 Debate with Prof. Kinkopf on the Military Commissions Act and the separation of powers during wartime.

Boston College Law School , Debate, March 2007
Debate with Dean John Hutson of the Franklin Pierce Law Center on the Hamdan opinion, the Military Commissions Act and detainee habeas corpus rights. Moderated by Prof. Daniel Kanstroom of Boston College.

University of South Carolina School of Law, Lecture, March 2007 Lectured on “The Geneva Conventions and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld”

University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Richardson School of Law, Debate, February 2007
Debated with Eric Seitz, attorney for Lt. Ehren Watada regarding Watada’s refusal to deploy to Iraq on the grounds that the war is illegal both under US and international law.

Wayne State University School of Law, Debate, February 2007
Debated Professor Brad Roth on “ The Geneva Conventions and the Hamdan Decision”

UC Davis School of Law, Lecture, January 2007
Lectured on “The Geneva Conventions and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld”

American University – Washington College of Law, Symposium Panel, March 2005
Participated in panel discussion on the Geneva Conventions and the Rules of War.

Harvard Law School , Guest Lecturer on International Law, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Lectured on jus in bello and discussed critiques of its effectiveness in the Persian Gulf War.

Fordham University School of Law , Guest Lecturer on International Law, 2003
Lectured on concepts of the law of war and the intersection between jus in bello and jus ad bellum.

NYU School of Law, Guest Lecturer on International Law, 2001
Lectured on jus in bello in the Persian Gulf War air campaign.