Geoffrey A. Manne

Geoffrey A. Manne is the president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center based in Portland, Oregon. He is also a distinguished fellow at Northwestern University’s Center on Law, Business, and Economics. Manne holds AB & JD degrees from the University of Chicago. He is an expert in the economic analysis of law, focusing particularly on antitrust, consumer protection, telecom, IP, and technology regulation. From 2003 to 2006 he was an assistant professor at Lewis & Clark Law School where he taught law & economics, international economic regulation, corporations, and other courses. In 2006 he decamped from Lewis & Clark to work in Microsoft’s legal department, heading up a program on law & economics academic engagement. He subsequently founded ICLE in 2009. Prior to teaching, Manne practiced antitrust law and appellate litigation at Latham & Watkins, clerked for Hon. Morris S. Arnold on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and worked as a research assistant for Judge Richard A. Posner. He was also once (very briefly) employed by the FTC. His writings and publications are available at SSRN and ICLE.

Corporate Experience

• President and Founder, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), Portland, OR (USA), 2009 - Present

• Director, Global Policy, Law & Economics Consulting Group (LECG), Portland, OR (USA), 2008 - 2009 

• Academic Relations Director for Law & Economics, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (USA), 2006 - 2008

• Attorney, Global Competition Group, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC (USA), 2000 - 2003

Academic Experience

• Distinguished Fellow, Northwestern University Center on Law, Business, and Economics, Chicago, IL (USA), 2016 - Present

• Visiting Professor, Tilburg University Institute for Law, Technology & Society (TILT), Tilburg, Netherlands, 2019

• Lecturer in Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR (USA), 2008-2013

• Assistant Professor of Law (tenure track), Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR (USA), 2003 - 2008

• Bigelow Fellow & Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL (USA), 1999 - 2000

• John M. Olin Fellow in Law, University of Virginia School of Law    , Charlottesville, VA (USA), 1998 - 1999

• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School, Little Rock, AR (USA), 1998

Academic Background

• J.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (USA), 1997

• A.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (USA), 1993