Donald Thomas Hornstein

Name:	Donald Thomas Hornstein
Title:	Aubrey L. Brooks Professor of Law
Education:	J.D. (Order of the Coif), University of Oregon (1981) B.A. (magna cum laude, special distinction in histor), University of California at Los Angeles (1972)

From 1982 to 1983, Hornstein clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 1983, he began work as an appellate attorney (Honors Program) in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he concentrated on environmental litigation and on litigation defending Native American fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest. Between 1985 and 1986, he was an associate with Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., concentrating on environmental and products liability matters. While with Arnold & Porter, Hornstein represented, pro bono, a consortium of environmental and animal welfare organizations in litigation in the United States Supreme Court involving Japanese whaling in the Antarctic and northwest Pacific oceans. He joined the faculty as a visiting associate professor of law in 1987 and was appointed an associate professor in 1989, a full professor in 1993, and associate dean of faculty in 1994. He won the Frederick B. McCall Award for Teaching Excellence in 1989. For the 1996-97 academic year, Hornstein was a visiting professor of law at the University of Asmara in Eritrea, Africa, under the auspices of the Fulbright Scholar program.

Currently Teaching

• Administrative Law (Law 220W-Fall 2009)
• Administrative Law (Law 220-Fall 2009)
• Administrative Law (Law 220-Spring 2010)
• Insurance Law (Law 250-Spring 2010)

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Contact Information

Phone:	919.962.4133
Fax:	919.962.1277
E-Mail:	dhornste@email.unc.edu
Office:	5089 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall

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