John Patrick Hunt’s area of scholarly interest is law and finance. His recent work focuses on student loan law; previously, his scholarship has addressed municipal bankruptcy, credit rating agencies, and mortgage securitization, transfer, and modification.
Before joining the UC Davis faculty in 2009, John was Research Director of the Law and Finance Program at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy. He has also worked as a regulatory lawyer and litigator at two major law firms and as a credit derivatives research analyst. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Master’s in Financial Engineering from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Hunt is a member of the American Law Institute.
Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments
Mar 04, 2023 12:18 pm UTC| Law
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administrations student loan debt cancellation program. The Conversation asked John Patrick Hunt, a law...
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