Michael Gerrard
Michael B. Gerrard is an American legal scholar. He is the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School. Biography. Gerrard was born in New York City, where his parents were graduate students at Columbia University, and grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. He received his B.A. from Columbia in 1972, followed by a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1978. From 1979 to 2008, he was a lawyer at Arnold & Porter and served as the partner in charge of its New York City office. He was known for his environmental practice  before departing the partnership to join the faculty of Columbia Law School. His specialty includes environmental law, regulation, and climate change policy. Gerrard founded and directed the law school's Center for Climate Change Law. He also chaired the faculty of The Earth Institute from 2015 to 2018. He is the author of "Global Climate Change and U.S. Law," co-edited with Harvard Law School professor Jody Freeman.