Adam Muchmore

Professor of Law

0323 Lewis Katz Building

Email aim10@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-8972
Elsevier Pure Profile

Areas of Expertise

Lawmaking Keyphrases
Regulatory Programs Keyphrases
Law Keyphrases
Product Category Keyphrases
Statute Keyphrases
Authorization Constraints Keyphrases
Institutional Field Keyphrases
Tobacco Products Keyphrases

Education

J.D., Yale Law School
B.A., University of Oklahoma, summa cum laude

Websites

Elsevier Pure Profile

Professor Adam I. Muchmore focuses his research on food and drug regulation. He is also interested in the role of the uncertainty, delegation, and discretion in complex regulatory systems, the regulation of international business, and the civil litigation process. He is the author of Food and Drug Regulation: A Statutory Approach (2021) and Food and Drug Regulation: Statutory and Regulatory Supplement (2024 Edition), both published by Carolina Academic Press.

Professor Muchmore graduated from Yale Law School in 2003, where he was co-editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of International Law. Following graduation, he served as a law clerk to Judge Keith P. Ellison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He then worked as a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he focused his practice on the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Penn State Law, he was a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

He regularly teaches Food and Drug Regulation, Conflict of Laws, and Civil Procedure. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships from July 2017 through December 2018.

2024

The Interchangeable-Part Structure of Food and Drug Law
Adam I. Muchmore, Apr 10 2024, In:

2022

Marketing Authorization at the FDA: Paradigms and Alternatives
Adam I. Muchmore, Sep 21 2022, In: Administrative Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, 2022