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About Frank Bowman

Professor Bowman joined the faculty in 2005 from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, where he served as the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law. Following his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1979, Professor Bowman entered the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the Honor Graduate Program.

He spent three years as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division in Washington, D.C. From 1983 until 1986, he was a deputy district attorney for Denver, Colo. He also spent three years in private practice in Colorado.

In 1989, Professor Bowman joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, where he was Deputy Chief of the Southern Criminal Division and specialized in complex white-collar crimes. In 1995 and 1996, he served as Special Counsel to the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C. From 1998 to 2001, he served as academic advisor to the Criminal Law Committee of the United States Judicial Conference.

Latest News Featuring Frank Bowman

• Professor Bowman provided election commentary to international news outlets
• Professor Bowman Named a University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor
• Professor Bowman writes about the U.S. Postal Service and the 2020 election
• Professor Bowman’s Impeachment Expertise Sought by National & International Media
• Professor Bowman: Adding Bribery Charge Gives Prosecutors Another Advantage in Admissions Scandal

Latest Publications from Frank Bowman

• Presidential Pardons and the Problem of Impunity
• British Impeachments (1376–1787) and the Preservation of the American Constitutional Order
• Days of Future Past: A Plea for More Useful and More Local Legal Scholarship
• Recalibrating the Federal Economic Crime Guideline: An Admiring Rejoinder to Judge Bennett and Friends
• First Principles and Practical Politics: Thoughts on Judge Pryor’s Proposal to Revive Presumptive Federal Sentencing Guidelines