Martin McKown

Effective Fall 2025, Martin McKown will serve as an assistant professor at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University. He teaches both foundational and elective courses, including Legal Research and Writing, Business Associations, Energy Regulation, and Privacy Law.

Professor McKown’s teaching style is defined by collaboration, clear communication, and a passion for excellence.

Before joining the full-time faculty, McKown taught for six years as a highly successful adjunct professor while simultaneously amassing a decade-long career in compliance and advisory roles. He has held high-impact positions in Fortune 500 companies and other major organizations, leading compliance transformations, developing policy frameworks, and ensuring regulatory adherence in highly regulated industries. His experience includes advising executive leadership, preparing reports for boards of directors, and working with regulators across state, federal, and international jurisdictions. His expertise spans strategic planning, risk management, and corporate governance.

McKown serves as a moot court coach and has led teams to success in national and international competitions, with teams earning top brief awards and advancing to final and semifinal rounds. McKown also played a key role in the law school’s bar exam success, helping maintain its impressive pass rates by mentoring students as they prepare for the bar exam.

In keeping with the Duquesne Kline School of Law teacher-scholar model, McKown is a committed scholar whose work has been published in the George Washington Law Review Arguendo, University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Mitchell Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, and Duquesne Law Review. Believing that legal knowledge should be accessible to all, he also compiled a free open-source casebook on energy regulation.

McKown earned his juris doctor from the Duquesne Kline School of Law, where he contributed to the Duquesne Law Review and the Appellate Moot Court Board. He also holds a master of business administration degree from Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business and a bachelor of science degree in political science from the University of Texas at Tyler.

• J.D., Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
• M.B.A., Auburn University Harbert College of Business
• B.S., University of Texas at Tyler