January 24, 2003

American U. Seeks to Dismiss Tenured Law Prof; Ex-Official to Lead American Indian Law Program

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

TORT EXPERT TAINTED: Mark M. Hager, a tenured professor at American University's Washington College of Law, has been suspended from practicing law for a year. Now, the product-liability and tort expert may lose his teaching job.

Mr. Hager, 47, was suspended last month after the District of Columbia Court of Appeals found that he had violated rules of professional conduct. His actions "demonstrated at best an ethical numbness to the integrity of the attorney-client relationship," the