Peter Ormerod

Title: Assistant Professor of Law
Office Location: Swen Parson 197D
Office Phone: 815-753-1068
Email: pormerod@niu.edu
Education: B.A., George Washington University
J.D., George Washington University Law School

Peter Ormerod joined NIU in 2022. He teaches torts, business associations, and in the areas of privacy, technology, and consumer protection. Before joining NIU, Professor Ormerod was an Assistant Professor of Business Law at Western Carolina University.

Professor Ormerod’s research focuses on information privacy law, law & technology, and consumer protection law. He has published journal articles on the duty of data security, technology’s effects on the Fourth Amendment, and regulatory structures that enable the effective enforcement of privacy law. His current projects explore the business models enabled by the modern web and industry’s defenses of profit-driven surveillance. 

Professor Ormerod earned a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from the George Washington University. Before entering academia, Professor Ormerod practiced in the Public Policy & Regulation Group of Holland & Knight’s Washington, DC, office.

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