Dale Durrer
Legal Rhetoric Instructor
E-mail: durrer@american.edu
Adjunct Instructor Dale Durrer is an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Culpeper County, Virginia and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia where he prosecutes a variety of criminal matters, including violent crimes, narcotics distribution and money laundering. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and received his law degree from American University's Washington College of Law in 2000. Following his graduation from law school, he joined the law firm of Davies, Barrell, Will, Lewellyn & Edwards as an associate attorney, focusing on criminal defense and domestic relations. In March 2004 he debated Stephen Bright on the merits of capital punishment at the Yale Law School. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Currently Teaching
- LAW-516-020 LegalRhetoric:Wrtng&Rsrch I
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., American University Washington College of Law 2000
- B.A., University of Virginia 1994
