Logan Beirne is an American entrepreneur, writer, and academic. He teaches at Yale Law School[1] and his debut book, Blood of Tyrants: George Washington and the Forging of the Presidency, won the Colby Award for best military history.[2]

Logan Beirne
OccupationCEO, Writer, Historian
NationalityAmerican
EducationFairfield University (BS)
Queen's University at Kingston
Yale University (JD)
SubjectGeorge Washington
Notable workBlood of Tyrants: George Washington, the Forging of the Presidency
Notable awards2014 William E. Colby Award, Edgar M. Cullen Prize

He founded a multinational legal technology company called Matterhorn Transactions, Inc. in 2011[3] and has since invested in and co-founded additional companies.[4][5]

Early life and education

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Beirne was born in Bronxville, New York and grew up in Milford, Connecticut. His parents, Sheila (former fashion buyer) and Thomas (former businessman and politician), were interested in American history, and would often take young Beirne to history and war reenactments.[6] He is a descendant of US President James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”.[7]

Beirne was a Fulbright Scholar at Queen's University, where he studied economics.[8] He earned his J.D. degree from Yale Law School, where he received the Edgar M. Cullen Prize for his constitutional scholarship and was awarded an Olin Fellowship to write on presidential power.[6] He studied international business transactions under the direction of Amy Chua, who is known for her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.[9] In 2009, Beirne was admitted as an attorney to both the New York and Connecticut bars.[10]

Career

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He is the Chief Executive Officer of Matterhorn Transactions,[11] which provides data analytics to thousands of law firms across the US, Canada, and UK, and is a faculty fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. He teaches Ethics in Markets, Financial Markets and Corporate Law at Yale.[12] He has invested in and co-founded a museum systems company called Collection Harbor and a music software business called Artusi.[13][14]

After his Fulbright Fellowship at Queen's University, Beirne worked for the private equity arm of GE Capital before entering Yale Law School.[12] While Beirne was still attending law school, he was a summer associate at the law firm Sullivan and Cromwell,[15] and subsequently worked as an attorney there after graduation.[10] He was also an investment banker at J.P. Morgan & Co.[8]

His first book, Blood of Tyrants: George Washington, the Forging of the Presidency, began as his thesis at Yale Law School.[6] He is represented by literary agents Writers Reps.[16] While doing research for the book, he discovered letters written by Washington in his ancestors' house.[16]

Publications

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  • Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency. Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1594036408
  • Snowden’s Benedict Arnold Path at USA Today
  • American Amazons at New York Post
  • Military Commissions are American Justice at USA Today
  • What would George Washington say about the US now? at Fox News
  • The Brit who stole Independence Day at National Review
  • When to Pull the Trigger – And When Not To at The Washington Times
  • The George Washington you never knew at Fox News
  • Tsarnaev: What would Washington have done? at Reuters

References

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  1. ^ "Logan Beirne - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. ^ "Logan Beirne '08 Named Washington Historian Winner of 2014 William E. Colby Award". law.yale.edu. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. ^ "Executive Team | Matterhorn Transactions". Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  4. ^ "Artusi: About Us". www.artusi.xyz. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  5. ^ "Our Team". collectionharbor.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  6. ^ a b c Dion, Jill (11 July 2013). "'Blood of Tyrants' author reflects on moral constants". Milford. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: 'Blood of Tyrants'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  8. ^ a b "Executive Team". matterhorn. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  9. ^ Weaver, Robin (18 December 2012). "Man around town: Logan Beirne and the lessons of George Washington". Woman Around Town. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Logan Beirne | The National Law Review". www.natlawreview.com. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  11. ^ "Executive Team | Matterhorn Transactions". Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  12. ^ a b "Logan Beirne - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  13. ^ "Artusi: About Us". www.artusi.xyz. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  14. ^ "Our Team". collectionharbor.com. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  15. ^ Kinetz, Erika (23 July 2006). "For top law students, a sidebar with the arts". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Logan Beirne". www.writersreps.com. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
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