Assistant Professor of Law

(501) 916-5441 | Room 405
Email: [email protected]
Faculty Assistant: Sam Smith | Room 524 | (501) 916-5440 | [email protected]
Michael T. Geiselhart teaches in the fields of contracts, government contracts, Business Associations, and Freedom of Information. Prior to joining the faculty of the Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Fall 2024, Professor Geiselhart was an Assistant District Counsel with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In his position with the Corps, he worked on government contracts for some of the biggest projects in the country, from Everglades Restoration work in Florida to the renovation of Department of Defense military hospitals around the world.
Professor Geiselhart also developed and taught courses in government contracts and the federal Freedom of Information Act for Bowen beginning in 2021. Professor Geiselhart鈥檚 research is concentrated on the theory and practice of government contracting, along with its relationship to private contracting. In particular, his research investigates the role that public procurement plays in public policy and in achieving public purposes, as well as the differences between public and private contracting
Professor Geiselhart is a graduate of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and a former Cannon Fellow in Higher Education and Health Law at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the Missouri Bar.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2014
- B.A., summa cum laude, History, and A.B.J., Journalism, University of Georgia, 2006
Courses
- Contracts I
- Contracts II
- Business Associations
- Government Contracts
- Freedom of Information Act
- The Federal Law of Religion
Areas of Expertise
- Government contracts and federal procurement
- Defense contracting
- Contracts
- Administrative law
- Business associations and commercial law
- Freedom of Information Act
Featured Scholarship
Government Contracts: Cases and Materials for Modern Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2026).
Principles of Government Contracts, Concise Hornbook Series, 8th ed. (West Academic Publishing, forthcoming Fall 2027).
Sovereign Immunity and the Surety Exception: The Uncertain Jurisdiction of Federal Surety Claims, 29 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law (forthcoming 2027).
Honors & Awards
- Rising Faculty Award Nominee, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 2025-26
- University-wide Mentoring Award Nominee, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 2025-26
- Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize, Washington University Global Studies Law Review
- CALI Awards in Legal Research, Corporate Law, American Legal History and Energy Utility Law
- Honors Scholar Awards, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
- Presidential Scholar Awards, University of Georgia
Selected Service & Leadership
- Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2018-22
- Team Leader, Contracts and Litigation Team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District
- Member, Parish Finance Council, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
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