Tanya Monestier

Tanya Monestier joined the University at Buffalo Faculty of Law in July 2022 as a Professor of Law. She teaches Contracts, Sales, and Conflict of Laws. Monestier’s work has been published in leading academic journals, including Cornell Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, American University Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, and the Ohio State Law Journal. Monestier’s academic work has been cited by numerous trial and appellate courts, including by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and dozens of federal and state courts. Her amicus brief was recently quoted by the United States Supreme Court in Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 143 S. Ct. 2028, 2054 (2023) (Justice Alito, concurring). She is a Staff Editor for the American Business Law Journal. Monestier has written articles in the areas of real estate and consumer protection. Her article, Fixer Upper: Buyer Deposits in Residential Real Estate Transactions, 80 OHIO ST. L. J. 1149 (2019) argues that buyer deposits often operate as unlawful penalties. The article is cited in a leading Property Law case book. Monestier’s follow-up article, Cake-and-Eat-It-Too clauses was recently published in Wisconsin Law Review (Cake-And-Eat-It-Too Clauses, 2024 WISC. L. R. 87 (2024)).

Opinion

NAR's commission settlement has been approved. But is it really over?

Not even a last-minute twist could stop this train, writes University at Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier, who envisions a long road before the courts truly wash their hands of commissions

Nov 27