David Blythe

David Blythe

  • Associate Professor of Management

About

David J. Blythe began teaching at Norwich as an adjunct instructor in 1991 and joined the full-time faculty as an associate professor in 2010. He was the Director of the School of Business from 2016-2023. As a member of Norwich’s faculty, Blythe has taught business law, construction law, human resources management, and cybercrime and cyberlaw, and he has served as a faculty mentor for several student internships and independent studies. He is the adviser to the university’s Pre-Law Society and the Norwich Soccer Club.

Blythe has been a licensed attorney in Vermont since 1986, admitted to the bars of both the Vermont Supreme Court and the United States District Court. He was a founding partner in the law firm of Blythe & Taylor PLLC in 1989 and continues to be a member of the firm. During his more than thirty-three years of full- and part-time law practice, Blythe has concentrated on real estate, general business, environmental, and employment law. Blythe has also served as an acting judge in Vermont Superior Court, Small Claims Division since 1992 and he continues to do so occasionally today. He was recognized for his service by the court in 2009.

Education

J.D. Vermont Law School

B.S. Agricultural Science, Rutgers University

Courses Taught

MG 341 Business Law I
MG 346 Business Law II
MG 408 Human Resources Management
MG 299 Law and Movies