Michael Gottesman
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Michael H. Gottesman is a lawyer and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...

, specializing in the fields of labor law, constitutional law, and civil rights. He practiced and became a partner with the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, firm Bredhoff and Kaiser from 1961-88.

After attending the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

 in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 and Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...

 in New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

, Gottesman worked as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. He has served as a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission for the District of Columbia; the Executive Board of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its Amicus
Amicus curiae
An amicus curiae is someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information to assist a court in deciding a matter before it...

 subcommittee; and the Legal Committee of the American Association of University Professors
American Association of University Professors
The American Association of University Professors is an organization of professors and other academics in the United States. AAUP membership is about 47,000, with over 500 local campus chapters and 39 state organizations...

. He has argued 20 cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

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Case Argued Decided Represented
Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, No.06-939 March 19, 2008 June 19, 2008 Respondents
Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497 December 5, 2000 February 27, 2001 Petitioner
Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581 April 21, 1999 June 22, 1999 Respondents
General Electric v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 136 October 14, 1997 December 15, 1997 Respondents
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559 , was a United States Supreme Court case limiting punitive damages under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.-Facts:...

, 517 U.S. 559
October 11, 1995 May 20, 1996 Respondent
Freightliner Corp. v. Myrick, 514 U.S. 280 February 22, 1995 April 18, 1995 Respondents
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., 509 U.S. 579 March 30, 1993 June 28, 1993 Petitioner
Richardson-Merrell, Inc. v. Koller, 472 U.S. 424 February 26, 1985 June 17, 1985 Respondents
Silkwood v. Kerr-Mcgee Corp., 464 U.S. 238 October 4, 1983 January 11, 1984 Appellant
United Steelworkers of Am. v. Sadlowski, 457 U.S. 102 March 31, 1982 June 14, 1982 Petitioner
Pullman-Standard, Div. of Pullman v. Swint, 456 U.S. 273 January 19, 1982 April 27, 1982 Petitioners
United Steelworkers v. Weber
United Steelworkers v. Weber
United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 443 U.S. 193 , was a case regarding affirmative action in which the United States Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not bar employers from favoring women and minorities...

, 443 U.S. 193
March 28, 1979 June 27, 1979 Petitioner
Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274 November 3, 1976 January 11, 1977 Respondent
Franks v. Bowman Transp. Co., 424 U.S. 747 November 3, 1975 March 24, 1976 Respondent
Dunlop v. Bachowski
Dunlop v. Bachowski
Dunlop v. Bachowski, 421 U.S. 560 is a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 gives federal courts jurisdiction to review decisions of the United States Department of Labor to proceed with prosecutions...

, 421 U.S. 560
April 21, 1975 June 2, 1975 Respondent
Perry v. Sindermann
Perry v. Sindermann
Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593 was a United States Supreme Court decision affecting educational case law involving tenure and due process.-Facts:...

, 408 U.S. 593
January 18, 1972 June 29, 1972 Respondent
Hodgson v. United Steelworkers of America, 403 U.S. 333 March 23, 1971 June 14, 1971 Respondents
Dyke v. Taylor Implement Mfg. Co., 391 U.S. 216 January 18, 1968 May 20, 1968 Petitioners
Nash v. Florida Industrial Com., 389 U.S. 235 November 9, 1967 December 5, 1967 Petitioner
United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc., 382 U.S. 145 October 21, 1965 November 22, 1965 Petitioner
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