Michael H. Gottesman is a lawyer and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center

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, specializing in the fields of labor law, constitutional law, and civil rights. He practiced and became a partner with the Washington, D.C.

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, firm Bredhoff and Kaiser from 1961-88.

After attending the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

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 and Yale Law School

Yale Law School

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 in New Haven, Connecticut

Connecticut

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, 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

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 subcommittee; and the Legal Committee of the American Association of University Professors

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. He has argued 20 cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

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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