Mr William B. Michael > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Offices
1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr William B. Michael
Work Department
Litigation, Antitrust
Position
http://www.paulweiss.com/professionals/partners-and-counsel/william-b-michael.aspx
Education
J.D., Yale Law School, 2004; B.A., Columbia University, 1999 summa cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has a comprehensive defense offering, allowing the team to advise in high-stakes and multi-district litigation concerning allegations of monopolization, price fixing and exclusive dealing, among other matters. The practice particularly excels in litigation concerning financial institutions, with its client roster also featuring industry leaders across a variety of industries including Amazon and Apple. Based in Washington DC, the highly skilled litigator, Karen Dunn has led in major disputes including competitor litigation and class actions concerning leading corporations. Co-chair of the antitrust practice group, Andrew Finch, is based in New York, has previous experience in the DOJ’s antitrust division and is particularly known for his role in private civil litigation, regulatory advocacy, and enforcement matters. DC-based Ken Gallo co-chairs the litigation department and acts as lead counsel in matters concerning technology companies and banks. Bill Isaacson is a highly renowned litigator in DC and commended for his representation of plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust litigation across a variety of industries. William Michael operates from the New York office and acts in investigations and litigation with particular expertise in the telecommunications and media sectors. The team has grown with the arrivals of former senior government enforcement lawyer Joshua Soven from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the DC office in February 2022, Robert Sperling and Staci Yablon in the New York hub from Winston & Strawn LLP in August 2022, and Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel in October 2022, who also joined the New York office and was the former assistant chief of the DOJ’s antitrust division. Another arrival to note is that of Katherine Forrest in New York in January 2023, who was previously at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP assists with litigation concerning claims of price-fixing, restrictive agreements, and other conspiracies such as group boycotts, acting for plaintiffs in the construction, sports and aviation fields. In Washington DC is key attorney William Isaacson who has tried cases on both defense and plaintiff sides. Andrew Finch who splits his time between New York and Washington is co-chair of the Antitrust group and focuses on both criminal and civil antitrust investigations and litigation. Also in New York are William Michael , who offers significant experience in antitrust litigation, appellate matters and investigations, while Jacqueline P. Rubin handles a range of complex commercial litigation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense United States > Antitrust
- Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff United States > Antitrust
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)