Michael Gottesman
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Michael H. Gottesman (also known as "Mike", "Iron Mike", or "The Gottfather") is a lawyer and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of labor law, constitutional law, and civil rights. He practiced and became a partner with the Washington, D.C., firm Bredhoff and Kaiser from 1961-88. He currently teaches one of the fiercest property law classes in the nation, and continues to live up to his many nicknames.
After attending the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois and Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, 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 subcommittee; and the Legal Committee of the American Association of University Professors. He has argued 20 cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.
| 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, 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, 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, 421 U.S. 560 | April 21, 1975 | June 2, 1975 | Respondent |
| Perry v. Sindermann, 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 |
