Michael Gottesman (lawyer)


Michael H. Gottesman 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 1961-1988.
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.
CaseArguedDecidedRepresented
Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, No.06-939March 19, 2008June 19, 2008Respondents
Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497December 5, 2000February 27, 2001Petitioner
Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581April 21, 1999June 22, 1999Respondents
General Electric v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 136October 14, 1997December 15, 1997Respondents
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559October 11, 1995May 20, 1996Respondent
Freightliner Corp. v. Myrick, 514 U.S. 280February 22, 1995April 18, 1995Respondents
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., 509 U.S. 579March 30, 1993June 28, 1993Petitioner
Richardson-Merrell, Inc. v. Koller, 472 U.S. 424February 26, 1985June 17, 1985Respondents
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp., 464 U.S. 238October 4, 1983January 11, 1984Petitioner
, 457 U.S. 102March 31, 1982June 14, 1982Petitioner
Pullman-Standard, Div. of Pullman v. Swint, 456 U.S. 273January 19, 1982April 27, 1982Petitioners
United Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 U.S. 193March 28, 1979June 27, 1979Petitioner
Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274November 3, 1976January 11, 1977Respondent
Franks v. Bowman Transp. Co., 424 U.S. 747November 3, 1975March 24, 1976Respondent
Dunlop v. Bachowski, 421 U.S. 560April 21, 1975June 2, 1975Respondent
Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593January 18, 1972June 29, 1972Respondent
Hodgson v. United Steelworkers of America, 403 U.S. 333March 23, 1971June 14, 1971Respondents
Dyke v. Taylor Implement Mfg. Co., 391 U.S. 216January 18, 1968May 20, 1968Petitioners
Nash v. Florida Industrial Com., 389 U.S. 235November 9, 1967December 5, 1967Petitioner
United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc., 382 U.S. 145October 21, 1965November 22, 1965Petitioner