Michael e. gertzman biography
Michael Gertzman, who passed away yesterday.!
In Memoriam: Michael E. Gertzman, November 5, 1963 – April 24, 2024
The Paul, Weiss community mourns the loss of our beloved partner, Michael E. Gertzman, who passed away on April 24, 2024, at the age of 60.
There are no words to describe the pain we are experiencing after Michael’s tragic and sudden passing.
Michael graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (History, summa cum laude) and the Wharton School of Economics in 1985, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Has deep experience handling complex criminal, regulatory and civil matters, with a particular emphasis in the white-collar, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1988, magna cum laude. He began his career at Paul, Weiss as a summer associate in 1987, rejoining as a litigation associate in 1988. In 1992, Michael left the firm to join the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Michael returned to Paul, Weiss in 1996, and was elected to the partnership in 1998. Michael’s morally centered leadership was instrumental to the firm’s success over many years.
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