Herbert M. Wachtell
Education
- New York University, B.S. 1952, Phi Beta Kappa
- New York University School of Law, LL.B. 1954, Order of the Coif, Root-Tilden Scholar
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. 1955, (Editor, New York University Law Review)
Herbert M. Wachtell
Herbert M. Wachtell is a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Activities:
Editor, New York University Law Review, 1953-1954. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1955-1957. Author: “New York Practice Under the CPLR,” First Edition, 1963, Second Edition, 1966, Third Edition, 1970, Fourth Edition, 1973, Fifth Edition, 1976, Sixth Edition, 1986, Practising Law Institute.
Associations:
Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York Bar Foundation.
Select Publications
- New York Practice Under the CPLR,
Practising Law Institute, 6th ed. (1986).
- New York Court of Appeals Highlights Limits on Extraterritorial Reach of State Law,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 1, 2012.
- New York’s Highest Court Rules Common-law Claims are Not Preempted by Martin Act,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, January 13, 2012.
- Delaware Protects Attorney-Client Privilege for Investment Banker Communications,
in Deal Lawyers, July/August 2010.
- Federal District Court Dismisses Madoff-Related Class Action as Preempted by Federal and New York State Statutes,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 24, 2010.
