Michael H. Cassel

Education
- American University, B.S. 2011, cum laude
- American University, M.A. 2013
- Columbia Law School, 2016, (Executive Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems)
Clerkships
Honorable Denise Cote, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2017 – 2018
Michael H. Cassel
Michael Cassel is an associate in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s Restructuring and Finance Department.
Michael received his B.S. and M.A. in Mathematics from American University. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a recipient of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize. Michael also served as Executive Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. After law school, Michael clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for the Hon. Denise Cote.
Select Publications
- Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring: 2021-2022,
in Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, February 15, 2022.
- Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring: 2018-2019,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, February 17, 2019.