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Anthony Casey : Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

University of Chicago Law School
JD, June 2002

With High Honors and Order of the Coif
John M. Olin Prize for the Outstanding Student in Law and Economics
John M. Olin Student Fellowship in Law and Economics
University of Chicago Law Review, member 2000 – 2002
Research Assistant to Douglas G. Baird, 2001 – 2002 (focusing on legal applications of Game Theory)

Georgetown University
AB, Economics (with Honors), Political Theory, June 1999

Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, 1998 – 1999

EXPERIENCE

The University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL

Assistant Professor of Law, July 2011 - present
Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law, July 2009 - June 2011
Courses: Legal Research & Writing; Law of Business Structure and Finance (spring 2011)

Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL
Partner, October 2008 – June 2009
Associate, February 2006 – September 2008
Summer Associate, Summer 2002

Represent pharmaceutical manufacturer in multi-district product-liability litigation
Advise major U.S. power producer in preparation for Chapter 11 confirmation hearing – work with management and experts in preparing defense of Debtors’ business plan and valuation
Represent medical-device manufacturer in litigation arising from acquisition by private equity consortium
Advise automotive-parts manufacturer in various aspects of Chapter 11 reorganization
Counsel major oil companies in various civil, regulatory, and white-collar matters
Represent pharmaceutical-benefits-management company in contract dispute with state agency
Defend pharmaceutical manufacturer in pricing disputes in various states

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY
Associate, March 2004 – February 2006
Summer Associate, Summer 2001

Counseled corporation in responding to federal investigation of international tax strategy – worked with expert consultant and company management to analyze and defend company’s tax structure
Reviewed executive contracts to advise on aspects of sale of corporation to outside investors
Briefed arguments for pharmaceutical corporation in litigation stemming from purchase of biotech firm
Represented leading financial institution in federal investigation of accounting policies
Counseled entertainment corporation in litigation with major shareholders regarding corporate governance
Defended manufacturer in shareholder litigation regarding proposed sale of business to investment fund
Provided legal advice to independent commission reviewing operations of major international institution
Defended corporations against federal securities-fraud claims brought on behalf of shareholders

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum, August 2002 – September 2003
Extern to Circuit Judge Richard D. Cudahy, Summer 2000

Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, LLP, Chicago, IL
Summer Associate, Summer 2002
Law Clerk, October 2001 – May 2002

Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, LTD, Chicago, IL
Summer Associate, Summer 2000

Office of United States Senator Richard Durbin, Washington, DC
Intern, Spring 1998