Background
Wachtell, Herbert M. was born on May 24, 1932 in New York, New York, United States.
Wachtell, Herbert M. was born on May 24, 1932 in New York, New York, United States.
He graduated from New York University (Bachelor of Science 1952), New York University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws 1954, Order of the Coif), and Harvard Law School (Master of Laws 1955).
Worked at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Admitted to the bar, 1955, New New York 1957, United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
1958, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New New York 1959, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1965, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
1973, United States.
Supreme Court. 1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1987, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Order of the Coif.
Phi Beta Kappa. Root-Tilden Scholar. Decisions Editor, New York University Law Review, 1953-1954. Assistant United States.
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. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
New York County Lawyers Association. New York State and American Bar Associations.
American Law Institute.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers. Member: American Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Association Bar City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif.