Michael Kimberly

Michael Kimberly is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where he co-directs the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic. He is co-chair of the McDermott Will & Emery’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group. He has presented more than two dozen appellate arguments, including six times before the U.S. Supreme Court and three times before the en banc courts of appeals. He has briefed and argued cases covering a wide range of subject matters, with particular experience in the areas of the Commerce Clause, preemption, the Social Security and Medicare Acts, ERISA, the Bankruptcy Code, and the antitrust laws. In addition to handling appeals, he works frequently with his colleagues in trial courts to shape litigation strategy and present the most compelling dispositive motions. He is routinely involved in cases challenging the constitutionality of state legislation and the legality of federal administrative actions.