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Michael P. Addis primarily focuses his practice on complex civil litigation related to general commercial, contractual, securities, shareholder derivative, antitrust, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions disputes. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to pro bono service and was selected as a United States Presidential Leadership Scholar.
Mr. Addis has represented a wide range of clients, including 260 Twelfth Avenue Holdings, Biogen, Colgate‑Palmolive, Costamare, Epic Systems, JPMorgan Chase, Louis Dreyfus Company, Novartis, Qualcomm, Root, Spirit AeroSystems, The Walt Disney Company, The Williams Companies and Xcel Energy.
Mr. Addis has been repeatedly included on Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under List,” which recognizes the “best and brightest litigators across the U.S. and Canada,” and has been named a “Future Star” by the publication. The Legal 500 US has also recommended him for general commercial and financial services litigation. He has additionally been included in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Litigators in America,” “500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” and “500 X – The Next Generation” lists.
Mr. Addis is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Fund for Modern Courts, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the New York State courts system, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Jericho Project, a nonprofit based in New York City that works to end homelessness.
Mr. Addis was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He received an A.B. magna cum laude in English from Princeton University in 2005. In 2007, while teaching for Teach for America in New York City, he received an M.S.T. in Teaching Secondary English from Pace University. Mr. Addis received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2010. Following graduation, Mr. Addis practiced pro bono indigent criminal defense and civil rights law in Jackson, Mississippi and was an Adjunct Professor at the Mississippi College School of Law.
Mr. Addis joined Cravath in 2011. In 2013, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Addis rejoined Cravath in 2014 and was elected a partner in 2019.
Mr. Addis has represented a wide range of clients, including 260 Twelfth Avenue Holdings, Biogen, Colgate‑Palmolive, Costamare, Epic Systems, JPMorgan Chase, Louis Dreyfus Company, Novartis, Qualcomm, Root, Spirit AeroSystems, The Walt Disney Company, The Williams Companies and Xcel Energy.
Mr. Addis has been repeatedly included on Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under List,” which recognizes the “best and brightest litigators across the U.S. and Canada,” and has been named a “Future Star” by the publication. The Legal 500 US has also recommended him for general commercial and financial services litigation. He has additionally been included in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Litigators in America,” “500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” and “500 X – The Next Generation” lists.
Mr. Addis is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Fund for Modern Courts, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the New York State courts system, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Jericho Project, a nonprofit based in New York City that works to end homelessness.
Mr. Addis was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He received an A.B. magna cum laude in English from Princeton University in 2005. In 2007, while teaching for Teach for America in New York City, he received an M.S.T. in Teaching Secondary English from Pace University. Mr. Addis received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2010. Following graduation, Mr. Addis practiced pro bono indigent criminal defense and civil rights law in Jackson, Mississippi and was an Adjunct Professor at the Mississippi College School of Law.
Mr. Addis joined Cravath in 2011. In 2013, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Addis rejoined Cravath in 2014 and was elected a partner in 2019.
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