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Paul C.
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Retired Partner, Litigation

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Paul C. Saunders retired from his position as Of Counsel in Cravath’s Litigation Department in December 2014. He retired from his former position of Partner of the Firm in August 2010.

Mr. Saunders was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. egregia cum laude from Fordham College in 1963, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966, where he was Notes Editor of the Law Journal, and an M.S. in Global Affairs with distinction from New York University in 2017. Mr. Saunders also attended the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, France. Mr. Saunders joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977.

Mr. Saunders was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. egregia cum laude from Fordham College in 1963, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966, where he was Notes Editor of the Law Journal, and an M.S. in Global Affairs with distinction from New York University in 2017. Mr. Saunders also attended the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, France. Mr. Saunders joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977.

Education

  • M.S., 2017, New York University
    With Distinction
  • J.D., 1966, Georgetown University Law Center
  • A.B., 1963, Fordham University
    Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, egregia cum laude

Paul C. Saunders retired from his position as Of Counsel in Cravath’s Litigation Department in December 2014. He retired from his former position of Partner of the Firm in August 2010.

Mr. Saunders was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. egregia cum laude from Fordham College in 1963, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966, where he was Notes Editor of the Law Journal, and an M.S. in Global Affairs with distinction from New York University in 2017. Mr. Saunders also attended the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, France. Mr. Saunders joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977.

Mr. Saunders was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. egregia cum laude from Fordham College in 1963, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966, where he was Notes Editor of the Law Journal, and an M.S. in Global Affairs with distinction from New York University in 2017. Mr. Saunders also attended the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, France. Mr. Saunders joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977.

Education

  • M.S., 2017, New York University
    With Distinction
  • J.D., 1966, Georgetown University Law Center
  • A.B., 1963, Fordham University
    Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, egregia cum laude

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