Michael T. Reynolds is a partner in Cravath’s Litigation Department. Mr. Reynolds represents a broad range of public and private companies as well as non-profit organizations in complex civil litigation and internal investigations relating to securities, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, contract, copyright, the Federal False Claims Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, among other areas of the law. He is currently defending Credit Suisse in actions relating to residential mortgage-backed securities.

Mr. Reynolds is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Non-Profit Organizations, 1997-2000), Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Tenement Museum in Manhattan (Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee) and a Trustee of The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx (Chair, Pension & Benefits Committee). From 1999-2008, he served on the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth, Inc. (Former Chair, Alumni Board).

Mr. Reynolds was born in New York City. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1990, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and served as Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth. As a Keasbey Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge University (1990-1992), he received an M.Phil. in medieval history. Mr. Reynolds received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1995, where he was Executive Editor of The Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, he served as law clerk to Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2001-2005, Mr. Reynolds guest lectured on legal history at Columbia University. Mr. Reynolds co-authored Intellectual Property Law Answer Book 2011-12, published by the Practising Law Institute.

Mr. Reynolds joined Cravath in 1996 and became a partner in 2003. From 2005-2009, he served as the Hiring Partner for the Firm’s Litigation Department.

Mr. Reynolds may be reached by phone at 212-474-1552 or by email at mreynolds@cravath.com.