Anthony Casey

Tony Casey is an expert on business law, finance, and corporate bankruptcy. His research—which has been published in the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the Supreme Court Review, and the University of Chicago Law Review—examines the intersection of finance and law. He has also written about the role of intellectual property law in the organization and financing of creative projects and about how technological innovation is changing the foundations of our legal system more generally.

Before entering academics, Professor Casey was a partner at Kirkland and Ellis, LLP. Before joining Kirkland & Ellis, he was an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His legal practice focused on corporate bankruptcy, merger litigation, white-collar investigations, securities litigation, and complex class actions. Casey also served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Professor Casey received his JD with High Honors in 2002 from the University of Chicago Law School. He received the John M. Olin Prize for the outstanding student of law and economics.

Professor Casey teaches courses and seminars in corporate governance, business law, bankruptcy and reorganization, finance, litigation strategy, civil procedure, and law and technology.

Companies

• Donald M. Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics University of Chicago Law School (2021)
• Deputy Dean University of Chicago Law School (2020)
• Faculty Director, Center on Law and Finance University of Chicago Law School (2019)
• Professor of Law University of Chicago Law School (2016 — 2020)
• Robert Braucher Visiting Professor of Law Harvard Law School (2020 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor of Law University of Chicago Law School (2011 — 2016)
• Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law University of Chicago Law School (2009 — 2011)
• Attorney Kirkland & Ellis (2006 — 2009)
• Attorney Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (2004 — 2006)

Education

• Doctor of Law (J.D.) University of Chicago Law School (1999 — 2002)
• AB Georgetown University (1996 — 1999)
• Naperville Central H.S. (1992 — 1996)