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Paul M.
Dodyk

Retired Partner, Litigation

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Paul M. Dodyk retired from Cravath’s Litigation Department in 2002. 

Mr. Dodyk was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1959, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a B.Phil. with honors from Oxford University in 1961, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined Cravath in 1968 and became a partner in 1973.

Mr. Dodyk was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1959, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a B.Phil. with honors from Oxford University in 1961, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined Cravath in 1968 and became a partner in 1973.

Education

  • LL.B., 1964, Harvard Law School
    magna cum laude
  • B.Phil., 1961, University of Oxford
    with Honors, Rhodes Scholar
  • B.A., 1959, Amherst College
    Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

Clerkships

  • Hon. Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court

Paul M. Dodyk retired from Cravath’s Litigation Department in 2002. 

Mr. Dodyk was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1959, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a B.Phil. with honors from Oxford University in 1961, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined Cravath in 1968 and became a partner in 1973.

Mr. Dodyk was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1959, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a B.Phil. with honors from Oxford University in 1961, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court. He joined Cravath in 1968 and became a partner in 1973.

Education

  • LL.B., 1964, Harvard Law School
    magna cum laude
  • B.Phil., 1961, University of Oxford
    with Honors, Rhodes Scholar
  • B.A., 1959, Amherst College
    Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

Clerkships

  • Hon. Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court

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