Michele Hirshman

A partner in the Litigation Department, Michele Hirshman focuses her practice on white collar defense and regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations. She also works on a broad range of criminal and civil pro bono cases with young lawyers at the firm, and previously was a member of the Boards of Directors of The Legal Aid Society and the City Bar Justice Center. Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Michele served for eight years as First Deputy Attorney General for the State of New York and for eleven years as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she was the Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney and Chief of the General Crimes and Public Corruption Units. J.D., Yale Law School, 1983 B.A., Rutgers College, 1980