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William Organek is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, and is the Managing Editor of the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable. His research investigates bankruptcy’s operation as a system of public law regulation and private law ordering. His scholarship develops case studies with a blend of empirical analysis and insights from law and economics. His work also draws on his nearly ten years of legal practice and real estate business experience. His articles have been or are forthcoming in major law reviews and he has been featured on several podcasts of legal scholarship.
Prior to joining the Zicklin faculty, William was a Program Fellow with the Bankruptcy Project at Harvard Law School. Before that, he practiced law in the New York offices of two major international law firms, and he clerked for Judge Michael Wiles on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Earlier in his career, he started a real estate business in China and lived in Shanghai for more than two years. He holds a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and a B.A. in Economics-Philosophy from Columbia University.
Education
J.D., Law, Harvard Law School Cambridge United States
B.A., Economics-Philosophy, Columbia University New York United States
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | LAW | 1101 | Fundamentals of Business Law |
| Spring 2024 | LAW | 1101 | Fundamentals of Business Law |
| Fall 2023 | LAW | 1101 | Fundamentals of Business Law |
Conference Proceedings
Organek, W. (2024). Up in Smoke: Bankruptcy by Contract in the Legal Cannabis Industry. Regulating Insolvency in Emerging Industries? Unveiling New Frontiers with Cannabis, DAOs, and Crypto.
Organek, W. (2024). Why Bankruptcy Will Keep Eating Mass Torts.
Organek, W. (2024). Up in Smoke: Bankruptcy by Contract in the Legal Cannabis Industry.
Organek, W. (2024). Why Bankruptcy Will Keep Eating Mass Torts.
Organek, W. (2024). Up in Smoke: Bankruptcy by Contract in the Legal Cannabis Industry.
Organek, W. (2023). Up in Smoke: Bankruptcy By Contract in the Legal Cannabis Industry.
Organek, W. (2023). Mass Tort Bankruptcy Goes Public.
Law Reviews
Organek, W. (2024). Mass Tort Bankruptcy Goes Public 77 Vanderbilt Law Review 723.
Organek, W. A. (2024). Purdue's Side Effects: Using Due Process to Realign Mass Tort Bankruptcies
Organek, W. A. (2024). Up in Smoke: Bankruptcy by Contract in the Legal Cannabis Industry American Bankruptcy Law Journal.
Organek, W. (2022). "A Bitter Result": Purdue Pharma, a Sackler Bankruptcy Filing, and Improving Monetary and Nonmonetary Recoveries in Mass Tort Bankruptcies 96 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 361.
Media Contributions
Organek, W. A. (2024). No Matter The Purdue Ruling, Mass Tort Reform Is Needed.
Organek, W. (2023). [Texas Two-Step and the Future of Mass Tort Bankruptcy Series] The Dismissal of LTL and What Lies Ahead for Mass Tort Bankruptcy.
Organek, W., & Roe, M. (2022). [Texas Two-Step and the Future of Mass Tort Bankruptcy Series] The Texas Two-Step: The Code Says it's a Transfer.
Post on Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohn-Kidwell Fellow | Temple University Beasley School of Law | 2023-04-03 | Named a Kohn-Kidwell Fellow in connection with attendance at the "Contract Law in Action: COVID and the Casebook" conference. |
| Program Fellow, Bankruptcy Project | Harvard Law School | 2021-07-01 | Named a Program Fellow with the Bankruptcy Project at Harvard Law School |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Prizes, Scholarships and Awards | Committee Member | Present | |
| Faculty Research Workshop | Organizer | Present |