Partner, Cooper & Kirk
William V. Bergstrom joined Cooper & Kirk in 2021. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Jonathan A. Kobes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP. Mr. Bergstrom received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2017. He earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2013, where he was chairman of the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson. Between college and law school, Mr. Bergstrom was the Annenberg Fellow at Eton College in Windsor, U.K.
Mr. Bergstrom is admitted to the bars of the State of Nebraska and the District of Columbia.
Associate Professor, Widener Law Commonwealth
Partner, Cooper & Kirk
William V. Bergstrom joined Cooper & Kirk in 2021. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Jonathan A. Kobes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP. Mr. Bergstrom received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2017. He earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2013, where he was chairman of the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson. Between college and law school, Mr. Bergstrom was the Annenberg Fellow at Eton College in Windsor, U.K.
Mr. Bergstrom is admitted to the bars of the State of Nebraska and the District of Columbia.
Associate Professor, Widener Law Commonwealth
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Dennis Jacobs is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He became Chief Judge on October 1, 2006. At the time of his appointment in 1992, he was a partner in the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Judge Jacobs received his B.A. degree from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1964; his M.A. degree from New York University in 1965; and his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1973.
Judge Jacobs was a lecturer in the English Department of Queens College of the City University of New York from 1967 until 1969. He was in private practice from 1973 with the New York law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, serving as a partner there from 1980 until his judicial appointment.
In 1997-2004, Judge Jacobs was a member of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States; starting in 1999 he was chair of that committee.
Judge Jacobs is a native of New York City.
Partner, Cooper & Kirk
William V. Bergstrom joined Cooper & Kirk in 2021. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Jonathan A. Kobes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP. Mr. Bergstrom received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2017. He earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2013, where he was chairman of the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson. Between college and law school, Mr. Bergstrom was the Annenberg Fellow at Eton College in Windsor, U.K.
Mr. Bergstrom is admitted to the bars of the State of Nebraska and the District of Columbia.
From the Courthouse Steps: United States v. Hemani
William V. Bergstrom, F. Lee Francis
In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the dismissal of an indictment...
From the Courthouse Steps: United States v. Hemani
William V. Bergstrom, F. Lee Francis
In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the dismissal of an indictment...
From the Courthouse Steps: United States v. Hemani
Lawyers at War
Dennis Jacobs
Dennis Jacobs is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit....