William (Billy) Organek

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.

Academic Degrees

• JD, Harvard Law School, 2016
• BA, Columbia University, 2010