Michael Bosworth

Michael is acting general counsel of the firm. In this capacity, he has management responsibility for the Legal Division. Michael serves on the Enterprise Risk Committee and as counsel to the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a partner.

Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he was a partner and co-chair of the New York Litigation and Trial Department. In that role, he served as a key advisor to clients across various industries on complex litigation issues, investigatory matters and crisis management.

Previously, Michael served as deputy assistant and deputy counsel to President Barack H. Obama and special counsel to the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Earlier in his career, Michael served as co-chief of the Complex Frauds Unit in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and clerked for the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff for the US District Court, Southern District of New York, the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the US Supreme Court.

Michael is a member of the American Law Institute and a member of the boards of The Public Theater and the American LGBTQ+ Museum.

Michael earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 2000 and a JD from Yale Law School in 2003.