Honors/Associations

•	International Bar Association, International Litigation Committee & Dispute Resolution Committee, Business Section, 1989-Present
•	Federal Bar Council
•	American Foreign Law Association, President
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1979-Present
•	Columbia Law School, Board of Visitors, 1991-Present
•	Columbia Law School Association, Chairman, Placement Committee, 1988-1992
•	Columbia Law School Association, 1988-Present
•	American Bar Association, Chairman, Jury Trials Subcommittee of Trial Practice Committee, 1985-1987
•	American Bar Association, International Litigation Committee and International Arbitration Subcommittee, International Law & Practice Committee, 1979-Present
•	New York Landmarks Conservancy, Chairman
•	London School of Economics Foundation, Director, 2000-Present
•	American Arbitration Association, Director, 2001-Present

Recent Cases

•	North River v. Philadelphia Reinsurance, et al., 516 U.S. 1184, 116 S.Ct. 1289 (Second Circuit 1995)
•	Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Chemical Bank New York Trust Co., 822 F.2d 230 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1987)
•	Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. v. Drysdale Securities Corp., 801 F.2d 13 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1986)
•	The Scandinavia Company, Inc. et al. v. Nordbanken Group, et al., U.S. District Lexis 15330 (Eastern District of Penn 1992)
•	Karwatha Plastics Ltd. v. Barclays Bank PLC, 542/92 (New York Supreme Court 1992)
•	Huddleston v. Nelson Bunker Hunt, 935 F.2d 1290 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1991)
•	Getty Oil Company v. Kuwait Petroleum Company, et al., 83 Civ. 0566 (S.D.N.Y. 1986)
•	Huddleston v. Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estate, 117 B.R. 231 (N.D.Tex. 1990)
•	North River Ins. Co. v. Philadelphia Reinsurance Corp., 63 F.3d 160 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1995)
•	Rector, Wardens, and Members of Vestry of St. Bartholomew's Church v. City of New York, 914 F.2d 348 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 1990)
•	Waterways Ltd. v. Barclays Bank PLC, 615 N.Y.S.2d 886 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. 1994)
•	Fiat S.P.A. v. Ford Motor Company (Uncitral Arbitration Pari 1994)
•	Bank fur Arbeit und Wirtschaft AG v. Republic of Kenya (ICC Arbitration, Cuprus 1996)

Publications

•	The Supreme Court Holds That Arbitrators, Not Courts, May Decide Challenges To The Enforceability Of Stand-Alone Arbitration Agreements
•	The Supreme Court Vacates Arbitrators' Decision Allowing Class Arbitration Based Solely On Arbitrators' Own Policy Views
•	The Supreme Court Examines Whether Courts Must Decide the Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses Challenged as Unconscionable
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue
•	The Supreme Court Allows Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Seek to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Adopts Broader View of Federal Jurisdiction to Hear Motions to Compel Arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Hears Argument Concerning the Ability of Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Extent of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FAA
•	The Supreme Court Rules Against TV’s “Judge Alex,” Finding That an Agreement to Arbitrate Trumps State Administrative Process
•	Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second Significant Arbitration Case this Term
•	Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Standard of Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards and the Constitutionality of Tax-exempt Bonds
•	Court Jurisdiction and Arbitration over Misrepresentation in U.S. Securities Transactions, The Law of Cross Border Securities Transactions (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1999)
•	A Chart Comparing International Commercial Arbitration Rules, published in collaboration with the Parker School of Comparative Law, Columbia Law School (Juris Publishing, 1992; 2nd edition 2002)
•	Arbitrability of Securities Law Claims in Common Law Nations, Arbitration International, 1996
•	Lender Liability (Co-Authors:  M.L. Cantor and T.C. Rice), Published by the American Law Institute and The American Bar Association, 1987
•	Landmarks Preservation and Tax Exempt Organizations, 1 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 274-311, 1975
•	U.S. Litigation (Columnist), International Financial Law Review, 1994-present

Clerkships

•	Hon. Gus J. Solomon, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (1976-1978)

Education

•	Columbia Law School, 1976 J.D. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; International Fellow; National Scholar (7th Circuit); Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Editor-in-Chief, 1975-1976
•	Boston College, 1972 A.B. summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Duncan Medal in History