Profile

Educational Background

• Doctor of Juridical Science (International Legal Studies), Golden Gate University School of Law, 2007.
  Dissertation: The Arbitral Chain: Linking the arbitral past with China's arbitral present.
• Master of Laws (LL.M) (Comparative and International Law), Santa Clara University School of Law, 2005
  Thesis: Arbitral History and Modern Practices in the Middle East and China.
• Juris Doctor, Lincoln Law School, (Valedictorian), 2004
• Bachelor of Arts, Hunter College, 1966

Additional International Studies

• Independent Doctoral Study, Beijing and Shanghai China, 2006.
• International Practice Diploma-International Arbitration Law, College of England and Wales
• International Law Studies:
  • LL.M. Studies
    • International Humanitarian Law- Geneva Switzerland
    • Institute International des Droits de L'Homme, Strasbourg, France
    • Oxford University, Magdalen College
  • JD Studies
    • Oxford University, Magdalen College
    • University of Aberdeen, Scotland
• Army Language School, Russian Language and Studies

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Society of International Law
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• International Bar Association
• International Law Association
• The Selden Society
• State of California Bar-International Law Section
• Advisory Board-European American Trade Association