Simon Lester
Profile
Simon Lester is the founder of WorldTradeLaw.net, and is a trade policy analyst with the Cato Institute. His research focuses on WTO disputes, regional trade agreements, disguised protectionism and the history of international trade law.
Previously, he worked for the trade law practice of a Washington, D.C. law firm, and also as a Legal Affairs Officer at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization. He has written a number of law journal articles, which have appeared in such publications as the Stanford Journal of International Law, the George Washington International Law Review and the Journal of World Trade. In addition, he has taught courses on international trade law at American University's Washington College of Law and the University of Michigan Law School.