Education
Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania (Dept. of International Relations)

Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law (Research Centre)

J.D., Cornell Law School (International Studies)

B.A., University of Buffalo (three years)(American History Honors & Soviet Studies)

Additional Professional & Graduate Studies:
- Oxford University, St. Peter’s College (European Communities);
- Harvard Law School (East Asia & International Tax Program);
- Shorter courses at the London Business School, Oxford Center for Management Studies, and the University of Amsterdam (Europa Institute).

Current & Recent Positions
Distinguished Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University
(The School of Public Policy). Since Fall 1996.

• School of Law (1977-1991); the International Institute (1991-1996).

Director, Oxford Trade Program: Global Trade in the Digital Economy (1997- 2001) at St. Peter's College, Oxford University. (Visiting Professor).

• A graduate and professional program co-sponsored in partnership with St. Peter's College, Oxford University, with study at Oxford, England and Geneva, Switzerland. (Focused on global trade, E-Commerce and financial firms at Oxford, and the global trade institutions in Geneva (WTO, ITU, WIPO, UNCTAD). Corporate Practicum with a dozen U.K., U.S. affiliates, and European firms based in Greater London. (BT, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, DeutschBank, Credit Suisse.) Program included London Briefings (at Lloyds of London, Canary Wharf, among others. One of the largest and oldest overseas trade programs.

Founder and Director of the International Transactions Graduate Program at the International Institute, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, from 1990 to 1995. (Member of the Law Faculty, 1977-1991; Chairman, Promotion & Tenure Committee.)

• Within five years this new program developed into one of the nation’s largest graduate international affairs programs (focusing on global trade, finance & technology) with over 800 students, 50 professorial lecturers, and over 50 specifically designed courses. A summer study program at Oxford University is given annually in partnership with St. Peter’s College. The M.A. in International Transactions (MAIT) and post-graduate Specialization Certificates were awarded. Raised funds and gained state approval for the degree.

Recent Professional Experience

• Member, Virginia Governor Tim Kanies’s Trade Delegation to Japan-Virginia (SEUS) meetings, Fall 2008
• Participated in the Wharton Global Forum (Vietnam 2008).
• Travel to St. Petersburg & Moscow during the G-8 Conference (2006).
• Recently participated in the Virginia Governor's Trade Mission to China (2004) (China Photo) (China / Singapore Photo), the Virginia Governor’s Trade Mission to India (2005) (India Photo), Virginia Governor's Trade Mission to India (2007), the Virginia Trade Delegation to Tokyo (2005) (Japan article), and the Virginia Governor’s Trade Mission to India (2007) (photo with Secretary of Commerce & Trade).
• Program Director, directed or participated in various graduate overseas trade study program to Oxford, Geneva, China and India (1997 – 2004).
• Webmaster, two websites on global trade and national security law -- http://www.InternationalTradeRelations.com/
  http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.net/
• World Trade Organization, Geneva meeting of experts and NGO’s for Doha Round, summer 2003.
• Expert, advisory services on global trade, WTO litigation, WIPO arbitration -- domain names. (e.g. King & Spalding), Spring 2000.
• Board Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Audit Committee, America Asia Allocation Fund (Sage / Tso Investment Management, L.P.), 1996-1997.
• Special Assistant (to the Director of International Trade & Investment, Dept. of Economic Development), Office of the Governor, the Commonwealth of Virginia. Committee chairman and author: “Report: The Role of Virginia Universities in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment & Promoting Exports,” July 1995.
• Member, Governor’s International Trade Sector Committee, OPPORTUNITY VIRGINIA: Strategic Plan for Virginia, January 1995.

Prior Professional Experience

• Lectured at the Harvard Law School (International Tax Program), University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School), University of Maryland (Graduate School of Business), the Oxford Polytechnic Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh University, Temple University, Georgetown, Drucker Graduate School of Management (Claremont), among other institutions.
• Chairman, International Practice Section, Virginia State Bar.
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (International Center).
• Participant, Virginia International Trade Conference (VA Chamber of Commerce).
• Board member, International Trade Association of Northern Virginia.
• Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council.
• Consultant, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Office of General Counsel.
• Committee member, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (International Division).
• Senior Fellow, Institute for International and Foreign Trade Law, Georgetown University Law School.
• Visiting Research Fellow, United Nations Institute on Training & Research (N.Y.).
• Consultant, Foreign Policy Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania.
• Scholar-Diplomat Program, U.S. Dept. of State, Legal Affairs Office.
• Scholar-Diplomat Program, U.S. Dept. of State, Economic Bureau.
• Seminar Leader (various trade programs), for the World Trade Institute, at the World Trade Center, N.Y., N.Y.

Awards

• “Award of Recognition,” Virginia State Bar (International Section) (editing the Virginia Lawyer for 10 years) (2007).
• “Malawer – Paden Scholarship Award,” established by the ICP Alumni of George Mason University (School of Public Policy) (2001) – Presented by former Governor Gerald Baliles of Virginia.
• “George Mason Faculty Member of the Year” (2000), by the George Mason University Alumni Association (Teaching Award).
• Awarded the “Hardy Cross Dillard Award,” by the Virginia State Bar, International Practice Section, in recognition of Contributions to international relations education in the Commonwealth.
• Awarded the initial “University Founding Day Award” at George Mason University for outstanding faculty scholarship.

Publications

• Author, U.S. NATIONAL  SECURITY LAW – A Sourcebook  of  Cases, Laws, Treaties & Documents (forthcoming December 2008).
• Author, WTO LAW, LITIGATION & POLICY – A Sourcebook of Internet Material (Hein & Co., 2007).
• Journal articles published by Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Maryland and Virginia. 100 various publications. Six books including the six-volume treatise, FEDERAL REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, 1981 - 1988 (U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Georgetown University, International Law Institute).
• Special Editor, ten special issues of the Virginia Lawyer 1989 - 2006 (Virginia State Bar) on global trade and international practice.
• Editor, INTERNATIONAL PRACTITIONER, 1986 - 1989 (Publication of the International Practice Section, Virginia State Bar).

Recent Activities
Some Recent Activities & Publications: Visiting Professor, St. Peter’s College, Oxford University (Summers, 1997-2007); Guest Lecturer, Drucker School of Management (Global Trade Law and Policy) (2002-2007); Guest Lecturer, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University (World Trade Organization) (2003); Guest Lecturer, Georgetown University, Executive International Management Program (Trade Policy & Internet Trade) (1997 - 2001); Lectured in the China Trade Program on the WTO & China (Beijing, China) (2000); Organized and led the "Washington Trade Briefings," for the University of Pennsylvania (International Relations Program) (Spring 1999, Spring 2000).

New Book -- WTO Law, Litigation & Policy (Intro by WTO Director-General Mike Moore) (2007), “U.S. – China Litigation in the WTO,” (2007), “Global Mergers & National Security.” (2006), “WTO Accession for the Russian Federation,” (2006), “WTO & 10 Years of Litigation,” (2005); “Trade Missions to India & China,” (2005), “International Law & President Bush,” (2004); “Genetically-Modified Organisms and WTO Litigation,” (2003); “Trade Litigation & Global Governance: U.S .in the WTO,” (April 2003); “Global Trade & International Tax (WTO / FSC),” (March 2002); “Global Governance of E-Commerce,” (June / July 2001);“Dot.Coms & Global Governance,” (May 2000); "U.S. and WTO Litigation," (Nov. 1999); "Internet Commerce & Trade Policy" (July 1999); "Trading on the Worldwide Web," (Jan. 1999); "Digital Global Economy: WTO Trade Agreements & Litigation," (Fall 1998); "Dispute Settlement in the WTO: Implications for the APEC Economies," (1998); “New Agreements & Cases in the World Trade Organization,” (Jan. 1998); "WTO A Quiet Success: Global Trade Litigation," (Sept. 1997); "The WTO & Law Practice," (Summer 1997); "Globalism: For it, Against it or Forget it," (Summer 1997) (review article); "States & Globalism: Virginia in the Global Economy," (1996); "Introduction: International Trade and the Global Economy," (1995); "Globalism & Trade," (1995). Chairman and moderator of a panel on exporting for the Virginia World Trade Conference, sponsored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce (Fall 1995), on its panel of experts for the 1996 annual meeting, moderator for economic developers’ panel on foreign investment at the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology (Fall 1996). Served as a Special Assistant in the Office of the Governor of Virginia (VDED) on universities and international activities (1995) -- Principal author of Special Report, "The Role of Virginia Universities in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment and Promoting Exports." Served on a Governor-appointed international trade committee (1995); recently completed eight to ten computer courses on various desktop applications and software for Windows ‘95 (1995-1998). Designed and published various Web sites on global trade and trade law.

Additional

• Volunteer at the Great Falls Therapeutic Horseback Center (“Lift Me Up”) (for disabled patients).
• Contributed editorials, letters and reviews to the Moscow Times, Legal Times, New York Law Journal, New York Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Daily Record, New York Law Journal, Wall Street Journal.
• Active consultant in international business, real estate and trade transactions -- Recently with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
• Previously taught contracts, corporations and international business in various law schools and management programs. Recently teaching global trade relations and legal issues in the global economy (Internet, World Trade Organization, global e-commerce regulation, U.S. trade law and national security law).
• Develop, design and host various Web pages / sites (FrontPage) -- http://www.internationaltraderelations.com/
  and
  http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.net/
  and
  http://www.us-global-trade.com/.
  Member of the Virginia State Bar, Bar of the State of New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.