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Leadership

International and US - American Bar Association; ABA International

 

• 2008-2009 Chair, ABA International (23,000+ members)
• 2009-2010 Chair, Nominating Committee, ABA International
• 2009 – ABA Delegate to United Nations in Geneva and Vienna 2009 – Senior Advisor, India Committee
• 2009 – Liaison to the Israel Bar
• 2009 – Liaison to the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
• Since 2005 - Liaison to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
• Since 2008 - Member of Board of Governors, ABA Rule of Law Initiative
• 2006 – 2007 Member of the Board of ABA Africa
• 2009 – Co-head (with ABA President), ABA Delegation to the United Nations
• 2009 – Head of International Legal Exchange (ILEX) Delegation to India
• 2009 – Head of Delegation to Brazil and Peru
• 2006-2008 – Representative to meetings of Bar of the International Criminal Court
• Since 2004 – Delegate to German Bar Association Annual Meetings
• Since 2006 – Delegate to Israel Bar Association Annual Meetings, Eilat
• Since 2004 – Delegate to AIJA Annual Congress –Naples Geneva Toronto Paris Budapest
• 2008 – Head of ILEX Delegation to the Hague, the world’s courthouse
• 2008 – ILEX Delegation to Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong
• 2008 – International Bar Leaders Delegation to Russia, Ukraine and Georgia
• 2007 – Chair, ABA Delegation to the EU Institutions, Brussels
• 2007 – International Bar Leaders Delegation to Germany and Italy
• 2006 – International Bar Leaders Delegation to Argentina, Brazil and Chile
• 2005 – ILEX International Dispute Resolution Briefing Trips: London and Paris
• 2003, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 - ABA Delegation to the United Nations
• 2003, 2005 –Member of Delegation to International Courts and Institutions at the Hague
• 2007 – Chair-elect, ABA International
• 2006 – Vice Chair, ABA International
• 2005 – Finance Officer, ABA International
• 2004 – Secretary/Liaison Officer, ABA International
• 2003 – Division Chair, Regional and Comparative Law Division, ABA International – including Africa Committee, Asia-Pacific Committee, China Committee, Europe Committee, Russia-Eurasia Committee, Latin-American/Caribbean Committee, Middle East Committee, Canada Committee, Mexico Committee, Islamic Law Forum, Transnational Legal Practice Committee, Cross-Cultural Law Committee
• Chair, 2003 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC

Prior to 2003

 

• Chair, International Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Non-Profit Organizations (2001-2004)
• Chair, International Aviation and Aerospace Law Committee (1997-2000)
• Chair, Law Student and New Lawyer Outreach Committee (1997-2001)
• Chair, International Service Industries Committee (1987-1992)
• Chair, International Venture Capital Subcommittee of International Finance Committee (1987- 1992)
• Deputy Chief of ABA Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development – Johannesburg (2002)
• Since 2001 - International money Laundering Task Force
• Since 1995 - International Anti-Corruption Task Force
• Since 2000 - ABA Dispute Resolution Section
• Since 1986 - Business Law Section
• Since 2006 - General Practice Division; former vice chair, 5 yrs., Int’l Committee
• Air and Space Law Forum

Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)

 

• 1993-1999 - ABA Delegate to UIA
• 1990-94 UIA - US Vice President
• 1990’s UIA - Member of the Contracts Commission; Advisor to the President on International Corruption; Frequent speaker; US Chapter Vice President and member of the Governing Board (1993-1999)

Washington Foreign Law Society

 

• Since 1987 – Member
• 1988-89 - Board of Governors
• 1987-1990 - Newsletter Editor

American Society of International Law – member since 1986

Inter-American Bar Association

Honors

  2009 - Inaugurated as Nigerian Chief, Oloye Bamofin Gbogbogbo (International Law Chieftain)
2008 - Honorary Life Member, Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
2006 - Mayre Rasmussen Award for Advancing Opportunities for Women in International Law


 
 
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