- Public International Law
- International Business Transactions
- Patent Law
- International Law of Trading Relations
- U.S. Foreign Relations Law
- Research Methods of International Law
- Contracts
Yale
Law School
J.D., June 1997
Yale University
Graduate School
M.A., International Relations, June 1997
University of Paris IV—Sorbonne
Experimental Center for the Study of French Civilization, August 1993
Graduate study in economics and French history.
University of California,
Berkeley
A.B. summa cum laude, Honors Social Sciences, 1993
- Honors Thesis: The Reciprocal Influence of Law & Psychology
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Senior Award of Distinction
- Alumni Scholar
- U.C. Berkeley French Club, President (1990-93)
Arizona State University
College of Law, Tempe, AZ
Professor of Law, May 2008 to present
Associate Professor of Law, August 2004 to May 2008
Research interests:
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Public International Law
International Trade Law
International Business Transactions
International Human Rights Law |
International Protection of Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Biotechnology and Intellectual Property |
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University of Hawai'i, William S. Richardson School of Law, Manoa, HI
Visiting Scholar, July 2008
Visiting Scholar, June 2006 to August 2006
Miller & Chevalier,
Washington, DC
Senior Associate, International Group, December 2002 to April 2004
International trade, commercial and corporate regulation and litigation, focusing
on export and customs compliance and litigation and international protection of
intellectual property; advised the governments of Taiwan and Poland and the U.S.
Senate on Uruguay Round treaties and bilateral trade negotiations; second chair
representing the government of Morocco in free trade agreement negotiations with
the United States.
Bryan Cave, LLP, Washington,
DC and Los Angeles, CA
Associate, International Trade Group and International Group, April 2000 to November
2002
International trade regulation advising and representation, focusing on export and
customs compliance and litigation; international contracts and licenses; international
protection of intellectual property; representation of a foreign government before
the U.N. Claims Commission; representation of foreign parties accused of violating
the U.N.-imposed embargo of Iraq.
Baker & McKenzie,
San Francisco, CA
Associate, Foreign Trade Group and IP Law Group, September 1997 to March 2000
Summer Associate, Foreign Trade Group, May 1996 to July 1996
General international trade and investment representation, including international
contracts and licenses, intellectual property, Internet law, antitrust, customs,
export regulation, commercial law, and mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis
on high technology industries.
United Nations Secretariat,
Office of Legal Affairs, New York, NY
Law Clerk, May 1995 to July 1995
Researched and wrote memoranda of law on issues of public international law, including
application of international humanitarian law to U.N. military operations and jurisdiction
of Rwanda Human Rights Tribunal.
U.S. International Trade Commission,
Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC
Law Clerk, May 1994 to August 1994
Aided in drafting appellate briefs; reported on congressional hearings; drafted
Commission preliminary determinations; researched and wrote memoranda on antidumping
and countervailing duty law.
- 2005 Harold D. Lasswell Prize for Best Policy Sciences Paper (for Secrecy, Monopoly, and Access to Pharmaceuticals in International Trade Law), Society for Policy Sciences
- Torgelson v. Real Property Known as 17138 880th Ave., Renville Cty., 734 N.W.2d 279, 284 (Minn.App. 2007)
- Traicoff v. Digital Media, Inc., 439 F.Supp.2d 872, 872 (S.D. Ind. 2006)
- Superbrace, Inc. v. Tidwell, 21 Cal.Rptr.3d 404, 411-13 (Cal. App., Nov. 23, 2004)
- In re Supernational Foods, LLC, 268 B.R. 759, 796 n.103 (Bkrtcy. M.D. La. 2001)
- French (fluent)
- Italian (proficient)
- Spanish (proficient)
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