Professional Experience

• January 1, 2015 - Present: Independent Arbitrator

• September 1986 - December 31, 2014: Mayer Brown LLP, Partner, January 1, 1987 - December 31, 2014, Co-Chair, International Arbitration Practice, 2004 - 2013

• September 1977 - August 1986: Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York

• June 1970 - July 1974: U. S. Navy

Education

• Yale University, B.A., Political Science 1970, magna cum laude with departmental honors in Political Science

• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1977, Order of the Coif, Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review

Bar Admissions

• New York: 1978 (retired 2016)

• Texas: 1987

Professional Activities

Member 

CPR    Energy, Oil & Gas Panel

Cross Border Panel

Houston ADR Panel

ICDR Panel of International Arbitrators

AAA   Large Commercial Case Panel

Panel of Commercial Arbitrators

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 

ICC Master Class for Arbitrators, Paris 

Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Energy Law; Committee on Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Vice Chair (2012-2013), Chair (2013-15) 

Co-Founder, director emeritus and member, Houston International Arbitration Club

 Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Transnational Arbitration

 AAA/ICDR Arbitration conferences and seminars, passim

Member, International Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association.