Arbitration: Litigation of domestic contract disputes before AAA tribunals and
disputes involving foreign governments and corporations under ICC and ICSID rules
relating to expropriation of assets and patent infringement.
Appellate: Presented cases on behalf of clients in the U.S. Supreme Court,
Federal Appellate Courts and state courts in Illinois and New Jersey.
COUNSELING PRACTICE
Criminal: Representation of U.S. and foreign companies and individuals
before the U.S. Department of Justice, Special Prosecutors, grand juries and courts
involving alleged violations of U.S. criminal laws; internal corporate investigation of
alleged criminal conduct by employees.
Regulatory: Representation of clients before agencies administering U.S.
antitrust, securities, anti-discrimination, automotive safety and emissions, anti-boycott
and consumer protection laws.
International: Representation of the Northern Marianas people in negotiations
with the United States regarding the terms under which they became U.S. citizens and
a commonwealth under U.S. sovereignty (1972-75); consultant to First Northern
Marianas Constitutional Convention (1976) and Third Northern Marianas
Constitutional Convention (1995-96); representation of U.K. agency regarding project
financing in Micronesia.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice
(1961-65).
Assisted the head of the Criminal Division in enforcing the
the criminal laws of the U.S. through a staff of about 150
lawyers in Washington and more than 90 U.S. Attorney
offices throughout the U.S.; participation- in major
investigations and appellate arguments involving labor
racketeering and organized crime.
Assistant Counsel, President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
(1963-64).
Assisted the General Counsel and the Commission in
organizing, staffing and administering the investigation of
the assassination and the writing of the Commission report.
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Executive Director, President’s Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia
(1965-66).
Supervised a staff of 15 lawyers and other professionals in
a 16-month investigation of the criminal justice system in
the District of Columbia (police, courts, and correctional
institutions) and the preparation of a report on the subject.
EDUCATION Yale Law School (1953-56)
LL.B. degree with honors; Editor, Yale Law Journal; awards in
labor law and international law.
University of Michigan (1950-53)
Bachelor of Arts degree with high distinction; Phi Beta Kappa
Stanford University (1949-50)
PROFESSIONAL Board of Trustees, National and Washington Lawyers’
Committees for Civil Rights Under Law (1971-present)
Board of Directors, Council for Court Excellence (1984-88)
Board of Directors, Public Defender Service of the District of
Columbia (1977-81)
D.C. Committee on Unauthorized Practice (1972-74)
Criminal Justice Planning Board for the District of Columbia
(1%9-73)
Occasional law school lecturer on criminal law, trial practice and
legal ethics.
PUBLICATIONS Co-author (with D.C. Siemer), “The Constitution of the Northern
Mariana Islands: Constitutional Principles and Innovation in a
Pacific Setting,” 65 Georgetown Law Journal 1373 (1977)
BAR
Occasional articles on other subjects.
Member of the Illinois, District of Columbia and Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands bars; admitted to practice before
the U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the
D.C., Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal
Circuits _ BS _