Philip Allen
Lacovara
Experience
Management and business; arbitration and mediation; corporate legal
counseling, including securities, antitrust and corporate governance;
litigation, including Supreme Court, appellate and trial litigation and regulatory
enforcement; academic research, teaching and lecturing; government
service and public policy formulation..
Professional Employment
 Independent commercial arbitrator in international and domestic disputes;
legal consultant, 2004 – to date.
 Mayer Brown LLP: Partner, New York and Washington, D.C.,
1993-2003; Senior Counsel, 2004 – to 2016.
 JAMS, The Resolution Experts: New York and Washington, D.C.,
arbitrator and mediator, 2004 to 2006.
 Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc: Managing Director, General Counsel, and
member of Management Committee, New York, 1990-1993.
 General Electric Co.: Vice President and Senior Counsel for Litigation
and Legal Policy, Fairfield, CT, 1988-1990.
 Hughes Hubbard & Reed: Partner-in-Charge, Washington, D.C.,
1974-1988; Associate, New York City, 1969-1971.
 Watergate Special Prosecutor’s Office: Counsel to the Special
Prosecutor, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974.
 Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice: Deputy Solicitor
General of the United States, 1972-1973; Assistant to the Solicitor General,
1967-1969, Washington, D.C.
 New York City Police Department: Special Counsel to the
Police Commissioner, New York, 1971-1972.
 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia: Law Clerk to United
States Circuit Judge Harold Leventhal, Washington, 1966-1967.
Education
 Executive Development Program, European Institute of
Business Administration (INSEAD), Fontainebleu, France, Fall 1989.
 Columbia University, J.D. summa cum laude, 1966. First in class each
year. Awarded John Ordronaux Prize as outstanding graduate. Chairman of
Board of Visitors, 1991-1995.
 Georgetown University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1963. Pi Sigma Alpha.
Publications
Articles published in Columbia Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Harvard
Journal of International Law, Arizona Law Review, Minnesota Law
Review, Inter-American Law Review, St. John’s Law Review, Law &
Contemporary Problems, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times, National Law Journal, and others.
Lectures
Academic lectures presented at Yale Law School, Columbia Law School,
Duke University, United States Military Academy (West Point), University of
Arizona, Arizona State University, Marymount Manhattan College, Hunter
College and others.Teaching
Formerly: Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Hunter College
of the City University of New York; adjunct lecturer, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice, City University of New York; Adjunct Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center and Columbia Law School.
Professional Associations
 American Bar Association: formerly: Chair, Section of Individual
Rights; Chair, ABA Special Committee on Amicus Curiae Briefs; and
member, ABA House of Delegates (Delegate from the District of Columbia Bar).
 District of Columbia Bar: President, 1988-1989; formerly General Counsel
and member of Board of Governors.
 American College of Trial Lawyers.
 American Association of Appellate Lawyers
 American Law Institute (Life Member)
Civic
 Counselor/Legal Adviser, Permanent Observer Mission of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations, 2005 – 2020.
 Appointed by Governor Cuomo to the New York State Superintendent of
Banks Advisory Commission on the Regulation of Transnational Banking
Institutions, 1991-1992.
 Appointed by President Reagan to Judicial Nomination Commission for
the District of Columbia, 1981-1985.
 Other appointments include Chairman of the Board of Trustees of District
of Columbia Public Defender Service, various judicial conferences, and
court committees, and not-for profit boards and foundations..
Honors
 Chambers & Partners, Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to
the Legal Profession, 2006.
 Charles A. Horsky Award for Outstanding Lawyering, Brennan Center
for Justice at New York University School of Law, 1997.
 Columbia University Medal for Excellence, awarded by Trustees of
the University, 1975.
Bar Admissions and Certifications
 New York, 1967  District of Columbia, 1974  U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
 U.S. District Court for the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New
York and for the District of Columbia  U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First,
Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and District of
Columbia and Federal Circuits.
 Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 2003.
 Member, London Court of International Arbitration.
 Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
 Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).