• International Law & Practice Section, NYSBA, Panelist, Barriers and Drivers to the Siting and Operation of Wind Energy Projects (Stockholm 2008)
• Institute For Transnational Arbitration (Dallas), Damages in International Arbitration (2008),  Insider Insights: Complex Energy Disputes (2007), Investment Treaty Arbitration including Mock (Dallas 2006); Arbitration & Involvement of Non-Parties (Washington DC 2005), Arbitration Advocacy ( Dallas ,  2004), Latin American Arbitration (June 2003), Technology Transfer Disputes and Technology in Arbitration (2002); Arbitrating with Sovereigns ( 2001)
• London Court International Arbitration, North American Users’ Council,. International Arbitrators Discuss Key Issues Facing Them in Arbitrations ( Chicago , Sept, 2006)
• International Chamber of Commerce: Psychological Impediments to Mediation, Multi Party and New Techniques for Mediation (June 2005), Mock International Commercial Arbitration Under ICC Rules, ( Paris , Dec 8-11, 2003),   Advanced International Arbitration Practice Workshop (November 2002)
• CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Training Course, New York , Jan 2003
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York : The Future of Commercial Arbitration, New York , NY , October, 2002

Environmental Functions:

• Environmental Legislation: legislative manager and drafter of early important environmental legislation, e.g. mined land reclamation, wetlands, environmental review of governmental permit and projects
  
• Governmental administration: organized enforcement and permit granting process for state environmental department, managed agency legal staff, agency hearing officers and environmental police force
  
• Environmental law practice: founder and chair of one of the largest and most varied environmental law practices in New York State
  
• Adjunct professor:- International Environmental Law, LLM Program, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL (2001-)
  
• Teacher-author: adjunct environmental professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1988-1998) and contributing editor/author of environmental treatises
  
• Litigator: have litigated and, more importantly, settled some of the most complex environmental litigation in New York State. Judicial and client references and list of cases upon request.
  
• Local zoning board member adjudicating/mediating hundreds of land use proceedings

Governmental Positions:

• Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (1973-1975)
  
• Counsel, Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, State of New York (1969-1973)
  
• U.S. Department of Justice, Asst. U.S. Attorney (S.D.N.Y.) (1961-1963)
  
• Member, Town of Chatham Planning Board (1976 - present)
  

Other public organizational positions (partial listing):

• Second Vice Chair, Member Executive Committee, Internatiuonal Law & Practice Section, N.Y.S./ Bar Association (2007)
• Chair, New York State Archives Partnership Trust (corporation formed by statute). appointed by the Governor (1996-)
• Chair, Environmental Law Section, New York State Bar Association (1983-84), and other positions past and current
• Member, Government Law Center Advisory Board, Albany Law School
• Chair, Special Committee To Commemorate the Association’s 125th Anniversary, New York State Bar Association (2001-03)
• Member, Advisory Council, Center for International Business and Trade Law, John Marshall Law School (2001-)
• The Nature Conservancy, Eastern New York Chapter (1993-2002); Trustee and Chair of the Conservation Committee, Advisory Board (2002-present)
• Member, Commission on Environmental Law, International Union for Conservation of Nature ( Bonn ) (2002-2006)
• Trustee, The Olana Partnership, member, Executive Committee (2002-)

Publications and Papers (Partial list):

• “A Convenient Truth: Greenhouse Gas Project Finance” , 21 International Law Practicum No1 (2008) with others
• “Is Transparency of Governmental Administration Customary International Law In Investor-Sovereign Arbitrations –Courts and Arbitrators May Differ,” Arbitration International, Vol 21, No 2 (2005)
• “Citizen Vs Citizen,” Arbitration in New Netherland, 1630-64, New York Archives, Vol 5, No 1 (2005)
• Co-Editor, New York State Bar Association Environmental Law Handbook (1987)
• Co-Editor, Contributing Author, New York State Bar Association, Treatise on New York Environmental Law (1992)
• Contributor and Principal Editor, Of Practical Benefit, New York State Bar Association, 1876-2001 (2003)
• International Environmental Law: Syllabi and Socratic method class lectures for LLM course on international environmental law, including specific attention to sources of international law, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and sovereign-investor disputes under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Biodiversity, Air and Atmosphere, Oceans and Forests. Adjunct Professor, John Marshall Law School LLM Program (2000 - )
• Background of US Superfund: Would This Be a Good or Bad Precedent for South America ? Paper prepared for Environmental Panel: “So You Want to Build/Buy a Chemical/Manufacturing Plant in Chile , Brazil or Argentina ….” New York State Bar Association Fall Meeting, Santiago , Chile , November, 2004
• "What on Earth is International Environmental Soft Law?", Lecture to the International Law Club, John Marshall Law School , Chicago , Illinois , October, 2004.
• "U.S. Environmental Regulatory Failures and Successes", Presentation to the Advanced Environmental Law Workshop of the Environmental Section, New York State Bar Association, held September, 2001, Paris, France
• "Common Sense and Emerging Environmental Due Diligence Standards", International Project Finance Program, Center for International Legal Studies, Kitzbuhel , Austria , January, 2000
• "Outline of the Shrimp/Turtle Case Decided by the World Trade Organization", Presentation at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Environmental Law Section, January, 1999
• The Rockefeller Environmental Legacy, Leaders in Government Program, Symposium: “The Rockefeller Legacy: 40 Years Later,” State University of New York at Stonybrook, September, 1999
• "Brownfields – Their Present and Future", Northeastern Economic Developers Association, October, 1997
• " New York City Water Compact, Water, Water Everywhere..." Workshop Presentation, The Nature Conservancy, San Antonio , Texas , September 25, 1997
• "Environmental Law Aspects of U.S. Sewage and Drinking Water Privatization", International Seminar on Environmental Law, Environmental Law Section, New York State Bar Association, University College of London , London , England , May, 1997
• Environmental Law Survey Course: Socratic method lectures prepared for engineering students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Adjunct Professor, 1988-98

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