Bio
Richard G. Dearden
Rick Dearden is a senior litigation partner in Gowlings' Ottawa office, practicing primarily in the areas of international trade, media and defamation law, freedom of information, and administrative law.
John Doyle
John Doyle joined the Dillon Eustace law firm in 1992 and became a partner in 1997. John's areas of practice include commercial dispute resolution across the entire range of sectors from financial services to manufacturing and applications under the Companies Acts affecting directors and employment law.
John advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of employment law with a very practical emphasis in advising clients on tactical and strategic issues. In addition to the traditional area of litigation he has considerable experience in the area of alternative dispute resolution including Arbitration and commercial mediation.
Michael L. Martinez
Michael L. Martinez is a partner at Crowell & Moring's Torts and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups, and is also active in international litigation and arbitration. Based in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office, Michael has handled a broad array of litigation matters at all levels of courts and administrative tribunals. At the trial court level Michael has tried more than thirty cases, including both jury and non-jury trials, in both federal and state courts. Michael has also argued approximately thirty appellate cases in various federal and state appellate courts, including one case before the Supreme Court of the United States, and he has performed a principal brief drafting or supervisory role in numerous other appellate cases that he did not argue.
Kate Matthews
Kate Matthews joined Stevens & Bolton LLP in 2010 from Shadbolt LLP, where she was a partner for over nine years. Kate was previously a litigator at Herbert Smith from 1989, where she spent six years before joining Shadbolt in 1998.
Kate advises on a wide range of major commercial litigation matters and promotes dispute resolution. She frequently conducts major commercial disputes with EU or international implications including aviation disputes, contractual disputes, commercial claims, business disagreements, warranty claims, franchise and distribution disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, injunctive/ interlocutory relief, professional negligence, debts and enforcement of foreign and domestic judgments, insolvency related disputes and construction and engineering disputes including PFI.
Steven M. Richman
Steven M. Richman practices in the areas of commercial and international law and litigation, including real estate, corporate/shareholder disputes, contracts, construction litigation, energy law, art law, arbitration, secured transactions, intellectual property, bankruptcy and antitrust. Richman is a partner at Duane Morris in New Jersey.
Encyclopædia Britannica Articles
- American Bar Association (ABA)
Voluntary association (founded 1878) of U.S. lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. The largest bar association in the U.S., it seeks to improve the legal profession, ensure the availability of legal services to all citizens, and improve the administration of justice. It conducts educational and research projects, sponsors professional meetings, and publishes a monthly journal. At the beginning of the 21st century its membership exceeded 400,000.
- American Bar Association (ABA) on britannica.com
- international law
Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. The term was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Important elements of international law include sovereignty, recognition (which allows a country to honour the claims of another), consent (which allows for modifications in international agreements to fit the customs of a country), freedom of the high seas, self-defense (which ensures that measures may be taken against illegal acts committed against a sovereign country), freedom of commerce, and protection of nationals abroad. International courts, such as the International Court of Justice, resolve disputes on these and other matters, including war crimes. See also asylum; immunity.
- international law on britannica.com
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