Position:
Associate Professor of Law & Director, Center for International and Comparative Law at Saint Louis University
Work:
Saint Louis University
- St. Louis, MO since Jul 2012
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Associate Professor of Law & Director, Center for International and Comparative Law
University of North Dakota School of Law
- Grand Forks, North Dakota Area Aug 2008 - Jun 2012
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Assistant Professor of Law
Vytautas Magnus University
- Kaunas, Lithuania Apr 2012 - Apr 2012
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Visiting Professor
Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep 2002 - Jul 2008
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Associate Attorney
Minnesota Supreme Court
Aug 2001 - Jul 2002
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Judicial Law Clerk
Faegre & Benson LLP
May 2001 - Jul 2001
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Summer Associate
Foley & Lardner LLP
May 2000 - Aug 2000
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Summer Associate
University of Michigan Law School
Oct 1999 - May 2000
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Research Assistant
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
May 1999 - Aug 1999
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Summer Associate
St. Norbert College
Sep 1995 - Aug 1998
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Residence Hall Director
Education:
University of Michigan Law School 1998 - 2001
JD, Law
Leiden University 2000 - 2000
Semester Abroad, Law
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1990 - 1995
B.A., German, Russian
Gymnasium Hohenbaden 1990 - 1990
N/A (summer student exchange program)
Skills:
Corporate Law, International Law, International Commercial Law, International Business, International Business Law, CISG, Uniform Commercial Code, Contract Law, International Arbitration, Cross-border Transactions
Interests:
youth soccer, international travel, foreign languages and culture, reading, long-distance running, world music
Honor & Awards:
Lead U.S. counsel to the supplier for Project Xacbal, a large hydroelectric project in Guatemala, which was selected by LatinFinance Magazine as “Best Power/Energy Deal 2007” and by Project Finance Magazine as “Latin American Renewables Deal of the Year 2007”
Certificate of Merit (highest grade), Law as a Business, University of Michigan Law School, 2001
Advisor of the Year, St. Norbert College, 1997
Cultural Diversity Office Certificate of Award, St. Norbert College, 1996
Languages:
English, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Awards:
Alphson Research Fellow Award
University of North Dakota School of Law
Faculty Advisor of Excellence Award
UND Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Nominee, Faculty Award for Graduate or Professional Teaching Excellence
University of North Dakota