Robert Layton

Education, Mediation
37 Old Asylum Road
Lakeville, Connecticut 060392514


Education

Admitted

1956, New York. (Not admitted in Connecticut)

Law School

Yale University, LL.B., 1954

Law School Graduation Year

1954

College

University of Michigan, B.A. with distinction, 1951; University of Oxford, England, Institute of Int

Memberships

Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on Inter-American Affairs, 1969-1972; Member, Committee on Eastern European Legal Affairs, 1992-1996; Chair, Senior Lawyers Committee, 1995-1998); American Bar Association (Secretary, Section of International Law and Practice, 1959-1962); American Arbitration Association (Committees on Arbitration, Corporate Counsel and International Law)

Biographical

Fourth American Recipient, Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law, 1959. Author: The Dilemma of the World Court, 12 Stan. L.Rev. 323, 1960; The Effect of Measures Short of War on Treaties, 30 Univ. of Chicago L.Rev. 96, 1962; Arbitration in International Commercial Agreements: The Noose Draws Tighter, 9 Intl. Lawyer 741, 1975. Contributor of articles to Worldwide Projects and Middle East Executive Reports on international commercial arbitration and contract negotiation in the Middle East. Faculty, Stanford Law School, 1957-1958. Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-1961. Partner, Layton & Sherman (merged with Surrey & Morse), 1973-1984; Partner, Surrey & Morse (merged with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue), 1984-1985; Partner (in charge of New York office litigation group), Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 1986-1992. Former Member, U.S. National Committee of the I.C.C. at the U.S. Council on International Business. Consultant, UN Centre for Transnational Corporations. Adjunct Professor, New York Law School (Int'l. Comm. Arbitration) interim Director of its Center for International Law during the 2004 academic year. Member, Board of Visitors, City University of New York Law School. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators.

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