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J. Richard Gallagher

Address: 

Law Offices of J. Richard Gallagher

5630 Gaston Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75214 U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
+214 566-6476
Fax Number: 
+ 214 320-3320
Email: 
jrgallaghe@aol.com
Born: 
1946, New York, N.Y.
Languages: 
English Russian
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., Marine Transportation), 1968
University of Miami School of Law (J.D. & Specialization in Ocean Law), 1973
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
The Florida Bar (1973) (retired, 2018)
State Bar of Texas (1978) & Certified Mediator (1998)
Various U.S. Federal Courts of Appeal
Present Position: 
Attorney at Law & International Arbitrator (2015). Practice is focused on international petroleum transactions including agreements with national governments, contract negotiation / drafting, dispute resolution, & expert witness testimony. Performed numer
Professional Experience: 

Three years sea duty on a variety of oceangoing ships, three years as a maritime trial lawyer, ten years with SEDCO (time split between work as Marine Superintendent/Training Director, and Sr. Counsel), and ten years at Hunt Oil Company as Sr. International Counsel.

Professional Associations: 

Advisory Boards of the Southwestern Institute for American and International Law and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Association International Petroleum Negotiators; Dallas Bar Association: Council Member International Law Section (Chair, ‘06 – ‘08; Vice Chair, ‘09 to ‘11); Received ‘2008 DBA Special Section Award’; Co-founder of International Law Mentorship Program with SMU Dedman School of Law (2011 to present); State Bar Texas, Corporate, International Law & ADR Sections; Florida Bar Association, International Law; American Bar, International Law; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association, co-founder of North Texas Chapter; Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R. (Ret.).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

Arbitration Experience: 

No recent experience other that attendance at numerous arbitration training programs and fifty (50) hours of self-study.

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
Construction Contracts
International Commercial Transactions
Maritime Law
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Speaker (Oct. 2015), State Bar Texas “Nuts & Bolts International Law”, topic: Arbitration in International Commercial Transactions; Speaker (Oct. 2055), Dallas Bar International Law, topic: Careers in International Law.