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Michael A. Froomkin

Address: 

University of Miami School of Law
PO Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33124
USA

Phone Number: 
(305) 284-4285
Fax Number: 
(305) 284-6506
Email: 
froomkin@law.miami.edu
Born: 
1960, New York
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.A. 1982, J.D. 1987, Yale Univ.; M.Phil 1984, Cambridge Univ.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to New York bar 1988, D. C. bar 1989
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, University of Miami
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law, University of Miami (1998-); Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami (1992-98); Attorney, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, London (1989-92); Law Clerk, Stephen F. Williams, United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit (1988-89); Law Clerk, John F. Grady, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1987-88)

Professional Associations: 

ABA, ACM

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator in several trademark/domain name disputes under ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP); Assistant Counsel, case in London, U.K. construction company v. U.K. employer, re: construction project; Assistant Counsel, case in London, Canadian and Swiss oil companies v. American oil company, re: force majeure

Areas of Specialization: 
Computer Law
Construction
Trademarks
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Habermas@discourse.net: Toward a Critical Theory of Cyberspace (HARV. L. REV., 2003); Form and Substance in Cyberspace (SMALL & EMERGING BUS. L., 2002); ICANN’s UDRP: Its Causes and (Partial) Cures
(BROOKLYN L. REV., 2002); Internet Governance: The ICANN Experiment (Or,Three Paradoxes in Search of a Paradigm) (LA LIBERTAD DE INFORMACIÓN: GOBIERNO Y ARQUITECTURA DE INTERNET, Madrid, 2001); The Collision of Trademarks, Domain Names, and Due Process in Cyberspace (COMM. ACM,2001); Wrong Turn in Cyberspace: Using ICANN to Route Around the APA and the Constitution (DUKE L.J., 2000); various articles in print and on the web.