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Michael Sandler

Address: 

8430 SE 72nd Pl.
Mercer Island, WA 98040
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
(206) 346-1751
Fax Number: 
(206) 346-1755
Email: 
mike@sandlaw.com
Born: 
1946, Los Angeles
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
A.B. 1967, Stanford Univ.; J.D. 1972, Yale Univ. Law School
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to State of Washington bar 1985, California bar, 1973, District of Columbia bar, 1973
Present Position: 
Managing Member,
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Foster Pepper & Shefelman (1985-1997); Partner, Steptoe and Johnson (1980-1985); Associate, Steptoe & Johnson (1972- 1975; 1977-1979); Special Assistant to Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (1975-1977); Adjunct Professor of Law, Univ. of Washington (1985-91); Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (1979-82)

Professional Associations: 

Past Chair, American Bar Association (Vice Chair, International Law and Practice Section (1995-96); Member, American Law Institute

Panels of Arbitrators: 

American Arbitration Association, Commercial and International Panels

Arbitration Experience: 

Dispute Panels under NAFTA Chapter 19; Arbitrations for the American Arbitration Association; Representative cases include a dispute between a medical software company and a clinic regarding alleged misrepresentations about, and alleged defects in, a medical software
system; dispute between a pharmaceutical company and its former executive regarding ownership and alleged misappropriation of intellectual property; dispute between a financial institution and its borrower regarding an alleged default of a loan and disposition of inventory securing the loan; dispute regarding steel trade between the United States and Mexico

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Class Action
Commercial Law
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Primer on Trade Finance: Export Drafts, Letters of Credit, and Banker’s Acceptances, 11 N.C.J. Int’l L. & Trade Reg. (1986); Primer on United States Trade Remedies, 19 Int’l Law. 761 (1985); Foreign Policy in The
Courtroom: The Iranian Litigation, 8 Litigation (A.B.A.) (1981); Sovereign Immunity Decisions of the Department of State, May 1952 to January 1977, Digest of United States Practice in International Law (1977); Dunhill: Toward a Reconsideration of Sabbatino, 16 Va. J. Int'l. L. (1977, with Monroe Leigh).