Mitchell L. Lathrop is a lawyer who practices in the areas of domestic and international arbitration, insurance and reinsurance law, environmental law, securities and complex litigation.  He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.).  Mr. Lathrop is a diplomate in international arbitration law of the College of Law of England and Wales.  He is a Distinguished Neutral of the International Institute for the Prevention and Resolution of Disputes (CPR) and a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Sydney.  He also serves as an arbitrator for the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, U.S. (ARIAS-US); the Singapore International Arbitration Centre; the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry; the Reinsurance Association of America; the London Court of International Arbitration; the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association; the Dubai International Arbitration Centre; the Kuala Lumpur International Arbitration Centre; and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).  Mr. Lathrop is a member of the American Board of Neutrals Association.

Mr. Lathrop is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, New York, and before the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is also admitted to practice before numerous federal courts and governmental agencies.

Mr. Lathrop is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is a former Presiding Referee of the California State Bar Court.  He holds the highest Martindale-Hubbell “A” rating in both California and New York, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America as well as Super Lawyers for both New York City and San Diego.  He is a retired Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy.