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Platt W. Davis

Address: 

7500 San Felipe
Suite 600
Houston, TX 77024
USA

Phone Number: 
713-914-8030;
713-825-3123
Fax Number: 
713-932-0345
Email: 
plattdavis3@gmail.com
Born: 
943 Wilmington, NC, USA
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
University of Texas, B.A. (1966), J.D. (1970)
George Washington University, LLM (1974)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
1969 State Bar of Texas
1973 District of Columbia Bar Association
Present Position: 
Domestic and International Arbitrator.
Professional Experience: 

Law Offices of Platt Davis, 2006-Present; Vinson & Elkins LLP (1970-71, 1973-2005; partner 1976-2005, Washington, D.C and Houston, Texas); Federal Power Commission, 1971-1973, Trial Attorney.

Professional Associations: 

AAA, ABA, IBA, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Advisory Board), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Energy Bar Association.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA/ICDR (Commercial, Oil & Gas, International), ICC, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Chartered Arbitrator), CPR, and FINRA.

Arbitration Experience: 

Approximately 15 international arbitrations as counsel, and over 18 as party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or chair (over 50 domestic arbitrations). These include AAA/ICDR, ICC, SCC, SIAC, Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, UNCITRAL and ad hoc cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Administrative & Regulatory Law
Contracts
Mining and Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Public International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

“Nondisclosure of Arbitrator Conflicts and the Federal Arbitration Act’s ‘Evident Partiality’ Standard,” THE CPA JOURNAL, June 2004; co-author, has spoken at numerous conferences regarding natural gas and electric regulatory matters, drafting arbitration provisions, and the arbitral process.