Robert M. Smith
Chambers: P. O. Box 225236
San Francisco, California 94122
U.S.A.
Director of Mediation, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, 2005–2007; Academic Visitor, Lincoln College, Oxford University, Oxford, England 2006–2007; Taught a seminar on the Theory and Practice of Mediation to Law graduate students at Oxford 2007;
Visiting Scholar, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 2007; Lectured at United Nations’ ILO, Turin, Italy 2007; Arbitrator and mediator, 1992–2005; Principal, Law Offices of Robert M. Smith, 1988–96; Senior Litigation Counsel, Bank of America, 1982–86, responsible for international litigation worldwide; Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1981–82; Special Assistant to Attorney General of U.S., 1979-80 (Administration of President Carter); Member, U.S. Delegation to the International Court of Justice, 1980; Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, 1976–78; Correspondent, The New York Times, 1968–72/75–76; Intern in Economic Development, United Nations Geneva, 1964; Professor
(Adjunct), Golden Gate University School of Law, teaching Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Intellectual Property Law
Fellow and member of the Mediation Panel, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Chartered Arbitrator, UK; Registered Mediator, UK; President, The Mediation Society; International Bar Association; American Bar Association – Dispute Resolution Section – International and Technology Committees; Law Society (U.K.); International Chamber of Commerce/US Committee for International Business Arbitration Committee; American Arbitration Association, National Panel; Member of the Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; Member, London Court of International Arbitration; Member, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre; National Association of Securities Dealers; Pacific Stock Exchange; Many U.S. Court and Bar Panels; Judge Pro Tem California Superior Courts; CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals; World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva); British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre; Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration; Singapore International Arbitration Centre; The Indian Council of Arbitration; U.S.-Mexico Conflict Resolution Center; Swiss Arbitration Association
Supervised international litigation worldwide for Bank of America, 1984-85; counsel in many arbitrations and mediations; sole arbitrator and mediator in many disputes
ADR for Financial Institutions, West Group, 1200 pages, 1995, revised; Transnational Mediation, Northern California Mediation Association Quarterly, Summer 1998; Mediating Y2K Problems, California Banker; July 1998; Mediating International Intellectual Property Disputes, Cyber Esq., May 1999; Columnist on Alternatives – perspectives on arbitration and mediation, domestic and international –for California Lawyer magazine; Author of numerous articles, including many on arbitration, mediation, and litigation management – for example: Overseeing Foreign Counsel: The In-House Lawyer’s Role – International Financial Law Review (London, 1986); Aristotle and Arbitration – San Francisco Examiner – (1993); What’s Wrong with American Law – Washington Post (1996); Mediation in Bank-Related Disputes–Lender Liability News(1991); Administration and Critics at Odds on Anti-Trust Laws – The New York Times; Advocacy in Mediation – Daily Journal (1998);The Minitrial – Dispute Resolution-(1994); Mediation Rewards Creative Advocacy–California Lawyer (Dec. 1998); SEC Defending Its Bank Powers – The New York Times; Arbitrate, Don’t Litigate – Bank Management (October 1992); The Mediator Can Be An Advocate’s Strongest Ally-Daily Journal (1998); International Arbitration,House counsel, March-April 2000.