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William K. Slate II

Address: 

1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006

Phone Number: 
(202)429-5244
(347)-834-2879
Fax Number: 
(202)429-9575
Email: 
williamslate@william.com
Born: 
1943 Winston Salem, NC
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
Wake Forest Univ. BA, 1965
Univ of Richmond, JD, 1968
Unv of PA, The Wharton School, MBA, 1990
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Virginia, 1968
Supreme Court of the United States, 1977
Present Position: 
Arbitrator, Mediator
Visiting Senior Fellow Duke Univ. Law School
Consultant to governments, firms and legal departments
Professional Experience: 

President/CEO American Arbitration Association;President, Justice Research Institute; Director, Federal Court Sudy Committee, Executive, Federal Courts,Teaching arbitration and mediation in 5 universities

Professional Associations: 

ICCA Governing Board, IFCAI, Vice President, Chairman of the Board of the American Management Association; elected member of American Law Institute, Virginia State Bar, Bahrain Chamber Board, a founder of IMI, and presently an Advisory Board member, Member of Board of Trustees of FIAA, Geneva Switzerland, Advisory Board the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member Of AAA Commercial and Executive Compensation panels, ICDR international panel, CIETAC, The IDR Group, Ukraine Chamber Panel of Arbitrators.

Arbitration Experience: 

Party appointed and panel member, expert witness on arbitration process issues and costs, advisor to two Gulf State nations on arbitration law, and authorized and edited the filing of 7 amicus curiae briefs on arbitration issues before the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Designated by the UNCITRAL Secretariat as an Expert on UNCITRAL Arbitration related to discussions on the draft Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA).

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
Contracts
Employment Law
Liability
Data
Publications from JURIS: 
Paying Attention to “Culture” in International Commercial Arbitration - Chapter 1 - ICDR Handbook on International Arbitration Practice - Second Edition
Professor Don Wallce's Opening Remarks and the Power of the Arbitral Tribunals to Offer Interim Relief - Chapter 04 - Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice
Paying Attention to "Culture" in International Commercial Arbitration - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 59, No. 3
Online Dispute Resolution: Click Here to Settle Your Dispute - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 56, No. 4
The AAA and the Construction Industry - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 57, No. 3
International Arbitration - The Facts in Need of Data and Metrics - Less Reliance on Anecdotes - WAMR 2008 Vol. 2, No. 5
England: 1. AT&T Corporation, 2. Lucent Technologies Inc v. Saudi Cable Company - International Arbitration Court Decisions - 3rd Edition
Decision of England's Court of Appeal (Civil Division) rendered in 2000 in case [2000] EWCA Civ 154 the Saudi Cable case - SAR 2003 - 2
Publications: 

43 published articles on arbitration and mediation in journals and law reviews worldwide focus on UNCITRAL Rules and Process, arbitration clauses, international arbitration issues, employment and construction disputes , data, class actions , culture and ethics.