GEORGE A. BERMANN
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Professor, Columbia University School of Law (since 1975), currently Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law; Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law; Director, European Legal Studies Center; courses: Transnational Litigation and Arbitration, Comparative Law, European & EU Law, WTO Law
- Visiting Professor at Universities of Paris I, Paris II and Bordeaux; Universities of Fribourg, Lausanne and St. Gallen; Bucerius Law School (Hamburg); New York University and Tulane University
- Member of the faculty of the College d’Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and of the Masters Program in Law and Globalization at the Institut des Sciences of Politiques (Paris)
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
- Chief Reporter, ALI Restatement of the US Law of International Commercial Arbitration
- International Commercial Arbitrator
- Director, American Arbitration Association
- Court-appointed foreign law expert on French, German, Swiss and EU Law
- Foreign law expert witness in US courts, international arbitration and courts abroad
- President, American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), 1998 to 2002
- President, Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé (Paris, France), 2006 to date
- Editor in Chief, American Journal of Comparative Law, 2004 to 2008
- Founder and Chair of the Board, Columbia Journal of European Law, 1997 to date
- Member, N.Y. City Bar Comm. on International Commercial Dispute Resolution, 1998 to date
ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE
- Chair or party-appointed arbitrator in 40 international commercial arbitrations, both institutional (including ICC, AAA, LCIA, DIS) and ad hoc
- Counsel or advisor to counsel in 10 international commercial arbitrations
- Foreign Law Expert Witness in 6 international commercial arbitrations
EDUCATION
- Jervey Fellow, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, 1973 to1975
- J.D. Yale Law School, 1971 (editor of the Yale Law Journal)
- B.A.Yale College, 1967 (summa cum laude with exceptional distinction in political science)
HONORS
- Doctor honoris causa, University of Fribourg (2004)
- Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Law, conferred by Commission of the European Union
- Distinguished Service Award,, American Foreign Law Association (2006)
- Honorary member, American Association of Private International Law (ASEDIP) (2009)