Background
Burt, Jeffrey Amsterdam was born on April 27, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Matthew and Esther (Amsterdam) Burt.
Burt, Jeffrey Amsterdam was born on April 27, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Matthew and Esther (Amsterdam) Burt.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1966). Yale University (Master of Arts, in Economics, 1970. Bachelor of Laws, 1970).
Worked at Arnold & Porter (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in International, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Maryland, District of Columbia. 1983, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member, Yale Law Journal, 1967-1970. Company-Author: "International Joint Venture," Federal Publications, 1986, revised edition, 1988.
Company-editor: "Joint Ventures with International Partners," Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1989, 1991, 1993.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1988-1994. Law Clerk to Judge Simon East. Sobeloff, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1970-1971. Company-Chairperson, Committee on Newly Independent States of FSU, Section on International Law, American Bar Association, 1991.
President Green Acres, Inc. Indiana School, Rockville, Maryland, 1984—1986. Board directors, vice president National Synagogue, since 2009.
Member of American Bar Association (co-chairperson Network Information Service law committee section international law and practice 1992-1998), Russian American C. of Chamber (board directors, secretary).
Married Sandra Cass, December 17, 1967. Children: Stephen, Daniel, Jonathan, Andrew.