Background
Kozolchyk, Boris was born on December 6, 1934 in Havana, Cuba, Cuba. Son of Abram and Chana (Brewda) D. came to the United States, 1956.
Kozolchyk, Boris was born on December 6, 1934 in Havana, Cuba, Cuba. Son of Abram and Chana (Brewda) D. came to the United States, 1956.
Data Control Language, University Havana, 1956. Diplome, Faculte International de Droit, Luxembourg, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, University Miami, 1959.
Master of Laws, University Michigan, 1960. Doctor of Juridical Science, University Michigan, 1966.
Teaching assistant School of Law University Miami, Florida, 1957-1959. Assistant professor law School of Law Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1960-1964. Resident consultant The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1964-1967.
Director Law Reform Project United States Agency for International Development, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1967-1969. Professor law College of Law University Arizona, since 1969. Teaching assistant Faculte International de Droit Campare, 1958.
Visiting professor law National University of Mexico, 1961. Visiting exchange professor law National University of Chile, Santiago, 1962. Guest lecturer Latin American Law seminar Stanford (California) University, 1964.
Guest lecturer extension graduate seminar on Latin American law University of California at Los Angeles, 1965. Bailey visiting professor, Tucker lecturer Louisiana State University, 1979. Visiting professor University Aix en Provence, France, 1985.
Consultant on legal system United States Agency International Development, 1974-1977. Legal consultant Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1974. Consultant uniformity of commercial laws Organization American States and United States State Department, 1974-1977.
Expert witness on banking and commercial law and custom issues. Advisor Library. Congress Law division. Joseph Bernfeld Memorial lecturer Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 1989.
Magisterial lecturer National University Mexico School Law, 1989. Advisor Project Lao, 1991. Lecturer in field.
Selected National University Mexico representative First Mexican congress Commercial Law, 1974. President Arizona Friends of Music, 1975-1976. Honorary chairman community relations committee Jewish Federation Southern Arizona.
Member advisory committee Arizona-Mexico Commission Governors. Legal advisor Arizona-Mexico Banking committee. Del United States Council on International Banking to Interstate Commerce Commission.
Advisory member United States delegate to UNCITRAL Internal. Contract Law, 1989-1995, 2009. Director, president, board directors National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, since 1992.
Honorary member Bar Association Lambayeque, Peru. Member American Bar Association (task force for the revision of UCC article 5, Leonard J. Theberge award 2004), State of Arizona Bar (Honoree at 100 Women and Minority Lawyers Dinner), Inter-American Bar Association (co-chairman commercial law and procedure secretary 1973-1978, Best Book award 1973), American Society International Law, International Academy Commercial and Consumer Law (president 1988-1990), American Academy Foreign Law (founding), American Law Institute (consultative committee to UCC articles 3, 4, 4a and 5), National Mexican Notarial Bar Association (honorary life 1982), International Academy Commercial and Consumer Law (elected president 1988), Sonora Bar Association (1st Distinguished Service award 1989), National Law Center Inter-American Free Trade, Boris Kozolchyk Building.
Married Elaine Billie Herman, March 5, 1967. Children: Abbie Simcha, Raphael Adam, Shaun Marcie.