Background
Aitken, Bruce was born in 1947 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Bruce Aitken
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Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Columbia University (Master of Business Administration, 1971). American University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Spoken languages: Russian.
Career
Worked at Aitken Irvin Lewin Berlin Vrooman & Cohn, LLP (Washington, DC) specializing in Administrative and Commercial Practice before Federal and Local Courts, Federal Agencies and the United States. Congress. International Trade Law and Policy, Customs, Export Control, International Transactions and Finance, Government Affairs, and Corporate Representation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Maryland and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1978, District of Columbia. 1981, United States. Supreme Court and United States.
Court of International Trade. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Recipient, Best Oralist Awards and Regional and National Championship Awards, International Moot Court Competitions, 1976.
Member, United States. Canada Free Trade Agreement Dispute Resolution Panel, 1992. Chairman, Trade Task Force, Democratic National Committee Business Council, 1993.
President, Maryland International Trade Association, 1993. Special Assistant Attorney General, Government of Guam, 1989-1992. World Bank (economic staff), 1973-1974.
Author: "The American Challenge Revisited. Crossroads For SII and Super 301," Venture Japan, Vol 2, No. 2, 1990. Co-Author: "Law and Economics in Antitrust: The Merging of Micro and Macro Analysis," 3 Antitrust & Macroeconomics Review 1, 1978.
Chairman, 1981-1982, Council Member, 1977. Chairman, Customs and International Trade Regulation Committee, 1982. Member, International Commercial Law Section, Maryland State Bar Association.
Member, Democratic Leadership Council, 1993. Progressive Policy Institute, 1993. Member: American, Federal, International and Inter-Pacific Bar Associations.
The firm's attorneys are nationally and internationally recognized experts in international trade and commercial law matters and related litigation. Its principals have extraordinary United States. Government, political and development agency experience.
Many of our clients have entered their second decade of representation by our firm's members. Our principals are alumni of international firms. Our policy is to provide small-firm client attention, mid-sized firm rates with large-firm depth of legal experience.
Our affiliated consulting firm affords extraordinary expertise in international development and finance and governmental representation.
Membership
Member, United States. Canada Free Trade Agreement Dispute Resolution Panel, 1992. Chairman, Trade Task Force, Democratic National Committee Business Council, 1993.
President, Maryland International Trade Association, 1993. Special Assistant Attorney General, Government of Guam, 1989-1992. World Bank (economic staff), 1973-1974.
