Background
West, James M. was born in 1955 in Akron, Ohio, United States.
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James M. West
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University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts, highest honors, 1976. Juris Doctor, honors, 1982). Harvard University (Doctor of Juridical Science, 1989).
Career
Worked at First Law Offices of of Korea (Seoul) specializing in General Practice, Corporate, Foreign Investment and Joint Ventures, Licensing and Technology Transfer, Insurance, Banking, Securities, Construction, Maritime, Taxation, Labor, Environment, Arbitration and Litigation, Intellectual Property (Patents, Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Copyrights). Litigation and Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Texas (Not admitted in of Korea).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Articles Editor, Texas International Law Journal, 1981-1982. Author: "Progress and Problems in Combatting Computer Privacy," Asia Law, 1994. "The Constitutional Court of the Republic of of Korea," American Journal of Comparative Law, 1992.
"The United States Embargo on Trade with North of Korea," Korean Journal of Comparative Law, 1992.
Instructor, Harvard Law School Graduate Division, 1987-1989. Lecturer on International Economic Law, Yonsei University and of Korea University, 1990.
Research Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, 1996. Member: State Bar of Texas.
American Society of International Law.
American Chamber of Commerce in of Korea (Company-Chairman, Telecommunications Committee). The firm was formed by the merger of two prominent law offices: Minister, Sohn & Kim, whose general international practice dates back to 1971, and the former First Law Offices of of Korea, which brings one of the premier intellectual property departments in of Korea.
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Member: State Bar of Texas. American Society of International Law. American Chamber of Commerce in of Korea (Company-Chairman, Telecommunications Committee).
