Background
Robert Nelson, Jonathan was born on October 1, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Robert Nelson, Jonathan was born on October 1, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1978). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1983). Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University (Master of Arts, 1984).
Spoken languages: French and Spanish.
Admitted to the bar, 1983, Illinois. 1985, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1988, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
Member, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 1982. Managing Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, 1982-1983.
Recipient, Best Editor Award, 1983. Author: "Judge-Made Law and the Presumption of Arbitrability," 58 Brooklyn L. Review
279-345 (Summer 1992).
"The Implementation of the Refugee Acting of 1980: A Decade of Experience," published 1990 by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (co-author). Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, New York, 1987-1991. Associate, Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, Illinois, 1983-1987.
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Immigration Law Committee, 1990-1993.
Inter-American Affairs Committee, 1994-1995). Chicago (Member, 1983-1987.
Chair, Young Lawyers" Committee on Regulation of the Profession, 1986-1987) and Inter-American (Vice President, Committee on Administrative Law, 1996) Bar Associations. American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Christian Legal Society.
Author: "Judge-Made Law and the Presumption of Arbitrability," 58 Brooklyn L. Rev. 279-345 (Summer 1992). "The Implementation of the Refugee Act of 1980: A Decade of Experience," published 1990 by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (co-author).
Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, New York, 1987-1991. Associate, Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, Illinois, 1983-1987.
Member, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 1982. Managing Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, 1982-1983. Recipient, Best Editor Award, 1983.