Background
Highet, Keith was born on May 20, 1933.
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Keith Highet
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, 1960).
Career
Worked at McDermott, Will & Emery (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice (including Corporate, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Health, Litigation and Tax Law). Admitted to the bar, 1962, New New York 1973, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Recipient, Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award, Columbia Law School, 1987, Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, 1993. Member, Inter-American Juridical Committee, Organization of American States, Rio de Janeiro, 1996. President, ICSID Tribunal in Scimitar Exploration Limited v.
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (ICSID Case Number.
ARB/92/2), 1992-1994. Counsel and Advocate in numerous cases before the International Court of Justice, Hague, 1963.
Lecturer in Law, Ghana School of Law, Accra, Ghana, West Africa, 1961. Adjunct Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1989-1992.
Lecturer, Institut des Hautes Études Internationales, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 1991.
Professorial Lecturer in International Law, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1995. Visiting Professor, Faculté de Droit, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 1994. Visiting Professor of International Law, George Washington University Law School, 1995.
Lecturer, Inter-American Juridical Committee course in International Law, Rio De Janeiro, 1994.
Member, Working Group, Trilateral Task Force, Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1992-1993. Member, Advisory Boards: Virginia Journal of International Law.
The Journal of International Marine and Coastal Law. Vice-President and Director, The American Ditchley Foundation, 1972.
Chairman, Panel of Legal Experts of the Presidential Commission on Good Government of the Republic of the Philippines, 1984-1989.
Member, United States. Department of State"s Advisory Committee on International Law, 1986-1991, Council on Foreign Relations. Trustee, Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute.
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman, Committee on Lectures and Continuing Education, 1974-1977).
American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on African Law, 1972-1974, Vice-Chairman, International Organizations Subcommittee, 1989, Section of International Law and Practice). American Law Institute.
International Law Association (American Branch). American Society of International Law (Member: Panel on Future of the International Court of Justice, 1971-1972.
Executive Council, 1981-1983.
President, 1986-1988. Honorary Vice President, 1988. Member, Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law, 1989.
Member and Contributor to Project on International Court of Justice, Maritime Boundary Project and Project on the United Nations.
Member, Joint ASIL/ILA Committee on Legal Adviser. Joint ASIL/CCIL/JAIL Trilateral Project, 1994).
McDermott, Will & Emery is an international law firm founded in 1934. Originally a Chicago tax law practice, the firm has established a full-service presence in seven domestic and three international offices with more than 600 attorneys.
Clients include large corporations and individuals as well as small and medium-sized businesses.
The firm represents a wide range of industrial, financial and commercial enterprises, both publicly and privately held. Firm attorneys represent clients in every state as well as numerous foreign jurisdictions.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Inter-American Juridical Committee, Organization of American States, Rio de Janeiro, 1996. President, ICSID Tribunal in Scimitar Exploration Limited v. Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (ICSID Case Number.
ARB/92/2), 1992-1994.
Counsel and Advocate in numerous cases before the International Court of Justice, Hague, 1963. Lecturer in Law, Ghana School of Law, Accra, Ghana, West Africa, 1961.
Adjunct Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1989-1992. Lecturer, Institut des Hautes Études Internationales, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 1991.
Professorial Lecturer in International Law, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1995.
Visiting Professor, Faculté de Droit, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), 1994. Visiting Professor of International Law, George Washington University Law School, 1995. Lecturer, Inter-American Juridical Committee course in International Law, Rio De Janeiro, 1994.
Member, Working Group, Trilateral Task Force, Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1992-1993.
Member, Advisory Boards: Virginia Journal of International Law. The Journal of International Marine and Coastal Law.
Vice-President and Director, The American Ditchley Foundation, 1972. Chairman, Panel of Legal Experts of the Presidential Commission on Good Government of the Republic of the Philippines, 1984-1989.
Member, United States.
Department of State"s Advisory Committee on International Law, 1986-1991, Council on Foreign Relations. Trustee, Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman, Committee on Lectures and Continuing Education, 1974-1977).
American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on African Law, 1972-1974, Vice-Chairman, International Organizations Subcommittee, 1989, Section of International Law and Practice).
American Law Institute. International Law Association (American Branch).
American Society of International Law (Member: Panel on Future of the International Court of Justice, 1971-1972. Executive Council, 1981-1983.
President, 1986-1988.
Honorary Vice President, 1988. Member, Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law, 1989. Member and Contributor to Project on International Court of Justice, Maritime Boundary Project and Project on the United Nations.
Member, Joint ASIL/ILA Committee on Legal Adviser.
Joint ASIL/CCIL/JAIL Trilateral Project, 1994).
