Lawrence Walker Walker Newman

Background

Newman, Lawrence Walker was born on July 1, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leon Bettoney and Hazel W. (Walker) Newman.

Education

Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, 1960).

Career

Worked at Baker & McKenzie (New York, NY) specializing in International Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Natural Resources Litigation, Securities Litigation, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1961, District of Columbia. 1965, New York; 1976, United States.

Supreme Court.

With Special Study of Securities Markets and Office of Special Counsel on Investment Company Act Matters, Securities & Exchange Commission, 1961-1964. Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1964-1969.

Special Counsel to American Stock Exchange, 1975-1977. Chairman: New York Plaintiffs in Iranian Litigation, 1981-1982. United States Iranian Claimants Committee, 1982—).

Member, Advisory Committee of the World Arbitration Institute, 1984-1987. Member, Advisory Council Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Trade Disputes, 1985—. Member, Center for Public Resources, Transnational Task Force, 1984—.

Member, American Arbitration Association Corporate Counsel Committee, 1987—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration, Warsaw, Poland, 1988—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, International Commercial Arbitration Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1988—.

Member, United States. Council for International Business, Arbitration Committee, 1987—. Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1980—.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Arbitration Committee, 1977-1979, 1992-1994. Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law, 1987—). New York State (Member, International Dispute Resolution Committee, 1987—), American (Member, International Litigation Committee, 1978—) and International (Member, Committees on Dispute Resolution, 1979—and Construction Litigation, 1986—) Bar Associations.

Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States. American Foreign Law Association.

Inter-American Bar Association. Asia Pacific Lawyers' Association (Member, Standing Committee on International Commercial Arbitration, 1986—).

Achievements

• Bar: District of Columbia 1961, New York 1965, United States Supreme Court 1976.

Works

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  • Take the Witness: The Experts Speak on Cross Examination

    (This volume is designed for educating lawyers who are sta...)

  • Take the Witness: Cross Examination in International Arbitration

    (This volume is the go to reference for the arbitration pr...)

  • The Practice of International Litigation, Vol. 1
  • Take the Witness: Cross Examination in International Arbitration by Lawrence W. Newman, Ben H. Sheppard (2010) Hardcover
  • Take the Witness: The Experts Speak on Cross Examination by Lawrence W. Newman, Rikki Klieman (2006) Hardcover

Membership

Member, Advisory Committee of the World Arbitration Institute, 1984-1987. Member, Advisory Council Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Trade Disputes, 1985—. Member, Center for Public Resources, Transnational Task Force, 1984—.

Member, American Arbitration Association Corporate Counsel Committee, 1987—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration, Warsaw, Poland, 1988—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, International Commercial Arbitration Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1988—.

Member, United States. Council for International Business, Arbitration Committee, 1987—. Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1980—.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Arbitration Committee, 1977-1979, 1992-1994. Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law, 1987—). New York State (Member, International Dispute Resolution Committee, 1987—), American (Member, International Litigation Committee, 1978—) and International (Member, Committees on Dispute Resolution, 1979—and Construction Litigation, 1986—) Bar Associations.

Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States. American Foreign Law Association.

Inter-American Bar Association. Asia Pacific Lawyers' Association (Member, Standing Committee on International Commercial Arbitration, 1986—).

Connections

Children: Timothy D., Isabel B., Thomas H.

Father:

Leon Bettoney Newman

Mother:

Hazel W. (Walker) Newman

child:

Timothy D. Newman

child:

Thomas H. Newman

child:

Isabel B. Newman