Maurice Wolf

Background

Wolf, Maurice was born on October 15, 1931 in London, England. Son of D.I. and Esther (de Miranda) Wolf. came to the United States, 1947.

Education

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Certificate, 1957). University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1959). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).

Spoken languages: Spanish and Portuguese.

Career

Worked at Wolf, Arnold & Cardoso, P.C. (Washington, DC) specializing in International Business, Joint Ventures and other Transactions, International Telecommunications, International Procurement, Investments, Arbitration, Banking, Representation before the World Bank, IFC, Inter-American Development Bank, EXIM Bank, OPIC, other United States. and Foreign Governmental Agencies. Advisors on Laws of Argentina, Brazil, Columbia and other Latin American and Caribbean Countries. International Finance Law, International and Satellite Communications Law.

Admitted to the bar, 1962, New York. 1964, District of Columbia. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.

Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1962. Co-Author: "Doing Business with the International Financing Organizations in Washington," BNA, 1982. "Breaking The Puerto Rican Logjam: Ask The Courts to Clarify Status," in Caribbean Review, Summer, 1985.

Visiting Professor of International Law, Washington College of Law, American University, 1996-1997. Attorney-Advisor, Office of Satellite Communications, Federal Communications Commission, 1962-1966. Attorney, 1966-1974 and Senior Counsel, 1974-1977, Legal Department, Inter-American Development Bank.

President, Colombia Society of International Law, 1961-1962. Chairman, Academic Affairs Committee, Parents Advisory Council, Kenyon College, 1988-1990. Advisory Director, Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

Principal, Council for Excellence in Government. Member, International Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Chairman, Banking and Finance Subcommittee, Committee on International Investment and Finance, 1975-1976).

Federal and Inter-American Bar Associations. American Society of International Law (Member, Standing Panel on International Telecommunications Policy, 1968-1974). Inter-American Bar Foundation (Director.

Chairman, Task Force on the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative). The firm, which was started in 1977, specializes in providing services to facilitate foreign investments, joint ventures, other international business and investment oriented activities and to resolve problems arising out of such transactions.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1962, District of Columbia 1964, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980.

Membership

Member parents fund county Williams College, since 1984. Member parents advisory county Kenyon College, since 1986, chairman academic affairs, since 1988. President Riverside Civic Association, Fairfax, Connecticut, 1969-1970, 77-80, vice president, 1976-1977.

Co-chairman Mount Vernon Council, Fairfax, 1969-1970. Member New York Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association (chairman international investment finance subcommittee 1978), American Society International Law, Inter-American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Columbia Society International Law (president 1961-1962), American Management Association, International National Democratic Club, Williams Club.

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, cooking, carpentry, gardening.

Connections

Married Yolanda Pazmino, May 4, 1963. Children: J. David, Monica Maria.

Father:

D.I. Wolf

Mother:

Esther (de Miranda) Wolf

Spouse:

Yolanda Pazmino

child:

J. David Wolf

child:

Monica Maria Wolf