Background
Buxton Devine, Michael was born on October 25, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Buxton Devine, Michael was born on October 25, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
University of Oxford, England (Michaelmas Term, 1975). The Newberry Library (Student Research Fellow, January Interim, 1976). St. Olaf College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976).
Drake University (Master of Public Administration & Juris Doctor, 1980). University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Salzburg, Austria (Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies, 1986). University of Exeter, England (Master of Laws, International Business Legal Studies, 1988.
Currently Doctor of Philosophy in Law Candidate: "Lawyer-Client Privilege and Rights of Audience in United States. Antitrust and E.C. Competition Law: A Comparative Study"). Phi Alpha Theta. Pi Alpha Alpha.
Law Clerk, Judicial Department of the State of Iowa, 1987-1988. Author: "The Application of E.E.C. Regulation 2641/84 on Illicit Commercial Practices with Special Reference to the USA," 22:4 The International Lawyer, 1091-1135 (Winter 1988). (Master of Laws Thesis awarded British First Class Honors).
"The Export of Iowa Products and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods," 39:3 Drake Law Review 698-708, 1989-1990. Co-Author: "The Practice of Law in the E.E.C. by New York Litigators After '1992'," International Law Practicum 38-42 (Autumn 1991). Member: American Bar Association (Transnational Legal Practice Committee, Section of International Law and Practice).
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (International and Commercial Litigation Sections). General Council of the Bar of England and Wales.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, Iowa, United States. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, United States. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
1985, Nebraska, United States. Supreme Court; 1986, District of Columbia, Minnesota. 1987, New York, Wisconsin.
1988, Colorado; 1990, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, United States. Court of International Trade, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1995, England and Wales (Barrister of Gray's Inn). Education: University of Oxford, England (Michaelmas Term, 1975).
The Newberry Library (Student Research Fellow, January Interim, 1976). St. Olaf College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). Drake University (Master of Public Administration & Juris Doctor, 1980).
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Salzburg, Austria (Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies, 1986). University of Exeter, England (Master of Laws, International Business Legal Studies, 1988. Currently Doctor of Philosophy in Law Candidate: "Lawyer-Client Privilege and Rights of Audience in United States.
Antitrust and E.C. Competition Law: A Comparative Study"). Phi Alpha Theta. Pi Alpha Alpha. Law Clerk, Judicial Department of the State of Iowa, 1987-1988.
Author: "The Application of E.E.C. Regulation 2641/84 on Illicit Commercial Practices with Special Reference to the USA," 22:4 The International Lawyer, 1091-1135 (Winter 1988). (Master of Laws Thesis awarded British First Class Honors). "The Export of Iowa Products and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods," 39:3 Drake Law Review 698-708, 1989-1990.
Co-Author: "The Practice of Law in the E.E.C. by New York Litigators After '1992'," International Law Practicum 38-42 (Autumn 1991). Member: American Bar Association (Transnational Legal Practice Committee, Section of International Law and Practice). Association of Trial Lawyers of America (International and Commercial Litigation Sections).
General Council of the Bar of England and Wales.
Member Academy Legal Studies in Business, 2005-2009. National alternate United States Presidential Management Intern Program, 1980. Member American Bar Association (section international law), Federal Bar Association (chairman state of Iowa Small Business Administration export assistance program 1983-1985, treasurer Iowa chapter 1984-1985, executive committee 1984-1985), New York State Bar Association (secretary international law), Iowa State Bar Association (secretary international law), Association of Bar of City of New York (council international affairs 1990-1992), Society Legal Scholars Great Britain and Ireland, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Alpha Alpha.
Son of Cleatie Hiram, Junior, and Katherine Ann (Buxton) D.