Background
Waxman, Michael Peter was born on May 20, 1947 in New York City. Son of Lee and Florence (Jackel) Waxman.
Waxman, Michael Peter was born on May 20, 1947 in New York City. Son of Lee and Florence (Jackel) Waxman.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Science, 1969). Boston College (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972). Fulbright Research Scholar, Japan, 1987-1988.
Visiting Professorial Scholar, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 1987. Visiting, 1980-1981, Assistant, 1981-1984 and Associate, since 1984, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School. Resident Professor, International Law, University of San Diego Law School, Mexico City, Mexico (Summer 1990).
Senior Attorney, Chicago Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 1975-1980. Member, Governor’s Council on Economic Issues, since 1988. Member, Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Advisory Committee on International Trade.
Chairman, Coordinating Committee for Wisconsin Professionals in International Trade, since 1988. Member, International Law Section Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools, 1985-1986.
Worked at Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Maryland. 1982, Wisconsin.
Fulbright Research Scholar, Japan, 1987-1988.
Fulbright Senior Lecturer (Professorship) Kobe University, Kobe, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 1993-1994. Visiting Professorial Scholar, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 1987. Visiting, 1980-1981, Assistant, 1981-1984 and Associate, 1984-1996, Professor of Law, 1996, Marquette University Law School.
Resident Professor, International Business Transactions, University of San Diego Law School, Mexico City, Mexico (Summer 1990). Senior Supervising Attorney, Chicago Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 1975-1980. Member, Governor's Council on Economic Issues, 1988-1990.
Member, Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Advisory Committee on International Trade. Chairman, Coordinating Committee for Wisconsin Professionals in International Trade, 1988-1990. Member: International Law Section Executive Committee, 1985-1986.
Comparative Law Section Executive Committee, 1991-1993, Association of American Law Schools. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin (Chairman, International Practice Section, 1985-1987. Member, Board of Directors, 1985.
Special Representative to Japan, 1985-1987). American Bar Association (Member, Committee on International Law and the Pacific Basin and Ad Hoc Committee for the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods). American Society of International Law (Member, Committee on International Law in the Pacific Region).
International Economics Group. Asia-Pacific Lawyer's Association. International Bar Association.
Kyoto Comparative Law Center (Chairman, Sister State Committee, Wisconsin-Chiba, Japan). Japan-United States. Midwest Association (Member, Steering Committee for 1991, Milwaukee). Since 1957 Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. has evolved from a two-member firm providing tax and estate planning to one of Wisconsin's largest full-service law firms.
The Firm has expertise that encompasses all business specialty legal needs, including general corporate, international business transactions, real estate, environmental, health care, litigation and arbitration, public finance, insurance regulation securities, trade regulation, intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, employee benefits, estate planning, taxation, labor and services for financial institutions.
Member, Governor's Council on Economic Issues, 1988-1990. Member, Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Advisory Committee on International Trade. Chairman, Coordinating Committee for Wisconsin Professionals in International Trade, 1988-1990.
Member: International Law Section Executive Committee, 1985-1986. Comparative Law Section Executive Committee, 1991-1993, Association of American Law Schools. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin (Chairman, International Practice Section, 1985-1987.
Member, Board of Directors, 1985. Special Representative to Japan, 1985-1987). American Bar Association (Member, Committee on International Law and the Pacific Basin and Ad Hoc Committee for the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods).
American Society of International Law (Member, Committee on International Law in the Pacific Region). International Economics Group. Asia-Pacific Lawyer's Association.
International Bar Association. Kyoto Comparative Law Center (Chairman, Sister State Committee, Wisconsin-Chiba, Japan). Japan-United States. Midwest Association (Member, Steering Committee for 1991, Milwaukee).
Married Andrea Sherrill Roach, August 26, 1981. 1 child, Naomi Sarah.