Patrick M. Norton

Background

Norton, Patrick M. was born on July 1, 1947 in Binghamton, New York, United States.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.Phil., 1972). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1975).

Spoken languages: French, German, Mandarin Chinese.

Career

Worked at Alston & Bird LLP (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in International, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1975, District of Columbia. 1979, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia and United States.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1990, Georgia.

Phi Beta Kappa. National Merit Scholar.

Rhodes Scholar. Thouron Scholar. Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Editor-in-Chief, Harvard International Law Journal, 1974-1975.

Editor, The International Lawyer's Deskbook (American Bar Association 1996). Author: "Foreign Investment: Restrictions and Reporting Requirements," American Bar Association Institute on Counseling Foreign-Owned United States. Enterprises, 1992; "A Law of the Future or a Law of the Past? Modern Tribunals and the International Law of Expropriation," 85 American Journal of International Law 439, 1991.

"The Nicaragua Case: Political Questions Before the International Court of Justice," 27 Va. J. Intl. L. 459, 1987. "Between the Ideology and the Reality: The Shadow of the Law of Neutrality," 17 Harv.

Intl. L. J. 249, 1976. Note, "Holtzman v. Schlesinger, 484 F.2d 1307 (2d Cir. 1973)," 15 Harv. Int'l L.J. 143, 1974.

"The Tanzanian Ombudsman," 22 Intl. & Comp. L.Q. 603, 1973. Assistant Legal Adviser, Near East and S. Asian Affairs, United States.

State Department, 1987-1989. Assistant Legal Adviser, East Asian Affairs, 1983-1987. Counsel, United States.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1977-1978. Presidential Meritorious Executive, 1988. Presidential Distinguished Executive, 1989.

Member: District of Columbia Bar. Atlanta and American (Council Member, International Law and Practice Section, 1993—) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.

American Society of International Law. Inter-Pacific Bar Association.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Foreign Investment: Restrictions and Reporting Requirements," American Bar Association Institute on Counseling Foreign-Owned United States. Enterprises, 1992

  • "A Law of the Future or a Law of the Past? Modern Tribunals and the International Law of Expropriation," 85 American Journal of International Law 439, 1991. "The Nicaragua Case: Political Questions Before the International Court of Justice," 27 Va.
    
    J. Intl. L. 459, 1987. "Between the Ideology and the Reality: The Shadow of the Law of Neutrality," 17 Harv. Intl. L. J. 249, 1976.
    
    Note, "Holtzman v. Schlesinger, 484 F.2d 1307 (2d Cir. 1973)," 15 Harv. Int'l L.J. 143, 1974. "The Tanzanian Ombudsman," 22 Intl.
    
    & Comp. L.Q. 603, 1973. Assistant Legal Adviser, Near East and S. Asian Affairs, United States. State Department, 1987-1989.
    
    Assistant Legal Adviser, East Asian Affairs, 1983-1987. Counsel, United States. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1977-1978.
    
    Presidential Meritorious Executive, 1988. Presidential Distinguished Executive, 1989.

Membership

Member: District of Columbia Bar. Atlanta and American (Council Member, International Law and Practice Section, 1993—) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.

American Society of International Law. Inter-Pacific Bar Association.