Background
Cunningham, Richard O. was born on July 24, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Richard O. Cunningham
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AB with distinction, George Washington University, 1964; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1966; Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1968.
Career
Worked at Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Washington, DC) specializing in International Trade Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Maryland and District of Columbia. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Member, Editorial Board, George Washington Law Review, 1967-1968. American Bar Association: Co-Chairman, Task Force on the Relationship Between Competition Law and International Trade Law, 1995. Past Chairman or Co-Chairman: Standing Committee on Customs Law, International Law Section Study of United States.
Import Relief Laws, Administrative Law Section Subcommittee on Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Litigation Section Committees on Legislation, International Litigation, Class Actions and Derivative Suits and Rule 23 Improvements. Past Vice-Chairman, Public Contract Law Section Committee on International Procurement. Served as Member, American Bar Association Special Commission on Mass Tort Litigation and American Bar Association Task Force on Regional Integration.
Membership
Member American Bar Association (chair standing commission on customs law 1990-1991, subcommittee on antidumping and countervailing duties, administrative law section 1983-1988, commission on class actions and derivative suits 1977-1982, commission on legislation 1987-1990, litigation section, co-chair study of the United States import relief laws, international law section 1983-1985, special commission on Rule 23 improvements 1980-1984, commission on international litigation 1983-1987, vice chair commission on international procurement, public contract law section 1982-1986), Order of the Coif, PhiBeta Kappa.
