| Personal and Biographical Sketch A native of Central Minnesota (close to Lake Woebegone), I studied Communications at the University of Minnesota, and law at the University of Michigan. During college and law school, I also held intern positions to an Assistant US Treasury Secretary and to a senior executive of the Honeywell Corporation. Shortly after graduation from Law School, I co-founded a New York City law practice. During ten years in New York my practice included complex litigation, federal regulatory work, federal white-collar criminal defense, Supreme Court appeals, and international transactions and litigation. I also served as advisor or co-counsel in litigation and government relations matters in several European countries and the European Parliament. During the 1990's I spent ten years living and working in Hong Kong, where I led or advised the negotiation of many new foreign investments, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions in Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and other parts of Asia. I also negotiated agreements or mediated disputes with Chinese provincial governors, city mayors, ministry officials and vice-premiers |
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