Faculty & Staff
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Michael
W. Gordon John H. & Mary Lou Dasburg Professor of Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611 e-mail: gordon@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0661 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Education
Maestria en Derecho, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Dipl. de Droit Compare, Strasburg, France
M.A., Trinity College
J.D., University of Connecticut
B.S., University of Connecticut
Teaching
International Business and Trade Law, International Litigation, Comparative Law, Corporation Law, Law of NAFTA.
Professional Activities
- University of Florida: Joined College of Law faculty 1968 as Visiting Associate Professor; Associate Professor (1969), Professor (1971), Chesterfield Smith Professor (1994-2005), John H. & Mary Lou Dasburg Professor (2005). Director, Mexican-Guatemalan Summer Law Program (1970-81).
- Additional Educational Experience: University of Connecticut faculty 1966-68. Visiting Faculty: Universidad de Costa Rica, University of Frankfurt, London School of Economics, University of Konstanz, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Francisco Marroquim (Guatemala), Universities of Duke, Alabama, George Washington. Scholar-in-Residence: Bellagio Institute, Italy. Fulbright Professor: Mexico, Guatemala, Germany.
- Law Practice: Associate, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Conn. (1963-65); Corporate Attorney, Phoenix Mutual (1965-66).
- Organizations: Board of Directors: U.S. - Mexico Law Institute and American Society of Comparative Law. Board of Editors: UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, Syracuse Journal of International Law, NAFTA Review. Member American Foreign Law Association, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, American Society of International Law.
- Career Highlights: Appointed to North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization dispute panel. Consultant for foreign governments Departments of State and Justice. Co-author or author of multiple books, chapters, articles on international business transactions. Lecturer for Council on Foreign Relations in U.S. and for Department of State abroad (including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, China, Hong Kong, India, Oman, Sudan, Kenya).