Markham Ball (U.S.A)
Present positions
Senior fellow and director of Alternative Dispute Resolution Center, International Law Institute, Washington D.C.
Arbitrator; mediator; consultant on the law of international and domestic arbitration. Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law School.
Fellow: College of Commercial Arbitrators
Professional Experience includes:
International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.), senior fellow and director of ADR Center, 2002 to date.
Teacher in U.S. law schools: Georgetown University, adjunct professor of law (international commercial arbitration), 2003 to date, University of Virginia, lecturer in international commercial arbitration, 1991-2001.
Practice in international law firms in Washington, DC: Holland & Knight LLP (partner, 1998-2002), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (partner, 1985-98), Wald Harkrader & Ross (partner, 1980-85), Covington & Burling (associate, 1961-64).
General Counsel of United States Agency for International Development, 1977-79.
Law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren and retired Justices Stanley Reed and Harold Burton, Supreme Court of the United States, 1960-61.
Education:
Amherst College, BA 1956 (Phi Beta Kappa); Oxford University, BA in law 1958,MA 1973 (Rhodes Scholar); Harvard Law School, LLB 1960.
Arbitration and Mediation Experience includes:
Counsel: More than 60 international arbitrations and mediations under AAA, ICC, UNCITRAL and other rules, in United States, England, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. Matters have included disputes involving sovereign governments and governmental entities, commercial and construction contracts, and projects and contracts in both developed and developing countries. Published awards in cases handled include the following Iran-United States Claims tribunal awards: Phillips Petroleum Company Iran v. Islamic Republic of Iran (1989); FMC Corporation v. Ministry of National Defense (1987); Motorola, Inc. v. Iran Nat 'l Airlines Corporation (1988); Schlegel Corp. v. Nat 'l Iranian Copper Co. (1987).
Arbitrator: Sole arbitrator, chair or tribunal member in approximately 30 arbitrations under rules of American Arbitration Association (commercial and international rules), International Chamber of Commerce; and ad hoc arbitrations.
Mediator: Under rules of CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; and ad hoc.
Member, panels of arbitrators: American Arbitration Association (international and commercial panels), International Chamber of Commerce, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Kampala, Uganda.
Publications include:
The Essential Judge: the Role of the Courts in a System of National and International Commercial Arbitration, 22 Arbitration International 73 (2006); The College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration, contributing author (2006); Probity Deconstructed—How Helpful, Really, are the New International Bar Association Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration?, 15 World Arbitration and Mediation Report 333 (2004), 21 Arbitration International 323 (2005); Damages in Claims by Investors Against States--Please! Do Not “Split the Baby,” 16 ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal 408 (2001); The Initiation of Arbitration Proceedings, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal (Spring 1998); Just Do It‑‑Drafting the Arbitration Clause in an International Agreement, Journal of International Arbitration (December 1993); numerous other presentations in programs sponsored by dispute resolution institutions, law schools, bar associations, U.S. State Department and others, in the United States, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Germany, Abu Dhabi, Ghana, Australia, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Contact:
International Law Institute
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington D.C. 20007
U.S.A
Telephone: + 1 - 202 - 247-6006
Email:mball@ili.org
Website: www.ili.org
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