John Buckley is an independent arbitrator of domestic and international disputes in commercial and investor-state matters. Based in New York, N. Y. and Washington, D.C., he is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. See his credentials at www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Experience
Mr. Buckley has over 25 years serving as chair, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator in institutional (AAA, ICDR, ICC and CPR) and ad hoc arbitrations. As a partner with Williams & Connolly LLP for almost four decades, Mr. Buckley was lead counsel in numerous complex, high-stakes commercial and investor-state cases. His experience as counsel and arbitrator spans many substantive areas of law, industries and countries, with subject matters such as energy (oil & gas, coal, electric power, solar power, hydropower), commercial contracts, intellectual property, patents, biotechnology, telecommunications, foreign and U.S. investment, shareholder-joint venture-partnership disputes, civil engineering and construction, and antitrust-competition. He founded and led the firm’s International Arbitration Practice. In recognition of his advocacy skills, professionalism, ethical conduct, and collegiality, he was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. CPR has honored him for his contributions to thought leadership in arbitration rules and procedures. He has more than twenty years of experience serving as an independent arbitrator. As a faculty-appointed lecturer, he taught advocacy in international arbitration at Yale Law School and is a frequent speaker at arbitration conferences and in other professional forums. He is a member of the U.S. Council for International Business (the USCIB, ICC’s U.S National Committee) and a Delegate to, and member of, the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is a member of CPR’s Council and Co-Chair of its Rules Revision Committee. He is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration’s North America Users’ Council, the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), and the International Bar Association’s Arbitration Committee. He was a delegate to UNCITRAL Working Group II (Expedited Procedures). He was law clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also Special Assistant to Hon. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States. He earned his A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Georgetown University and his J.D., with honors, from The University of Chicago, where he was Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Buckley is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the District of Columbia. For more details, see www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Work History
Buckley Arbitration LLC, Principal; Williams & Connolly LLP, Senior Counsel, 2018-Present; Partner, 1981-2017; Associate, 1977-80; Visiting Clinical Lecturer in International Arbitration, and Faculty Member, Yale Law School, 2015-21; Special Assistant to Hon. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-77; Law Clerk to Hon. Lewis F. Powell Jr., Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1973-74; Law Clerk to Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1972-73; Independent Arbitrator since 2000.
Cases
For representative cases, see www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Training
• Attended numerous AAA/ICDR training sessions and arbitration conferences where CLE credit was awarded. • Taught seminar on International Arbitration at Yale Law School for five years as a faculty-appointed Visiting Clinical Lecturer. • Served as faculty member and tutor for Accelerated Course to Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). • Training Lecturer for 19th New York ICC Conference on International Arbitration. • Frequent speaker at arbitration conferences and before arbitral groups. • Published numeous articles on arbitration law and procedure. • Has chaired CPR\"s Rule Revision Committee for many years. • For more information on Training, see www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
License(s)
State of New York Bar; District of Columbia Bar.
Education
• The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review • Georgetown University, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Publications
See Publications and Presentations-Speaking Engagements at www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Awards
• CPR Partner of the Year (2021), Inaugural Recipient of the Award, for contributions to CPR and alternative dispute resolution, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution • Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (FACTL) • Elected Member, American Law Institute • Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration (consistently listed each year) • SuperLawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution (consistently listed each year) • Hubbell AV Rating.
Panels
• American Arbitration Association, Roster of Arbitrators, Large and Complex Case Panel, and Global and National Energy Panel sof Arbitrators • International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Roster of Arbitrators • CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and specialty panels for Energy, Oil & Gas, Cross-Border Disputes, and Hedge Funds • International Arbitration Institute, Paris, France, Roster of Arbitrators • ICC USA Database of Arbitrators • Global Arbitration Review Database of Arbitrators • For more information on Panels, see www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Associations
• College of Commercial Arbitrators, Fellow and Member of International Committee • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow • International Arbitration Institute, Paris, France, Roster of Arbitrators • United States Council for International Business (ICC US National Committee), Delegate to Commission on Arbitration and ADR • ICC USA Database of Arbitrators • ICC Task Force on ADR and Arbitration, Member • Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Advisory Board • CPR Advisory Council, Member • CPR Arbitration Rules Revision Committee, Co-Chair • Global Arbitration Review Database of Arbitrators • International Bar Association, Arbitration Committee • London Court of International Arbitration’s North American Users’ Council • American Bar Association, Litigation Section and Dispute Resolution Section • N.Y. State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section • American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow • American Law Institute, Elected Member • For more information on Associations, see www.BuckleyArbitration.com.
Miscellaneous
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