David J. Bederman - Atlanta, GA

• Sole Practitioner, since 1991

• Admiralty & Maritime Law 30%
• Constitutional Law 20%
• International Law 30%
• Litigation & Appeals 20%

• 80%

• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Smith v. United States, 507 U.S. 197 (1993)
• Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson, 513 U.S. 30 (1994)
• Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe, 117 S.Ct. 2028 (1997)
• California v. Deep Sea Research, 118 S.Ct. 1464 (1998)
• In re Straight, 143 F.3d 1387 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit 1998)
• In re Burke, 146 F.3d 1313 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit 1998)
• In re Rose, 187 F.3d 926 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit 1999)
• Lapides v. Bd. of Regents Univ. System of Georgia, 535 U.S. 613 (U.S. Supreme Court 2002)
• Syngenta Crop Protection Corp. v. Henson, 537 U.S. 28 (U.S. Supreme Court 2002)
• Norfolk Southern Rwy Co. v. Kirby, 543 U.S. 14 (U.S. Supreme Court 2004)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677 (U.S. Supreme Court 2004)
• R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. Wrecked Vessel, 435 F.3d 521 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 2006)
• Ministry of Defense v. Elahi, 546 U.S. 450 (U.S. Supreme Court 2006)
• Adkins v. Rumsfeld, 464 F.3d 456 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 2006)
• United States v. Tatoyan, 474 F.3d 1174 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit 2007)
• Gulf Petro Trading Co. v. Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., 512 F.3d 742 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 2008)
• Casale v. Tillman, 558 F.3d 1258 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the11th Circuit 2009)
• Ministry of Defense v. Elahi, 129 S.Ct. 1732 (U.S. Supreme Court 2009)
• R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. Wrecked Vessel, 2010 WL 3239112 (U.S. District Court, E.D. Va. 2010)

• Georgia, 1987
• District of Columbia, 1988

• American Society of International Law, 1988 - Present
• Maritime Law Association of the US, 1992 - Present

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2006 - Present

• Professor of Law, Emory University, 1991 - Present

• American Journal of International Law, Board of Editors, 1999 - Present
• Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Board of Editors, 1999 - Present
• Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, President, 1996 - Present
• Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition, General Counsel, 2005 - Present

• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Hon. Charles E. Wiggins, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1988
• Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Law Clerk, 1988 - 1989
• Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Associate, 1989 - 1991
• Emory University School of Law, Professor, 1991 - Present

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