Professional Activities

ICC International Court of Arbitration

  • President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, as of July 2021
  • Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration, 2018-2021
  • US Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration, 2015-18
  • Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, 2007-08, 2010-present
  • Co-chair, ICC Task Force on Financial Institutions and International Arbitration, 2013-16
  • Member, ICC Task Force on Reducing Time and Costs in International Arbitration, 2006-07
  • Chair, Young Arbitrator Forum, USCIB (US national committee), 2007-09
  • Member, ICC YAF, North America Chapter, Regional Coordinating Committee, 2008-09

Other Professional and Civic Activities

  • New York Civil Liberties Union, Board of Directors, September 2020-present
  • American Review of International Arbitration, Global Advisory Board, 2020-present
  • New York City Bar, International Commercial Disputes Committee, 2018-2020
  • New York International Arbitration Center, Board Member, 2013-19
  • International Arbitration Club of New York, Member
  • ArbitralWomen, Member
  • International Bar Association, Arbitration Committee, Member
  • Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association, Advisory Board

Pro Bono

In 2020, Latham & Watkins awarded the Robert M. Dell Prize for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service to Claudia Salomon and the litigation team she led to a major victory on behalf of the Spring Valley NAACP, Black and Latinx voters, and public school students in upstate New York. The lawsuit, filed jointly with the New York Civil Liberties Union, brought Voting Rights Act claims challenging the East Ramapo Central School District’s at-large method for school board elections. Following a multi-week trial in 2020, US District Judge Cathy Seibel issued an opinion that adopted all of Latham’s arguments, ruling entirely for the plaintiffs.

Judge Seibel closed her opinion with a powerful statement expressing the principles the case vindicated: “This ruling may or may not change the way the schools in the District are run. But the purpose of Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act] is not to produce any particular policy outcome. Rather, it is to ensure that every voter has equal access to the electoral process. For too long, black and Latino voters in the District have been frustrated in that most fundamental and precious endeavor. They, like their white neighbors, are entitled to have their voices heard.”