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| | AUSTRALIA:12/16- Luncheon in Washington with The Honorable Jeffrey Bleich, (new) U.S. Ambassador to Australia |
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The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)
is pleased to announce a Luncheon Discussion in
Washington, D.C.
with
The Honorable Jeffrey L. Bleich
Ambassador of the United States to Australia
U.S. Embassy Canberra
UPDATE: This previously scheduled breakfast program will no longer be taking place at 8:00am. The new program start time is 12:00noon and will include lunch.
Co-hosted by Amgen, McLarty Associates and Pfizer.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Jeffrey L. Bleich was confirmed by the United States Senate to be the United States Ambassador to Australia on November 10, 2009.
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Bleich served as Special Counsel to the President at the White House. From 1995 to 2009, he was a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, where he was recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers.
More recently, Ambassador Bleich represented the ABA before the United States Supreme Court in several matters including the Medellin case concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Rights. He recently chaired both the ABA’s Amicus Curiae Committee and the subcommittee on Corporate Social Responsibility. Ambassador Bleich served as an officer or member in numerous foreign policy organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, the ABA Section on International Law, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the International Law Association, the American Society of International Law, and Human Rights Watch. In 2008, he served simultaneously as the Chair of the California State University Board of Trustees and as the President of the State Bar of California.
Outside of his legal practice, Ambassador Bleich has a long-standing commitment to international law. After clerking for Judge Howard Holtzmann at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and acting as Special Rapporteur to the International Court of Arbitration, he assisted the Special Prosecutor for the International Tribunal for the Former-Yugoslavia. He has taught international human rights at UC Berkeley’s School of Law, and written and lectured extensively on the international criminal court. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist on the United States Supreme Court as well as Judge Abner J. Mikva of the D.C. Circuit.
Ambassador Bleich received his Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College, his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, and his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. He received his certificate in Public International Law from the Hague Academy in 1993.
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| | Date: | Wednesday, December 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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| | Place: |
St. Regis Hotel
16th and K Streets NW
Washington, D.C. |
| | Participation Fee: | $50.00 members; $100.00 Introductory non-members |
| | BCIU Contact: |
(202-595-2668) |
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