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SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES Dean Emeritus and Alex L Résumé SYMEON C. SYMEONIDES Dean Emeritus and Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law Willamette University College of Law Salem, Oregon, USA CONTACTS Office Address: 245 Winter Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301, USA; Phone: (503) 370- 6779, 370-6046, Fax: (503) 370-6998, E-mail: [email protected]; SSRN author’s page at http://ssrn.com/author=109467 DEGREES . LL.B. summa cum laude (Private Law), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece), 1972. LL.B. summa cum laude (Public Law & Pol. Sc.), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School (Greece), 1973. LL.M., Harvard University Law School, 1974. S.J.D., Harvard University Law School, 1980. LL.D. honoris causa, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 2012. Ph.D. honoris causa in Social and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2014. LL.D. honoris causa, Willamette University, 2016. HONORS . LL.B. 1972: Graduated first in the class of 1972 with a grade of 10.00 out of 10.00, the highest grade ever awarded in the history of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School. LL.B. 1973: Graduated first in the class of 1973 with a grade of 9.00 out of 10.00. Four-year full merit scholarship by the National Scholarships Foundation of Greece (I.K.Y.) (1968-72); Three-year full scholarship awarded by the Harvard Law School (1973-76). Phi Beta Kappa (honorary). Order of the Coif (honorary). Judge Albert Tate Professorship Louisiana State University (1989-1999); Nominated for the Thomas B. Boyd Chair, the highest distinction in the LSU System (1999) (declined nomination to accept Willamette deanship). Titular Member, International Academy of Comparative Law (since 2000); Associate Member (1994-2000). Resolution of Appreciation, Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws (1999) for “enormously influential” and “extraordinarily helpful” publications. Honored in Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law and Civil Law: A Tribute to Symeon C. Symeonides, a collection of articles by 26 authors published in 60 Louisiana Law Review SYMEONIDES, résumé 1035-1399 (2000). Friedrich K. Juenger Prize in Private International Law awarded by the American Society of Comparative Law for the article “Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2000: As the Century Turns,” 49 Am. J. Comp. L. 1-47 (2001). Cited by: the United States Supreme Court (twice, Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)); the House of Lords (once, Lexington Insurance Co. v. AGF Insurance Ltd., (2009) UKHL 40; and the Supreme Court of Israel (22 times, Yuviner v. Skalar, CA 3299/06 and Yuviner v. Skalar 09046550/09). Chosen to teach a “special course” on Private International Law at The Hague Academy of International Law (2002), and the “general course” (2016); One of only six Americans chosen for the “general course,” since the Academy’s founding in 1923. Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law, Willamette University (2009). Recipient of Key to the City, Lythrodontas, Cyprus (2009). Honored by the Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP) “as a tribute to his outstanding career and his exceptional contribution to the advancement of private international law” (2010). Honored by the Academia Mexicana de Derecho Privado y Comparado (AMEDIP) by nam- ing its 34th national congress “en honor del Dr. Symeon Symeonides,” Puebla, Mexico (2011). Robert L. Misner Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship, Willamette University (2012). LL.D. honoris causa, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012). Courtland H. Peterson Senior Scholar Prize, awarded by the American Society of Compar- ative Law for “the best scholarly article published in a recent volume of the American Journal of Comparative Law” (2013). Titular member, Institut de Droit International (since 2019); Associate member (2013- 19). Ph.D. honoris causa in Social and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Cyprus (2014). “Certificate of Merit” awarded by the American Society of International Law for the book Codifying Choice of Law Around the World: An International Comparative Analysis (Oxford UP, 2014) (2015). Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Comparative Law (2015). LL.D. honoris causa, Willamette University (2016). Robert L. Misner Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship, Willamette University (2016). Elected Foreign Correspondent Member (for the USA) of the Venezuelan Academy of Po- litical and Social Sciences (2017). Elected “Honorary Professor,” East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China Page 2 of 20 SYMEONIDES, résumé (2017). Honored by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws for my 30-year service in publishing the annual survey of choice-of-law cases (2018). Ranked 199th among legal authors of all time by HeinOnline and 149th among 3,999 legal authors by SSRN. Lifetime Achievement Award, Federation of Cypriot Organizations of America (2019). Elected member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea) (2020). POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS . President, International Association of Legal Science (2013-17), Vice President (2006- 2013). Honorary President, American Society of Comparative Law (2010-12); President (2006- 2010); Vice President (2002-2006); Secretary (1994-2002). Former president, Common Law Group, International Academy of Comparative Law (2010-2012). Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflicts of Laws (1999 and 2014). Member, Groupe Européen de droit international privé (GEDIP) (2006-2015); Life mem- ber (since 2015). Honorary member, Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP) (since 2010). General Editor, Private International Law Series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. ( 2012- 2020). Member, Executive Editorial Board, American Journal of Comparative Law (since 2007). Member, Board of Editors: Yearbook of Private International Law (Switzerland); Euro- pean Journal of Comparative Law and Governance (Netherlands); Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (Netherlands); Evrigenis Yearbook of International and European Law (Greece); International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies (Switzerland); Revue Hellénique de droit européen (Greece); Journal of Comparative Jurisprudence (Ukraine); Foreign correspondent member: Revue Critique de droit International Privé (France). Co-Rapporteur (with Erik Jayme), “L’atteinte à la vie privée et le droit international privé: Problèmes de conflit de loi et de juridictions,” Institut de droit international (2015-19). Rapporteur General on Private International Law, 18th Quadrennial International Con- gress of Comparative Law, Washington, D.C. (2010); 15th Quadrennial International Con- gress of Comparative Law, Bristol, UK (1998). U.S. National Reporter on Private International Law, 14th Quadrennial International Con- gress of Comparative Law, Athens (1994), and 17th Quadrennial International Congress of Comparative Law, Utrecht (2006). Page 3 of 20 SYMEONIDES, résumé . Academic Contributor, Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed., 2002–10th ed., 2014). Commissioner, Oregon Law Commission (1999-2014). Member, American Law Institute (1987-2012); Life member (since 2012). Fellow, European Law Institute (since 2012). Member, Board of Trustees, World Affairs Council, Portland, OR. (since 2005). Member, Council of Louisiana State Law Institute (1995-99). Member, Bartolus Society (1988-99). Honorary Consul, Republic of Cyprus (1985-99). Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, University of Cyprus Law School (since 2003). Chair, Advisory Board, University of Cyprus Law School (since 2003). Member, Institut de Droit International (associate 2013, titular 2019). WORK IN LAW REFORM (1) EUROPEAN UNION (2012) • Chair, EU Council’s Working Parties on: • The recast of the Brussels I Regulation on Jurisdiction and Recognition and En- forcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters; • Regulation on a European Account Preservation Order; • Regulation on a Common European Sales Law; and • General Questions (Civil Law). • Vice Chair, EU Council’s Working Parties on: • Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes; and • Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions regarding the property consequences of registered partnerships. (2) THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (2012 to 2019) • Represented the EU Council at Special Commission on The Hague Principles on Choice of Law for International Contracts (2012). • Member, “Experts Group” drafting official Commentary on The Hague Principles on Choice of Law for International Contracts (2013-14); Member, editorial committee for Commentary (2014-15). • Member, EU team negotiating a convention on jurisdiction and recognition and en- forcement of foreign judgments (since 2013). • Member, “Experts Group” drafting preliminary text of above convention (since 2013). Page 4 of 20 SYMEONIDES, résumé (3) UNITED STATES • Adviser, Restatement (Third) of Conflict of Laws, American Law Institute (since 2015). • Member, U.S. Department of State, Advisory Committee on Private International Law (since 2012). • Member, American Law Institute, Consultative Groups on: Complex Litigation Pro- ject; Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure; Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judg- ments; and International Commercial Arbitration. (4) OREGON • Chair and Reporter, Codification of Choice of Law for Torts, Oregon Law Commission (since 2001) (drafted choice-of-law codification for tort conflicts; enacted into law on
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