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David A. Gants David A. Gantz is Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law and Director of the International Trade Law Program at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. He also serves as Associate Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. He has taught courses in international trade law, international environmental law, NAFTA and Other Regional Trade Agreements, public international law, international business transactions, international investment and technology transfer, European Union law and the U.S. legal system. He is faculty adviser to the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. Professor Gantz is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. 1964) and Stanford Law School (J.D. 1967, J.S.M. 1970). After two years with the U.S. Agency for International Development law reform project in Costa Rica and a year as a law clerk with Judge Charles M. Merrill of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, he spent seven years with the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State. At the State Department, he was the chief lawyer responsible for Inter-American affairs. Subsequently, he practiced international trade and corporate law in Washington, D.C., primarily for Asian clients. He is a member of the Ohio and District of Columbia bars, and is admitted to practice before the Court of International Trade, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, among others. He joined the James E. Rogers College of Law faculty in 1993. He was a visiting professor at the George Washington University Law School during the 2003-2004 academic year. From 1981-93, Professor Gantz was also an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has served as a binational panelist under the trade dispute resolution provisions of Chapters 19 and 20 of NAFTA, as a NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitrator, and as an expert witness in other investment disputes. He has also served as the U.S. judge on the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States. Professor Gantz has written extensively on NAFTA customs and trade law issues, NAFTA and WTO dispute resolution, foreign bribery and other international trade, investment and environmental law matters. Professor Gantz has traveled to Vietnam on several occasions to work with the government officials and academics on international trade law issues. |
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