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HENRY T. KING, JR.
Chair, Canada-United States Law Institute Annual Conference
Canada-United States Institute Executive Committee and Professor of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Cleveland, Ohio

Dr. Henry T. King, Jr. has served as chair of the Niagara Moot Court Competition since 1983. A graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, Dr. King's career includes extensive experience in the areas of private and public international law. Shortly after embarking on his legal career, Dr. King was selected as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials where he participated in the preparation and trial of cases against the major German war criminals As a result of his experiences at Nuremberg, Dr. king authored a book about one of the other defendants, The Two Worlds of Albert Speer, and numerous articles relating to international criminal law.

Dr. King's government and corporate experience includes service as Deputy General Counsel and later Acting General Counsel of the International Cooperation Administration (U.S. Foreign Economic Aid Program), Washington, D.C.; Corporate Counsel to Bunge Corporation of New York; Chief Corporate International Counsel of TRW Inc. and Chair of International Operation Council II of the Machinery and Allied Products Institute, Washington, D.C.

Dr. King has served as chair of the Section of International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association, chair of Ute American Bar Association/Canadian Bar Association/Barra Mexicana Joint Working Group on the Resolution of International Disputes and president of the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group.

Dr. King has received numerous wards including the Whitney North Award of the American Arbitration Association and honorary life membership by the Canadian Bar Association. The University of Western Ontario has awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws to Dr. King.

Dr. King currently is a Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and is of Counsel with quire, Sanders and Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio. In light of Dr. King's continuing accomplishments in fostering of Canada-United States relations, the Government of Canada appointed Dr. King the first Honorary Consul for Northeastern Ohio in 2004.

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