Curriculum Vitae

On: September 26, 2012


DEGREES	LL.M. International Banking Boston University, 1992 LL.M. Taxation Boston University, 1979 J.D. Boston University, 1976 B.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1973
BAR MEMBERSHIPS	Massachusetts1976 U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts 1982 District of Columbia 1982 U.S. Supreme Court 1983
PRACTICE EMPHASIS	International legal experience includes counsel on establishing overseas sales, joint venture relationships, venture capital investment, technology transfer arrangements and establishment of stock participants for high technology and international trading enterprises.Responsible for legal consultation to clients in Taiwan, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Venezuela, Europe, Russia, Israel, and Canada.Joined and helped lead a global online network of lawyers in 35 countries (www.lexuniversal.com). Founded a new media company that distributes interactive web based training programs for building and sustaining trusted online communities. Ongoing law-technology activities concern e-lawyering training, including ODR, and initiating global law reform in online communities. Organizer of InternetBar.org and PeaceTones.org and ongoing efforts aimed at connecting lawyers and other disciplines in cyberspace in online communities to work on the harmonization of private international law for poverty alleviation efforts. Currently teaching a course on Law on the World Wide Web at U Mass (Amherst) as adjunct faculty. Other areas of practice include international, cyberlaw, real estate and alternative dispute resolution.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	Principal: Aresty International Law Offices, P.C. 1991 – Present Partner: Aresty & Levin 1989 – 1990 Partner: Aresty, Levin & Orenstein 1986 – 1989 Partner: Crossland, Aresty & Levin 1979 – 1986 Associate: Meyers, Goldstein & Crossland 1978 Tax Specialist: Coopers & Lybrand 1976 – 1978
TEACHING	University of Massachusetts, AmherstCourse: Law and the World Wide Web (Fall 2010-Spring 2011, Online – Winter 2011) The goal of this course is to create and understanding of the global online legal environment which is created by the intersection of law, business and technology on the internet Special emphasis is placed on how society has a unique opportunity to shape an emerging online justice system, which can help alleviate poverty The class format is uses both class discussions based on readings/lectures and is designed around an ongoing discussion using multiple formats: discussion boards, blogs, videos, virtual teams, Skype and so forth. Bentley University Course: Global Cyberspace Law (Fall 2007-Spring 2010) The goal of this course is to create an understanding of the global online legal environment To enable students to create an executive summary of an international online venture serving a global marketplace and emphasizing the need for civil society to address the UN Millennium Development Goals by working with impoverished people in the developing world To assist students in becoming Web professionals and competent e-business managers in today’s global environment Course: International Business Law (Spring 2010) The goal of this course is to prepare business people in identifying the legal issues so they can work intelligently with counsel in structuring business transactions This course does not strive to prepare lawyers, it is premised on the fact that a businessperson who is unaware of the legal dimensions of problems may make a costly error in planning, and teaches them the necessary tools to avoid this Microcommerce Convention (April and June 2008) In partnership with the Internet Bar Organization, this convention convened leaders throughout the world, both face to face and online It’s mission was to identify the obstacles to building a global legal infrastructure to alleviate poverty through advancing online commerce Tufts University Microcommerce Convention (February 2008) In partnership with the Internet Bar Organization, this convention convened leaders throughout the world, both face to face and online It’s mission was to identify the obstacles to building a global legal infrastructure to alleviate poverty through advancing online commerce
ORGANIZATIONS	Who’s Who in American LawWho’s Who in America ABA’s TECHShow Co-founded, 1987 Programs in Dallas and Boston University of Massachusetts National Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution Promotes the use of online dispute resolution technology Fellow Walnut Hill School Board of Overseers, Co-Chair Winter 2006, Report: The International Dimension: Developing & Sustaining our International Community Prior service New England – Israel Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee New England – Taiwan Business Council Board of Directors Founding Member
PUBLICATIONS	ODR: Theory and Practice: A Treatise on Technology and Dispute Resolution Co-Author, Ruha Devanesan Chapter: ODR and Justice January 2012 Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management Co-author, Alina Huiu Chapter 9: Mobile. Technology and the Rule of Law Springer Publishing, 2011 Cyberlaw: Text and Cases Co-Author Third Edition Cengage Publishing, 2011 The ABA Guide To International Business Negotiations Co-Editor (1^st, 2d editions, 3^rd edition published in 2009) American Bar Association, Publisher Chicago, IL Negotiating with Confucius Co-Author, Eve Sun Global Law & Business October 1994 Cultural Understanding, Tolerance A Necessity In The Global Marketplace Fall Banking Review, Banker & Tradesman September 7, 1994 Automating the Estate Planning Practice Co-Author 43^rd Federal Tax Proceeding New York University Thesis: The Future of Massachusetts’ High Technology Industries in World Markets: A Proposal for the Establishment of a Massachusetts-Pacific Rim Development Bank Presentation to the Massachusetts Senate Banking Committee, public hearing August 1991 “Professional Responsibility in a Global World: A Lawyer’s Role Redefined in the Age of the Virtual Practice” Co-Author with Peter Lepsch. New England Journal of International Law. “The Virtual Law Office: Reengineering the Practice of Law for the Digital Age” Author “Reinventing Law in Cyberspace: A Social Contract for the Digital Age and International Business Negotiations” Co-Author with Richard Warner Chapter 1, The ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations (2d ed. 2000). As the Reporter of the ABA’s e-lawyering Task Force, wrote several articles on the technical, legal and practical implications of the practice of law in Cyberspace.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS	Massachusetts Bar Association	Member, Executive Committee 1981 – 1983 Taxation Section Council 1980 – 1982 Board of Delegates, Delegate-at-Large 1981 – 1983 Vice Chairman, Law Practice Section Council 1982 – 1983 Chairman, Law Practice Section Council 1983 – 1985 Computer College, Steering Committee 1984 – 1985 Obtained major grant from Digital Equipment Corporation Computer College, Faculty 1985 – 1986 Program successfully trained over 1000 Massachusetts attorneys how to automate their practices (1983-1987)
	American Bar Association	Vice Chairman, ELPS, Membership Committee 1981 – 1983 Chairman, ELPS, Membership Committee 1983 – 1985 Vice Chairman, ELPS, Computer Division 1986 – 1991 Council Member, ELPS 1985 – 1991 Membership Committee, Massachusetts State Chairman 1984 – 1986 Co-Chairman, International Commercial Negotiations task Force 1992 – Present Standing Committee on Technology and Information Services Served two terms, appointed by ABA president in 1998 and 2006. Co-Chair of International Law Section’s Information Services, Technology, and Data Protection Committee. 2003-2007 Reporter for the e-lawyering Task Force 1999 – 2003
	Internetbar.org, Inc.	In April of 2005, founded this virtual bar association and currently serving as President.Mission: To legally empower communities around the world using technology, communication, and innovative social and economic justice initiatives.

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