Visiting Researcher, Yale Law School. J.D., University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law (2012); M.Phil., Modern Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford (2007); Certificate of Arabic Studies, Center for Arabic Studies Abroad (CASA), The American University of Cairo (2005); B.A., Near Eastern Studies & Linguistics, Brigham Young University (2004). Interests include public international law, international trade, foreign investment law, energy, project finance, corporate law. Associate, White & Case LLP, New York, NY, 2012
International Law
MIRAGE IN THE GULF?: EXAMINING THE UPSURGE IN FDI IN THE GCC AND ITS LEGAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MENA REGION, ExpressO (2012)
Since 2002, foreign direct investment (FDI) has exploded in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Between...
OCCUPATION LAW DURING AND AFTER IRAQ: THE EXPEDIENCE OF CONSERVATIONISM EVIDENCED IN THE IGC MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS, ExpressO (2012)
The legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq has received extensive scholarly attention. The legality...
OCCUPATION LAW DURING AND AFTER IRAQ: THE EXPEDIENCE OF CONSERVATIONISM EVIDENCED IN THE MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL, ExpressO (2011)
The legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq has received extensive scholarly attention. The jus...
International Trade
MIRAGE IN THE GULF?: EXAMINING THE UPSURGE IN FDI IN THE GCC AND ITS LEGAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MENA REGION, ExpressO (2012)
Since 2002, foreign direct investment (FDI) has exploded in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Between...
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN IRAQ: REASSESSING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK, ExpressO (2011)
In spite of its troubled past and ongoing internecine violence, Iraq today stands on the...
International Economic Law
MIRAGE IN THE GULF?: EXAMINING THE UPSURGE IN FDI IN THE GCC AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH, Submitted for Publication (2012)
Since 2002, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has exploded in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Between...
Human Rights Law
OCCUPATION LAW DURING AND AFTER IRAQ: THE EXPEDIENCE OF CONSERVATIONISM EVIDENCED IN THE IGC MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS, ExpressO (2012)
The legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq has received extensive scholarly attention. The legality...
Military, War and Peace
OCCUPATION LAW DURING AND AFTER IRAQ: THE EXPEDIENCE OF CONSERVATIONISM EVIDENCED IN THE IGC MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS, ExpressO (2012)
The legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq has received extensive scholarly attention. The legality...