Current Position: Founding partner of  Russin & Vecchi LLP. Managing Partner of the Russian Practice Group with offices in Moscow, Vladivostok and Sakhalin.

Information on the firm can also be found at www.russinvecchi.com. 1969 to date.

Specialization:  Law and Economic Development.  International Investment and Trade.

Previous Positions:  Regional Legal Advisor for the Caribbean,  Agency for International Development.  1963-69.

Education:    B.A. 1959,  Yale College
                     J.D.  1963,  Yale Law School

Fellowships:  Ford Foundation, 1961-62.  Assistant Professor at the Law Faculty of the East African University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganika

Honors:  Order of St. Vladimir awarded by the Moscow Patriarchate, 1991.  

Order of St. Innocent awarded by the Orthodox Church in America, 2002.

Non-profit Boards: 

•     National Council for International Visitors, 1987-93

•     Fund for Democracy & Development, 1993-2000

•     MUCIA Global Education, 1996-2000

•     Delphi International, 1988-2000

•     Dominican-American Cultural Institute, 1988-92

•     St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1985-93

•     International Advisory Board, University for Peace, 2009-