Charles H. Camp is an international lawyer representing foreign and domestic clients in international litigation, arbitration, negotiation and international debt recovery. Mr. Camp began practicing law after being admitted by the Louisiana State Bar in 1982. He practiced for large law firms, including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Patton Boggs LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, for 20 years, until he decided he could provide more effective, personalized representation as an international attorney with his own private law firm. Memberships: Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C. (Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee Member, Board of Trustees, Development Committee, and Meridian at 50 Committee); American Society of International Law (Past Chairman, Audit Committee; Ex Officio Member of Executive Council and Executive Committee, Past member, Program Committee); Washington Foreign Law Society, Board of Advisors (Past President); London Court of International Arbitration; International Bar Association (Arbitration & International Litigation Committees); International Law Association, American Branch (Commercial Arbitration, and International Civil and Commercial Litigation Committees); Friends of the Law Library of Congress (Past President).
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesForeign Sovereign Immunities Act / Breach of Contract: Alahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Al UBAF Arab International Bank E.C.
Bahrain Arab International, Bank E.C.
Banque S.B.A. (Societe Bancaire Arabe)
DanInvest S.A.
Euroloans Company Inc.
Kuwait Foreign Trading, Contracting & Investment Co. S.A.K.
Kuwait International Investment Company S.A.K.
Kuwait Real Estate Bank K.S.C.
Lazard Brothers
Co. Ltd.
Socimer Finance S.A.
Trigone Capital Finance
Tunis International Bank
Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises
U.B.A.F. Bank Ltd. By And Through Banque Arabe Et Internationale D'Investissement
Also Acting On Its Own Behalf v. Rafidain Bank
the Central Bank of Iraq, 95 Civ. 8127, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Alahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C. v. Rafidain Bank
Central Bank of Iraq, 96 Civ. 6690, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Gulf International Bank B.S.C. v. Rafidain Bank
Central Bank of Iraq, 96 Civ. 5707, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.
National Bank of Kuwait (France), S.A. v. Rafidain Bank, Electrical Projects Company,
the Central Bank of Iraq, 93 Civ. 3324, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: Biedermann International, Inc. v. The Republic of Kazakhstan
The Association for Social
Economic Development of Western Kazakhstan "Intercaspian," No. 97/1996, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Application of the Republic of Kazakhstan [for Discovery Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782] v. Biedermann International, Inc., No. 98-21072, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION: Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. The People's Republic of China, Case No. 1:01-mc-00300, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. Industrial
Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., Bank of China Ltd.
China Construction Bank Corporation, Civil Action No. 18 Misc. 302, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. Industrial
Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., Bank of China Ltd.,
China Construction Bank Corporation, Case No. 10-806, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Cortez Byrd
Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga,
Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 1:11-mc-00443-P1, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Cortez Byrd
Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga,
Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 1:12-rj-00004, United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Cortez Byrd
Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga,
Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 5:12-fj-00008-D, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait, K.S.C. v. Commercial Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 96 Civ. 6690, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Bruce Mones v. National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 18 Misc. 0302, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Bruce Mones v. Commercial Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 18 Misc. 0302, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Wirt D. Walker, III, Mishal Y.S. Al Sabah, Hamzah M. Behbehani, KuwAm Corporation, et al. v. Bruce Mones, Civil Action No. 96-2876, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION: Matter of Extradition of Blendi Haxhiaj, Case No.: 1:05MJ829, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Matter of the Extradition of Georgios Koskotas, Magistrate No. 88-93-J, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
George Koskotas v. James B. Roche, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 89-2193-WD, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AND BREACH OF CONTRACT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C. v. Maan Abdulwahed A. Al Sanea
Saad Trading, Contracting & Financial Services Co., Index No. 602847/09, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE & OBLIGATION OF COURTS TO READ AND INTERPRET TREATIES TO DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, Civil Action No. 06-1825, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, No. 08-5078, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, No. 09-33, United States Supreme Court. Domestic BANK DIRECTOR LIABILITY Washington Bancorporation, Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., et al. v. Wafic R. Said, et al. / Federal Deposition Insurance Corporation as Receiver for The National Bank of Washington v. Luther H. Hodges, Jr., et al., Civil Action No. 88-3111, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. BREACH OF CONTRACT & FIDUCIARY DUTY: Suheil Makhlouf v. USDA Employee Services & Recreation Association, Case No. 2006 CA 0473, Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Trading Force Limited v. Ropa Group Corporation, 00 Civ. 2994, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange v. Jenkens & Gilchrist, et al. v. St. Katherine Insurance Company, PLC, et al.
Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange v. Donald R. Rector
Herbert S. Kendrick, III, Independent Executor of the Estate of Herbert S. Kendrick, Jr., Deceased v. St. Katherine Insurance Company, PLC, et al., No. 92-CA 278, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. West Indies Network-I, LLC v. Nortel Networks (CALA) Inc., et al., Case No. 04-61320, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. BREACH OF CONTRACT & INSURANCE FRAUD: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., Case Nos. 4:1992cv00388 & 4:1992cv00948, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. BREACH OF CONTRACT & VIOLATION OF FRANCHISE ACT: W.D.G.-West, Inc., W.D.G.-Hawaii, Inc., W.D.G. & Co., Inc., William D. Gray,
Carmen Prill Gray v. Aveda Corporation, Horst Rechelbacher, Jeffrey W. Cook, Peter Rechelbacher, Charles Weaver, Robert Burns, Prakash Purohit, Dennis Richey,
James R. Gruepner, Civil Action No. 3-95-1098, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PARENTS: Curtis, et al. v. School Comm. of Falmouth, No. 95-617, United States Supreme Court. DEFAMATION: Suheil Makhlouf v. Sharlene Deskins, Roger Lancaster,
USDA Employee
Recreation Association, Case No. 2006 CA 7040, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Suheil Makhlouf
G.O.D., Inc. v. Sharlene Deskins, Case No. 2006 CA 7039, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
William D. Gray
W.D.G.-West, Inc. v. Horst Rechelbacher, Court File No. 99-CV-1145, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. ESTATE TAX ANNUITY VALUATION: Estate of Clair M. Ghylin, Deceased v. Commissioner, Docket No. 15869-99, United States Tax Court. JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT/FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES: MWinmar, Inc. v. Al Jazeera International, Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-01307, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Encompass Enterprises, LLC v. Richard Ryml
The Ryml
Group, Inc. v. Catherine Wyler, 2008 CA 004384 F, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Encompass Enterprises, LLC v. Catherine Wyler, 2009 CA 008813 B, Superior Court of the District of Columbia. LEGAL MALPRACTICE-PROSECUTION: Donald R. Rector v. Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, et al., Cause No. 462,714-B, District Court, Travis County, Texas, 261st Judicial District. Ronald G. Pawlik
Sarah G. Stanley, individually
as representatives of all other persons similarly situated, v. Texas Gas Transmissions Corporation
Robert W. Best, James Ermer,
G. Ted Smith, as Members of the Retirement Board of Texas Gas Retirement Plan v. Baker & Botts LLP,
James R. Raborn, a Partner in Baker & Botts, LLP., Civil Action No. H-91-231, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. LEGAL MALPRACTICE-DEFENSE: National Credit Union Administration Board v. Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C., et al., Case No. 8:CV91-00636, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
FDIC v. Vineyard, Donald Rector, et al., Civil Action No. CA3-88-130-C, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
FDIC v. Bauman, Donald Rector, et al., Civil Action No. CA3-90-614-H, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Shrader & York, et al., Civil Action No. H-91-1372, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
Joseph A. Doumit
Omega Telecommunications, Inc. v. Jacobson, Price, Holman & Stern, Successor To O'Brien & Jacobson, Harvey B. Jacobson, Harvey B. Jacobson, Sr., Jacob Shuster
Home Insurance Company, Civil Action No. 93-0389, United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Cheryl Ogle, Individually
as Representative of her Minor Daughter, Crystal Ogle v. Harold B. Stone, Stone
Hinds, P.C., Frank N. Ikard, Jr., Ikard & Golden, P.C., Johnson & Gibbs, P.C., Rash, Laney, Chapman, Schrieber & Porter, L.L.P.,
Mary E. Fulmer, Cause No. 94-013799, District Court, Harris County, Texas, 157th Judicial District. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION: George Casimates
Patricia Casimates v. John Anthony Zuccaro, Kimberly Zuccaro, Maria D. Herrera, Judith Bazemore, Keith Bazemore,
Eric Anthony Cooper, Civil Action No. 163676, Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryl
. RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (RICO): Laura Murray v. Gary Mulgrew
The Royal Bank of Scotl
Group PLC, Civil Action No. 1:08-cv-1541, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. -
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1982, Louisiana
1988, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and District of Columbia Circuits
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Tax Court
MembershipsDistrict of Columbia Bar Association
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolWake Forest University Law School
Class of 1982
J.D.
The George Washington University Law School
Class of 1983
LL.M.
Taxation
Other EducationLouisiana State University
Class of 1979
B.S.
Mathematics
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1957
Lake Charles, Louisiana, June 30, 1957
Hobbies & InterestsSocial Memberships: Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland. Teaching: International Negotiations, Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University Law School; International Negotiations, Special Lecturer, Ministry of Economic Development, Monterrey, Mexico, Invited by Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.
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- Blog How International Law Affects Your Business May 17, 2013 • International Law
- Blog Selecting an International Business Lawyer Mar 27, 2013 • International Law
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Is this attorney admitted to the bar in more than one state?Yes, Charles H. Camp is admitted to practice in District of Columbia and Louisiana.
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Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?Charles H. Camp is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Federal Claims, United States Court of International Trade, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, United States Supreme Court and United States Tax Court.
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Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?Yes, Charles H. Camp has a 5.0 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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How many attorneys are in this law firm?Law Offices of Charles H. Camp, P.C. has 3 attorneys at this location.
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What year was this attorney's law firm established?Law Offices of Charles H. Camp, P.C. was established in 2002.