Kirsten Teo-Delalay, LLM
Washington, D.C.
A CIArb Member since 2014, Kirsten specializes in International Arbitration, Public International Law, International Aviation and Law of the Sea. She is a Special Legal Consultant, Attorney & Counselor, in the District of Columbia (2019) and an Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore (2012). Prior to joining De Almeida Pereira in 2020, she was Senior Associate at a leading international law firm where she was Head of the Arbitration Associates’ Working Group in 2018. She is Global Lead Ambassador at Arbitrator Intelligence and a Member of the YSIAC Committee and SIAC Users’.
Bryan J. Branon
Seattle, Washington
ACIArb member Bryan J. Branon, Principal of Branon's ADR, chairs the CIArb NAB Seattle Chapter while serving on the Young Members Group Steering Committee. A former law clerk on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Court of International Trade, and intern in the Irish Parliament, Bryan established the Afghanistan Center for Dispute Resolution via the ADR Center in Rome, Italy after helping found the International Mediation Institute and Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution at the AAA. He is Chair-Elect of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) ADR Section and serves by FBA Presidential appointment on the D&I Standing Committee.
Lionel M. Schooler
Houston, TX
A Fellow member and Senior Partner at Jackson Walker LLP in Houston, Lionel M. (Lonnie) Schooler practices management side employment law, federal appeals, and arbitration. Lonnie has extensive experience as an arbitrator, and as a frequent speaker and author on arbitration topics. He currently serving as the Chair of the Texas Chapter of the CIArb’s North American Branch. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, and the Houston International Arbitration Club. Lonnie previously served in 2016-17 as the Chair of the State Bar of Texas’ Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.
Dr. Jill Goldenziel, JD,PhD
Pennsylvania
ACIArb member Jill has been an assistant on three ICSID tribunals: Assistant to President Judge Thomas Buergenthal in Teinver v. Argentina, and Assistant to Professor William W. Park in Sodexo v. Hungary and Viaduct v. Bosnia. Dr. Goldenziel is a member of the International Institute for the Center for Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s Panel of Neutrals, a member of ArbitralWomen, and Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law’s Southeast Interest Group and Vice Chair of its Human Rights Interest Group. Dr. Goldenziel is Associate Professor of International Law and International Relations at Marine Corps University-Command and Staff College and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fox Leadership International Program.
Charles (Chip) B. Rosenberg
Washington, DC
Chip is Vice-Chair of the Young Members Group of CIArb NAB. He is Counsel at King & Spalding in Washington, DC, where he represents individuals, companies, and States in complex international commercial and investment arbitrations. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Chip clerked for The Honorable Charles N. Brower in London, England and at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands. Chip graduated first in his class, summa cum laude, and Order of the Coif from the American University law school.
Blanca del Carmen Martínez Mendoza
Mexico
Associate Member Blanca has represented Mexico in several investor-state arbitrations. She started her practice as associate at a Mexican law firm where she focused on Constitutional, Administrative and Tax litigation. Blanca graduated from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva and is now pursuing a specialization on Tax Law. She lectures on Private International Law at UNAM. She is also a member of Young ICCA, Young ICSID and a founding member of Mexico Very Young Arbitration Practitioners.
Mark Ritchie
Houston
A Fellow of the CIArb, Mark has over twenty years of legal experience. His practice focuses on arbitration of commercial and investment disputes, as well as consulting with and representing parties in commercial litigation, business tort, and appellate matters. Mark is admitted to practice in Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C., is dual-qualified as a solicitor to the Senior Courts of England and Wales. For more information about Mark, click here
