Michael Charles Pierce graduated as a Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska and later obtained a post-graduate degree from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management. Most of his international law work has focused on admiralty, aviation, environmental, and human rights law. He has lectured in law schools in Panama, India, and Peru on international cross-border issues. He is a founding member of the Global Justice Forum, the American Chamber of Commerce in Panama, and Panama West Rotary Club.
Pierce's goal is to build the Pierce Global and Latinlaw networks, and to work with like-minded lawyers, and green corporations in Latin green development projects.
Pierce Global recently associated with the Panamanian lawfirm of Carreira-Pitti in two important environmental and toxic tort cases. One case, extensively covered by the the New York Times is the poisoning of Panamanian by Diethylene Glycol. This poison was mistakenly mixed with cough medicine and distributed by Panama's Social Security. At least 500 Panamanians have died from this deadly mistake. We have already filed a lawsuit in Spain and plan soon to file suit, here in Panama, against the Chinese corporations involved in this tragedy. We also represent over 5,000 Ngobe-Bugle (Panamanian indigenous natives). Our lawsuit has been filed, against Petroterminales de Panama, for their negligence in a 5,000+ barrel crude oil spill in the Ngobe's beautiful Bay of Chiriqui.
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Edward Lehman / Beijing, China
www.elehman.com/
Edward Lehman specializes in legal and commercial advice relating to direct investment, structuring of complex commercial transactions, technology licensing and intellectual property in the People's Republic of China.
Edward E. Lehman has had over sixteen years of experience (three in Shanghai and thirteen based in Beijing) in advising multinational corporations on legal and commercial aspects of investing and doing business in China, including direct investment in joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and holding companies, technology transfers, licensing, intellectual property matters, regulatory matters, finance and taxation.
David Abraham, BSL / Indonesia, Jakarta
E-mail: davidabraham@cbn.net.id
Address: Prince Building Lt. 10 JL. Jend Sudirman Kav. 3-4 Jakarta 10220 Indonesia.
Phone: (021) 5734837 (DL) 5736706. Fax: (021) 5736165.
Mr Abraham has been practicing as an Advocate at the Law Offices Edward N.H. Abraham, Juris Doctor dan David Abraham, BSL, since 1986.
Since graduating from the Golden West University, California USA in 1980, Mr Abraham has developed his legal expertise in the areas of civil and criminal matters. Some of his areas of practice include narcotics, administration law, arbitration, class actions, malpractice suits, telecommunication, transportation, immigration and unfair competition cases. Mr Abraham also has experience in dealing with airline crashes and environmental disasters. Many of these areas include cross global litigation in the US, UK, South America as well as South East Asia.
Francisco Carreira-Pitti / Panama City, Panama
www.panamalaw.com
Francisco Carreira Pitti and Carreira Pitti P.C. Attorneys is a firm established for the practice of law in the Republic of Panama. Since our foundation, we have been representing the legal interests of worldwide companies involved in the shipping industry. Over the years our practice has evolved into diverse areas of advocacy practice. We are a team of attorneys trained in some of the most respected law academic programs. We like to think of our group as a strategic, analytical and qualified solution achievers. Your legal needs brought under our “one-stop-one-shop” office policy, is an assurance that our clients needs will be thoroughly satisfied. 22 years after opening our offices we are still providing quality legal services to the glocal community.
David Zapp / New York, USA
www.davidzapp.com
At David S. Zapp, Esq. our clients benefit from more than 30 years of experience in criminal defense. Every case is well-researched and carefully reviewed in order to provide each client with a defense strategy suitable to their individual situation. Our goal is to ensure that our clients understand the legal process and are pleased with the outcome of their cases.
We are experienced in all areas of criminal law and specialize in narcotics and money laundering cases. We practice in the New York and New Jersey courts at both the state and federal levels, and advice clients in state and federal courts nationwide. Mr. Zapp is fluent in Spanish and frequently consults with clients in Latin America and Europe.
Ed Shohat / Los Angeles, California
http://acquit.wld.com/welcome.htm
EDWARD SHOHAT. Born Westchester, Pennsylvania USA, 1947. Bar Admissions: Florida, 1972, U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina Education: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1972 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence. Honors: cum laude Honors: Member, Bar & Gavel Society; Member, Wig & Robe Honor Society University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1969. B.A., Bachelor of Arts Honors: cum laude. Areas Of Practice: Trials & Appeals White Collar & Tax Defense RICO & Related Offenses Narcotic Defense Forfeitures. Bierman, Shohat, Loewy & Pizzi, PA. 800 Brickell Avenue, Penthouse Two, Miami, Florida Phone: 305-358-7000. E-mail: eshohat@aol.com
