Alan Wm. Wolff

Managing Partner
Washington, DC

975 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
20004-1405
T: (202) 429-2352
F: (202) 862-1093
Email: awolff@deweyballantine.com

Alan Wolff is a member of Dewey Ballantine’s Management Committee and managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He also leads Dewey Ballantine's International Trade Practice Group.

The International Trade Practice Group represents clients involved in some of the most important trade issues of our day. It has been credited with helping to open international markets for American products, including semiconductors, computer parts, telecommunications equipment, soda ash and forest products, consumer photographic film and paper, and insurance, and other services. The International Trade Practice Group is active in efforts to limit trade- distorting practices such as dumping and subsidies, private anticompetitive practices, violations of intellectual property rights, and trade-related investment performance requirements.

Mr. Wolff served as United States Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (1977 - 1979) in the Carter Administration, holding the rank of ambassador, after having served as General Counsel of the agency from 1974 - 1977. As Deputy Trade Representative, he played a key role in the formulation of American trade policy and its implementation. From 1968 to 1973, Mr. Wolff was an attorney dealing with international monetary, trade and development issues at the Treasury Department.

Mr. Wolff was recognized in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2005 as a leader in the field of International Trade and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2006 as a leader in the field of International Trade and Finance Law. He was also included in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2006.

Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New York
United States Court of Appeals
Federal Circuit
United States Court of International Trade
United States Supreme Court

Bar Associations, Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association
American Society of International Law
District of Columbia Bar

Board Memberships
Director and Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Institute for Trade and Commercial Diplomacy (1998 - present)
Member, Board of Trustees, United States Council for International Business (1997 - present)
Member, U.S. Department of State, Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (1996 - present)
Member, Advisory Committee, Institute for International Economics (1981 - present)
Member, Council on Foreign Relations (1979 - present)

National Associate
The National Academies (2005 - present)
Member, American Society of International Law (1993 - present) Trustee, U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund (2005 - present)
Member, Board of Advisors, American Health and Education Foundation (2002 - present)
Member, Comparative Innovation Policy Committee (2005 - present)

Speeches & Programs
U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Government of Belgium, Conference on Regional and National Innovation, "China’s Drive Toward Innovation" (September 21, 2006)
Presentation to the Beijing Lawyers Association, "U.S. Trade Remedies" (June 13, 2006)
WTO at 10 Conference, "Remedy in WTO Dispute Settlement" (April 7, 2006)
U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, "The Byrd Amendment - A Reasonable Policy That Should Not Be Repealed" (February 3, 2006)
The Center for American and International Law, "China’s Compliance with Its WTO Obligations" (June 15, 2005)

Education
LL.B., 1966,
Columbia Law School

B.A., Government, 1963,
Harvard College