Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP - Wolff, Alan Wm.

Alan Wm. Wolff Partner

Alan Wolff leads Dewey & LeBoeuf'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 managing partner of the Washington, DC office of Dewey & LeBoeuf from 1991 to November 2007. He 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.

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, Council on Foreign Relations (1979 - present)
National Associate, The National Academies (2005 - present)
Member, American Society of International Law (1979 - present)
Trustee, U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund (2005 - present)
Member, Board of Advisors, American Health and Education Foundation (2002 - present)
Member, The National Academies' Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (1997 - present)
Chair, Comparative Innovation Policy Committee, The National Academies (2005 - present)

Speeches & Programs

University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, "The Changing Role of Intellectual Property in Asia: National Innovation Policies of India and China" (March 7, 2008)
Japan Commerce Association of Washington, D.C., "China's Innovation Drive -Implications for Japanese Companies" (February 27, 2008)
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, New Delhi, India, "Innovation Policies in the United States, China and India" (December 2007)
The Global Business Dialogue, Inc., Washington, D.C., "Responses to the Doha Chairman's Paper on Rules - Remarks on the Valles Rules Negotiation Text" (December 2007)
OCED – MOST in Beijing, China, Conference on the Review of China's National Innovation System and Policy, "China's National Innovation System: A Foreign Business Perspective" (August 27, 2007)
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, 2005)
The Center for American and International Law, "China’s Compliance with Its WTO Obligations" (June 15, 2005)