J. Michael King| Washington Employment Lawyer

Mr. King focuses on employment disputes, international law, international arbitration and environmental law. He has served as counsel in World Bank and IMF employment litigation, advised employees of embassies and other foreign missions in employment disputes at the EEOC and DC Office of Human Rights, acted as second-chair at trial and on appeal in the District of Columbia, and assisted business entities with the development of their African investment projects.

Mr. King previously worked as counsel for institutional matters at the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), where he also served as managing editor of the ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal. Mr. King has also advised the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA) on governance, rule amendments, public relations and publications.

Mr. King holds his BA from Duke University, and his JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. During his JD program, Mr. King acted as a student attorney in the University of Denver’s Environmental Law Clinic, served as business editor of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, and interned with the Denver City Attorney, Colorado State Public Defender, and the environmental law practice group of a Denver law firm. During his LLM program at the George Washington University Law School, Mr. King specialized in environmental and energy law, and he interned with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of the General Counsel and Office of Environmental Management.

Mr. King is licensed to practice law in the Distict of Columbia (2016) and Colorado (2009).

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Counsel	Law Offices of Peter C. Hansen, LLC		2012 - Present
Counsel	The World Bank		2009 - 2012

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Sturm College of Law, University of Denver	J.D.	Law School	2007
Duke University	Bachelor of Arts	Psychology	2004

State / Court	Date
District of Columbia	2016
Colorado	2009

• Young ICCA | Member
  American Society of International Law | Member
  International Bar Association | Member
  ICC Young Arbitrators Forum | Member
  LCIA Young International Arbitration Group | Member

• Transnational Dispute Management | IACL Case Report: Transglobal Green Energy, LLC and Transglobal Green Panama, S.A. v. Republic of Panama, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/28, Award (June 2, 2016) | 2016
  LinkedIn Pulse | ICSID on Pace for a Record Year in 2015, with Several Noteworthy Trends, Firsts and Rarities | 2015
  Tanzania Public-Private Partnership Certification | Restructuring and Lessons Learned in Failed Agreements (with Peter C. Hansen) | 2015
  Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies for Public and Private Enterprises | Environmental Aspects of Energy Projects | 2015
  AAIL Annual Conference: International Economic Law and Development in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities | The Role of the East African Rift Countries in the Development and Reform of International Investment Agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement | 2015

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