Steven F. Fabry

B.A., Yale University; J.D., Harvard Law School. Professor Fabry is an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State, in the Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes, where his work currently focuses on representing the United States in proceedings before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. He was previously Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and Senior Legal Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization. His work has included representation of the U.S. Government in four investor-state disputes under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), many disputes before the World Trade Organization, and several disputes under the NAFTA and the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. Notable disputes in which Professor Fabry has played a lead role include U.S. disputes at the WTO against China on Intellectual Property Rights Protection and on Audiovisual Products; against the European Union on Bananas; and against India on Quantitative Restrictions Taken for Balance-of-Payments Purposes. Professor Fabry was also a member of the U.S. Government team that handled the Loewen arbitration, which was the first investor-state dispute brought against the United States under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA.