Our Adjunct and Visiting Faculty
In addition to the Institute’s faculty and professional staff, nearly a dozen additional accomplished visiting researchers, including adjunct and visiting professors, bring invaluable real-world experience and leading scholarship on international economic law into the classroom, offering students an inside and cutting-edge look into international economic policy-making.

Usman Ahmed is the Head of Global Public Policy and Research at PayPal Inc. His work covers a variety of global issues including financial services regulation, innovation, international trade, and entrepreneurship. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School where he teaches a course on Fintech Law and Policy.

Professor Brightbill is a Partner in Wiley Rein LLP’s International Trade practice. He regularly represents clients on all aspects of international trade law and policy, including import trade remedies, trade negotiations, export controls, and international electronic commerce issues. He is also a member of the faculty of Georgetown Law’s Global Trade Academy.

R. Michael Gadbaw’s career covers over four decades in Washington as an international economic lawyer. He is currently a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law and is dedicated to research and teaching international economic law, including the interaction of international trade, monetary, financial, investment, competition, tax and anticorruption.

Jesse Kreier teaches international trade law, and consults on international trade law issues for international organizations, governments and private clients. He also coaches Georgetown’s WTO John Jackson Moot Court team, and has served as Chairperson to several binational trade remedies panels under the USMCA. He retired from the World Trade Organization as Acting Director of the Rules Division at the end of 2018 after 26 years of service.