Craig Beles
Adjunct Professor
Biography
Professor Beles focuses his practice in the following areas of law: Arbitration, Mediation, International Business, International Contracts, Export Compliance, Technology Contracts, Entertainment, Construction, Personal Injury, Consumer Protection. He is an Arbitrator and Mediator for: AAA, Seattle; ICDR, New York; WIPO, Geneva; CPR, New York; ICC, Paris; FINRA, Los Angeles; King County MAR.
Named among "Best Lawyers in Washington State" CEO Magazine 2008; Awarded Fulbright Grant to teach Comparative International Arbitration in the Czech Republic, Spring 2009. Member: Washington State Bar Association (Disciplinary Hearing Officer; Executive Committee of State Bar Examiners, and Professional Development and Competency Implementation Committee). The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London.
Contact
The Beles Group
204 Grand Central Park
216 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone (206) 622.9119
E-mail: cbeles@belesgroup.com
Education
- B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1971
- J.D., magna cum laude, Gonzaga University, 1975; Managing Editor, Gonzaga Law Review, 1974-1975
- LL.M. with high honors, International Business, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1988
- Admitted: 1975, Washington; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; Member: Washington State Bar Association (Hearing Officer; Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual and Industrial Property; International Practice); State Board of Bar Examiners (Member, Executive Committee; Professional Development and Competency Implementation Committee); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association