David Caron is the C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. He currently serves as President of the American Society of International Law, Co-Director of the Law of the Sea Institute, and as a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. He presently serves also as a member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Public International Law and of the Investment Subcommittee of U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. He is a member of the Bars of the State of California and of England and Wales, and is a Barrister with Chambers at 20 Essex Street.
Lee M. Caplan is an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes of the US Department of State.