Patrick W. Pearsall

Professor Patrick W. Pearsall (LinkedIn – X), Director of the International Claims and Reparations Project at Columbia Law School, teaches international law and dispute resolution. He has lectured at Yale and Harvard and also taught as faculty at Georgetown Law, and is widely recognized as a leading scholar on remedies under public international law. His book “Research Handbook on International Claims Commissions” was published in 2024.

Patrick is also a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP where his practice focuses on international disputes. He is co-chair of the firm’s Geopolitical Strategy and International Law group. For nearly a decade (2009-2017) he was a lawyer at the U.S. State Department (in the office of International Claims and Investment Disputes) and departed as the Chief of Investment Arbitration. He serves on several boards, is a partner at a law firm in private practice, and serves as a leader at the American Society of International Law, where he is currently Vice President.