
biography
Gene M. Burd is a partner at FisherBroyles and a leading international disputes lawyer. He has extensive experience in handling complex and high-stakes disputes involving foreign parties, sovereigns, and state-owned entities. He advises and represents clients across various sectors, such as energy, biotechnology, manufacturing, real estate, and finance, in arbitrations under the rules of major international institutions and in litigation before U.S. courts. He also assists clients with matters related to foreign investment, international trade, and U.S. financial sanctions. Gene represented clients before the Federal Maritime Commission in cases involving unjust and unreasonable practices under the Shipping Act of 1984 and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Additionally, he assists clients with FOIA requests and associated FOIA litigations.
Gene has a deep understanding of the legal and practical issues that arise in cross-border disputes, such as personal jurisdiction, comity, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, stays of litigation based on arbitration agreements, forum non conveniens, and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. He is also well-versed in the ...
Washington, D.C.
Credentials
Admissions
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals – D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals – 11th Circuit
U.S. District Court – District of D.C.
U.S. District Court – District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Bankruptcy Court – District of New Jersey
Education
Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ. JD 1997
McGeorge School of Law, Salzburg, Austria, International Legal Studies, 1996
Purdue University, MSCE, 1991
Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, BS, 1980
Prior Law Firm Experience
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP