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D. Knox Bemis

Senior Counsel

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D. Knox Bemis focuses primarily on litigation and international arbitration. Knox has broad experience in litigation in the U.S. courts, including the Federal District Courts, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. His practice primarily involves Federal Court litigation and disputes with international aspects. He has successfully defended foreign states, state agencies and state-owned corporations in actions brought against them under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. He has also represented foreign states and private entities before international arbitration tribunals, and has himself served on arbitration panels in ICC and other arbitration proceedings.

Knox began his career as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice. He was a partner in Pierson Semmes and Bemis and its predecessor firms from 1970 until 2000. Knox is admitted to practice before the Courts of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and other circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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D. Knox Bemis
Phone: +1 202 331-5041
Fax: +1 202 331- 4011
Email: kbemis@pkrllp.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Commercial Litigation
  • International Arbitration
  • US Court Litigation Involving Sovereign States

EDUCATION

  • Harvard University, J.D., cum laude
  • Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude

BACKGROUND

  • Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Partner, Pierson Semmes and Bemis

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • District of Columbia
  • Arkansas

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    and the Fourth, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Arkansas Supreme Court

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Contact

Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP
1750 K Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: +1 202 331 4040
Fax: +1 202 331 4011
info@pkrllp.com

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