American Bar Association
Health Law Section
14th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH GUIDELINES
E-mail your biography in MS Word format to Amy Alder at no later than January 10, 2013.
No other formats can be accepted.
The key to a good biography for the purpose of this conference is to keep it short and simple, keep it in prose format, and highlight the experience of the speaker in light of the presentation he/she is doing at this program.
Note that the biography begins with the full name of the person, and his/her current title/occupation and firm/agency in city/state, followed by “where he/she specializes in the practice of [detail the specialty here]”, etc. Follow this with a brief description, listing previous professional experience in reverse chronological order.
The next paragraph can explain professional associations, publications, and activities in the field. Do not cite individual cases, publications, or civic activities in a laundry list-- pick out one or two relevant items, or summarize the experience (for example, “he/she has authored numerous publications and articles in the field of ______”; or “he/she has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences on the topic of ______”).
Finish off with education (e.g. Master, B.A., etc. in reverse chronological order), followed by bar or court admittances. The titles “JD” and “Esquire” will not be included. Do not include personal life items such as spouse, children, hobbies, religious affiliation, place of birth, name of dog, favorite ice cream, or other such personal facts.
SAMPLE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
DANIEL J. PLAINE
Daniel J. Plaine is the manager of Steptoe & Johnson's Antitrust and International Trade Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He practices international and corporate transactional law. He has worked extensively in matters involving international investment and trade, U.S. export controls, international trade disputes, and negotiations in the steel, automobile, textile, electronics, new materials and agricultural industries. He has also negotiated and structured a number of U.S. domestic and overseas acquisitions and joint ventures.
Mr. Plaine has written and lectured on legal topics relating primarily to U.S. regulations governing international trade and investment, the antitrust laws and the conduct of international litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section, the American Society of International Law and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs.
He earned his J.D. in 1970 from Yale University, his LL.B. in 1967 from Cambridge University, and his B.A., Magna cum laude, in 1965 from Williams College, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, the Federal and D.C. Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.