Laurie Foster

Nationality(ies): American

Practice Areas

  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Insurance

Bar Admission

COUNTRYSTATE / REGION
Bar Admission - Country and State:
Country: United States
State: New York

Experience with arbitral institutions

  • International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR)
  • International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Education

  • Columbia University School of Law (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1977)
  • Vassar College (B.A., Philosophy, 1974)
  • Diploma International Arbitration (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2007)

Other Information

Over 40 years of partner-level experience in the litigation and arbitration of complex domestic and international commercial disputes across a broad range of substantive areas, including commercial contracts, reinsurance and insurance coverage, corporate transactions, acquisition agreements, purchase price adjustments, indemnification claims, long-term supply contracts, art law, product liability, consumer disputes, and maritime arbitration.

Served as chair, sole arbitrator, tribunal member, and counsel in international and domestic arbitrations and related judicial proceedings. Appointed in approximately 50 arbitrations, the substantial majority since founding Foster Resolution in 2020. Listed on the ICDR and the AAA Commercial, Large Complex, Expedited, and Consumer Rosters. AAA roster member since 2010.

Has participated in international arbitration administered by the ICC, ICDR, SMA, and AAA, as well as in ad hoc arbitration. Experience includes arbitrations seated in the United States, Paris, Bermuda, and Dubai. Frequently addresses foreign law and choice of law issues.

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and former Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law.

Main Country of Residence

United States

Firm Name

Foster Resolution

Site

Address

1170 5th Ave15D - 10029 - NewYork - NY
United States

Professional Phone

Mobile Phone

+19143914570
Published elsewhere
  • “Arbitration Definition Under the FAA: The Unsettled Law,” New York Law Journal (Nov. 17, 2014)
  • ABA Section of International Law Working Group Comments on Draft Disclosures for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes (2009)
  • “Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage,” Transnational Dispute Management (2007)
  • “GAAP Consistently Applied: Concept Simple, Practice Not,” New York Law Journal (June 8, 2007)
  • “Provisional Remedies in International Arbitration,” Transnational Dispute Management (2006)
Firm Name
Foster Resolution
External Profile
English
Native Fluency
Conduct DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards