Designation of Franz Martin Oppenheimer as a Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

The President today announced his intention to designate Franz Martin Oppenheimer to be a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes for a term of 6 years. He would succeed Oscar Schachter.

Since 1984 Mr. Oppenheimer has been a partner with the law firm of Kominers, Fort, Schlefer & Boyer in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was a partner with the firm of Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer, 1959-1983.

Mr. Oppenheimer graduated from the University of Chicago (B.S., 1942) and Yale Law School (LL.B., 1945). He was born September 7, 1919, in Mainz, Germany. He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC.