Designation of Fred F. Fielding 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 Fred F. Fielding 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 Soia Mentschikoff.

Mr. Fielding is currently a partner with the firm of Wiley, Rein and Fielding in Washington, DC. Prior to this he served as Counsel to the President at the White House, 1981-1986. He was a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, DC, from 1974 to 1981.

Mr. Fielding graduated from Gettysburg College (A.B., 1961) and the University of Virginia School of Law (LL.B., 1964). Mr. Fielding was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1961 and served on active duty from 1965 to 1967. He was born March 21, 1939, in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Fielding is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, VA.