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Thomas M. Cooley Law School Tampa Bay Tampa Bay - Law

Prof at WMUCLS
Legal Services
Paul
Carrier
Tampa, Florida
My career path focuses on international law and practical legal education of first-year law courses that are on bar exams, with other teaching and scholarship aspects including advising on international legal internships, international scholarships. I have lived, studied, taught and worked as a transactional attorney for nearly 10 years in foreign countries. After having taught property law as well as international law courses for ten years in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I am moving to the teaching of Contracts and Sales Law at my law school's Tampa, Fla. campus, along with electives in international law, Oil & Gas Law. Recently finished a book on Contract Law (using all Florida cases, but covering all MBE/national subjects) and am seeking publisher. To get a sense of it, and of the dedication, see www.mylegs.org ("mylegs" is a common nmenonic device for contract law's Statute of Frauds, FYI).

Experience

  • Comenius University Faculty of Law

    Law Instructor

    Taught administrative law seminar and public international law at the faculty and for its Institute for International Relations (Ustav Medzinardnych Vztahov). One of my favorite projects related to this, in association with ABA/CEELI, was teaching legal English for the Slovak Ministry of Justice.

  • Lovells

    International Transactional Associate

    Transactional work involving real estate, distribution contracts for beer distributors, interim financing in a post-Communist legal environment, and similar.

  • Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

    International Transactional Attorney

    Corporate establishment and compliance, competition, mezzanine financing and M&A contract work + due diligence projects, secondment agreements, and similar.

  • University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

    Lecturer in Law

    Assistance with practical skills training - international moot courts, lectures. Sabbatical year/Fulbright Scholarship.

  • Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School

    Professor of Law

    Property Law, Contracts Law, Sales, Negotiable Instruments, European Union Law, Advanced Practice Skills-International, Public International Law, International Criminal Law, International Business Law, Oil & Gas Law, Secured Transactions; Advisor to Jessup Moot Court Teams. Two-time Fulbright Scholar (teaching law). Moving to Contracts/Sales Department as lateral move (new skills and knowledge of first-year law school, bar-tested subjects).

Education

  • Michigan State University College of Law

    JD summa cum laude

    Law
    General legal studies, assistant teaching of contracts law, law clerk/legal interning and Ford Motor Company Office of the General Counsel, Corporate Transactions Group.

  • Georgetown University Law Center

    Non-Degree Study

    International and Comparative Law
    Summer Program in Florence, Italy between Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court clerking assignments.

  • Georgetown University Law Center

    LL.M, with distinction

    Private and Comparative International Law
    Master of Laws studies in public and comparative international law.

Publications

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • Country Update on Canada: Recent Pronouncements on the Duty to Disclose for Publicly Traded Companies in Ontario, Canada After Enactment of Bill 198

    NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES COMMITTEE

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • Country Update on Canada: Recent Pronouncements on the Duty to Disclose for Publicly Traded Companies in Ontario, Canada After Enactment of Bill 198

    NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES COMMITTEE

  • Recent Canadian Legal Pronouncements on Investor Protections and Disclosure Duties for Publicly Traded Companies in the Wake of Bill 198

    THE GLOBE Vol. 44

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • Country Update on Canada: Recent Pronouncements on the Duty to Disclose for Publicly Traded Companies in Ontario, Canada After Enactment of Bill 198

    NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES COMMITTEE

  • Recent Canadian Legal Pronouncements on Investor Protections and Disclosure Duties for Publicly Traded Companies in the Wake of Bill 198

    THE GLOBE Vol. 44

  • A Status Report on U.S.- Led Worldwide Efforts To Combat Trafficking in Persons

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 1, pp. 13-17

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • Country Update on Canada: Recent Pronouncements on the Duty to Disclose for Publicly Traded Companies in Ontario, Canada After Enactment of Bill 198

    NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES COMMITTEE

  • Recent Canadian Legal Pronouncements on Investor Protections and Disclosure Duties for Publicly Traded Companies in the Wake of Bill 198

    THE GLOBE Vol. 44

  • A Status Report on U.S.- Led Worldwide Efforts To Combat Trafficking in Persons

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 1, pp. 13-17

  • FSIA applied retroactively and subsequent commercial use of expropriated property does not qualify for the “commercial exception; Garb v. The Republic of Poland, 4440 f.3d 579 (2d Cir. 2006)

    THE GLOBE 7-8, Vol. 44

  • A Practitioner’s Primer on Consular Notification of Arrest or Detainment of Foreign Nationals in Michigan

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 3, pp. 14-20

  • The Intensifying Conflict Between State and Federal Government Procurement Policy

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 9-15

  • A Case of Value Add of Legal Services to Cross-Border Transactions, LAWYERS AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LEGAL SERVICES 33

    Vanderplas Publishing

    Law and responsibility are a major part of business operation, and yet in times of economic crisis there is the omnipresent sentiment that there are too many lawyers. Whereas one could respond that self-interest does not appreciate the light of day, it is perhaps more positive to point out the great opportunity for increased and trouble-free expansion of business opportunity that savvy and forward-thinking lawyers can bring to the table.

  • Contracts I; Contracts II

    Self-published until copyrights assigned to publisher

    I and two co-authors have written a comprehensive casebook currently in two parts (Contracts I and Contracts II) which after editing Summer 2018 of the second half will be combined into a Florida Contract Law book. Covers all important contracts topics for MBE as well as Florida purposes, but using the vehicle of all Florida cases rather than the other way around - better to learn Florida law while pointing out the national ("MBE") differences. Laws around the country, taking into account majority and minority rules and trends, is 80-90% the same in any event. Why not develop an understanding of the essence of Florida contract law and practice? We are currently tweaking the second half (Contracts II) and finalizing a teacher's manual - all Contracts I aspects are already finalized. Weekly review outlines with blanks should assist students to self-assess on weekly basis on how well they know what they need to know. Copyrights application already filed for the two parts, and will be on the combined version. There is now a three volume version that ‘addenda’ two of the 26 Chapters. This would facilitate 3, 8-week terms. There are myriad study aids to supplement. Go to www.mylegs.org for helpful material. Florida Bar Takers! The materials may be of use, esp the Informative Slides.

  • Outsourcing and the Conflict with Federal Policy on International Government Procurement Obligations: A Countdown to Federal Preemption?

    8 T.M. COOLEY J. PRAC. & CLINICAL L. 133

  • Country Update on Canada: Recent Pronouncements on the Duty to Disclose for Publicly Traded Companies in Ontario, Canada After Enactment of Bill 198

    NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES COMMITTEE

  • Recent Canadian Legal Pronouncements on Investor Protections and Disclosure Duties for Publicly Traded Companies in the Wake of Bill 198

    THE GLOBE Vol. 44

  • A Status Report on U.S.- Led Worldwide Efforts To Combat Trafficking in Persons

    State Bar of Michigan/Michigan International Lawyer, Vol. XXII, No. 1, pp. 13-17

  • FSIA applied retroactively and subsequent commercial use of expropriated property does not qualify for the “commercial exception; Garb v. The Republic of Poland, 4440 f.3d 579 (2d Cir. 2006)

    THE GLOBE 7-8, Vol. 44

  • Recent Developments in the Application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

    XIX MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL LAWYER 4-9

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