The ABA Guide to International Bar Admissions

Russell W. Dombrow

Mr. Dombrow holds a Juris Doctor, with a Certificate in International Legal Practice, from the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While a student at Nova, Mr. Dombrow competed in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. He also holds a Certificate in the Study of Arbitration Law from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law and the McGill University Faculty of Law. He has practiced as a staff attorney with the Justice Alliance of Central New York, which consists of Legal Services of Central New York and the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York. Mr. Dombrow is a member of the ABA Section of International Law, the ABA Section of Litigation, the ABA Young Lawyers Division, the New York State Bar Association (Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, International Law Section, Trial Lawyers Section, and Young Lawyers Section), and the Onondaga County Bar Association. As a member of the ABA Section of International Law, Mr. Dombrow has served as Co-Chair of the Law Student, LLM, & New Lawyer Outreach Committee, and the Young Lawyers Interest Network, and is the Deputy Publications Officer. Only sixteen months after graduating from law school, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Section’s 2009 Fall Meeting. At that meeting, he created and produced the Associates’ Boot Camp (now the International Practice Boot Camp), which provides foundation-level information on various aspects of international legal practice. Mr. Dombrow is a recipient of the Section’s Outstanding Volunteer Award, the Best Teleconference Award, and the Outstanding Outreach Efforts Award. He is licensed to practice law in the state of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Nancy A. Matos

Ms. Matos holds a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey, an LL.M. degree in International Business Law, from the University of Leiden in Leiden, The Netherlands, and an LL.M. in Dutch law from the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ms. Matos is a Senior Associate with the law fi rm of Baker & McKenzie in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She advises clients in the areas of cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, and general corporate matters. Ms. Matos is a member of the ABA Section of International Law where she has served as Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Interest Network and Co-Chair of the International Mergers & Acquisitions Joint Venture Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Europe Committee. She is also a member of the Dutch Bar Association, a Board Member of the Amsterdam American Business Club, and a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. Ms. Matos has been a panelist, moderator, and chair of many programs during various American Bar Association meetings. She has also authored and been featured in numerous Dutch and American publications. She is licensed to practice law in the states of New Jersey and New York, and in The Netherlands.