Symeon C. Symeonides is the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Willamette University School of Law, in Oregon. He is an award winning author and renowned expert in conflicts law, having published 26 books and more than 120 articles (in seven languages), including the widely popular annual survey of American choice-of-law cases for the last thirty years. Reviewers have called him "a conflicts giant," "the world's leading expert on comparative conflicts law," and "the father of codification," and his work "brilliant," "engrossing," "masterful," and "indispensable." His work received five scholarly prizes and has been cited by the supreme courts of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel (22 times). He drafted three path-breaking choice-of-law codifications (for Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and Oregon), participated in drafting several European Union laws and two international conventions, and provided legislative advice to several foreign governments. He is president of the International Association of Legal Science, former President of the American Society of Comparative Law, and member of the Institut de Droit International and the International Academy of Comparative Law. He has taught and lectured at several American and European universities and The Hague Academy of International Law. He holds degrees in private and public law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LL.M and an S.J.D from the Harvard Law School, and two honorary doctorates.