Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Bio

Academic Background

  • Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C., Juris Doctor (JD), December 1997

  • Georgetown Barristers Council, 1996, Georgetown American Trial Lawyers Association team, 1996
    Honors: Dean's List, 1997; Semi-Finalist, Walter Greenhaulgh Trial Competition
    Activities: International Law Society, BLSA

  • University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, B.Sc. (Honors), 1986, Major: International Relations/Economics

Areas of Expertise

Present Position (s)

  • Trade Expert, Trade Unit, Organization of American States (OAS)

Previous Position (s)

  • Associate Attorney, Dewey Ballantine LLP- International Trade Group

  • Trade Advisor, Jamaica Briefing Room

  • Washington Representative, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Washington D.C. February 1999 – December 2001

  • Minister Counselor, Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C. August 1993 – January 1999

  • Counselor/Consul,  Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland July 1990 – July 1993

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jamaica, Foreign Trade Division, Kingston, Jamaica January 1990 - June1990

  • Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs January 1989 - July 1989

  • Political Division, Kingston, Jamaica September1986 - January1989

Other Activities and Memberships

  • Admitted to Practice in the State of Maryland, MD Bar

  • Associate Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue

  • Member, Washington International Trade Association (WITA)

  • Member, Women in International Trade (WIIT); Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL)

  • Member, University of the West Indies Guild of Graduates

Publications

  • "Services in CARICOM", Services Trade in the Western Hemisphere: Liberalization, Integration and Reform, Sherry M. Stephenson, Ed., Organization of American States, Brookings Institution Press, 2000

  • "Bananas and Small Caribbean States-Casualties of Globalization", Commentary, Quarterly Newsletter, Women in International Trade, Spring 1999

  • “Parity: The Elusive Quest”, Trade Trends, Washington International Trade Association, 1997

  • "Region Seeks to Redress Apparel Issue", HEMISFILE Publication, Institute of the Americas, 1997

  • "A History and Analysis of the Caribbean Basin Initiative", Unpublished report presented to CARICOM Heads of Government, 1998.

  • "Jamaica's Submission to the WTO Panel on the EU Banana Regime", Co-authored with , 1993

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