The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

John Allen Burgess

John Allen Burgess

john.burgess@wilerhale.com

Phone: (617) 526-6418

Office: (617) 526-5000

Fax: WilmerHale
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

Address: The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Adjunct Professor of International Law

Education

BA, Yale University
JD, Harvard Law School

Professional Activities

Partner, Corporate Department, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, member of the firm’s Management and Executive Committees, co-chair of the Corporate Department’s International Transactions Group, and a former co-chair of Hale and Dorr’s Corporate Department; Member, Council on Foreign Relations, member of the Board of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, and life member of the United States Naval Institute; Member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Courses

Fall 2009

Research Interests

International commercial law; international trade.

Selected Publications

  • “Emerging Technologies and Western Security,” Securing Europe’s Future (1987).
  • “La Marine: The Post-War French Navy and Western Security,” United States Naval Institute Proceedings (March 1985).