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Joshua D.H. Karton

Address: 

Queen’s University Faculty of Law
128 Union St.
Kingston K7L3N6
Canada

Phone Number: 
+1 613-533-6000 x79062
Email: 
joshua.karton@queensu.ca
Website: https://law.queensu.ca/directory/joshua-karton
Born: 
August 18, 1980, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Languages: 
English French Mandarin (spoken)
Nationalities: 
Canadian
Education: 
Yale University, BA in International Relations and Humanities, 2001
Columbia Law School, JD, 2005
University of Cambridge, PhD in Law, 2011
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
New York (2006)
Present Position: 
Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Research), Queen’s University Faculty of Law.
Professional Experience: 

Assistant Professor, Queen’s University Faculty of Law, 2009-2015; Supervisor (Conflict of Laws), Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 2007-2009; Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, 2005-2006; Project Manager, General Relations, Canadian Trade Office, Taipei, 2001-2002.

Professional Associations: 

Managing Editor and co-Founder, Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration, 2018-; Member, Steering Committee, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society “Gold Standard” Course, 2021-; Member, Academic Council, Institute for Transnational Arbitration, 2017-; Member, Task Force on Improving the Probative Value of Witness Testimony in International Arbitrations, International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration and ADR, 2016-2020; Member, Advisory Council, Africa Arbitration, 2018-; Member, ICC Canadian Committee, 2016-; Member, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, 2016-.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (International Panel)

Arbitration Experience: 

Two appointments as sole arbitrator in domestic Canadian cases; counsel in roughly a dozen international commercial and investor-state arbitrations; expert witnesses in one international commercial arbitration and one investor-state arbitration.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Mediation
Contracts
International Sale of Goods
Conflict of Laws
Comparative Law
Publications from JURIS: 
International Arbitral Authority as an Act of Collective Imagination - Chapter 53 - Pro-Arbitration Revisited: A Tribute to Professor George Bermann from his Students Over the Years
The Art of Comparative Law Argument in International Arbitrations - Chapter 39 - Reflections on International Arbitration
Publications: 

Kluwer Arbitration Practical Insights (General Editor, with Simon Greenberg and Fan Yang, Kluwer, published 2020 and updated continuously); The Culture of International Arbitration and the Evolution of Contract Law (Oxford UP, 2013); dozens of articles and book chapters on international arbitration, comparative and international contract law, conflict of laws, and related subjects.