Manuel A. Gómez is an Associate Professor of Law and the Associate Dean of International and Graduate Studies at Florida International University (FIU). He specializes in international arbitration, comparative complex litigation, and international law with focus on Latin America. He also leads the College of Law’s Global Legal Studies Initiative, is an academic board member of the Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS), member of the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), and member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at FIU. Professor Gómez is also the Editor-in-Chief of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review (WAMR).
He has taught and lectured extensively through the Americas, Asia, and Europe, and his publications have earned wide recognition and accolades. Gómez has extensive litigation experience in Latin America, frequently serves as expert in international arbitration proceedings, and in court proceedings involving foreign parties in the U.S. He has also been appointed as arbitrator under the rules of the ICC. Professor Gómez holds masters and doctoral degrees from Stanford University School of Law, and a law degree (cum laude) and a specialization in procedural law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela).
