Don Arnavas is a visiting professor of International Commercial Arbitration. He received his J.D. Degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., and has had a diverse career; as a judge—adjudicating contract disputes between the U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors; as an academic—on an adjunct basis at Universities in the Washington area as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia; and as a private practitioner—counseling clients at law firms in Washington.

He is the author and editor, through to its 3^rd Edition, of the Government Contracts Guidebook and Resolving Government Contract Disputes Through ADR. In addition, he has authored or co-authored over fifty articles dealing with various aspects of contract law, alternative dispute resolution, and international arbitration.

Don currently serves as a Senior Fellow at Salisbury University’s Center for Conflict Resolution and as a Mediator, Arbitrator and Expert Witness.