SAMUEL A. BLEICHER


Principal, The Strategic Path LLC  8/07 - present
The Strategic Path LLC is my personal business entity, through which I conduct my academic and strategic assistance activities.   Beginning in 2007, I have taught and lectured in law school programs in Washington DC, Beijing, and Moscow.   I am also consulting with private    clients on matters involving business with the State Department and with Chinese entities.

Dept. of State, Overseas Buildings Operations Bureau (OBO)  11/01 – 8/07
        Chief Strategist for New Initiatives  
        Director, New Initiatives Division, Office of Planning &
               Development
        Assistant for Legislative & Business Affairs
Drafted and advocated Capital Security Cost-Sharing (CSCS) legislation that is providing $17.5 billion to build 150 secure new diplomatic facilities.  Created OBO’s performance awards.  Won Hill support for new embassies, including Beijing.  Set up the New Initiatives Division to handle new, high-visibility programs: CSCS, Soft Targets, and Build-To-Lease Projects. Drafted and advocated plans to fund rehabilitation projects.  Member, Department's Transformational Diplomacy WG, OBO coordinator on new American Presence Posts 

Partner:  Miles & Stockbridge 1990 – 2001, other law firms 1981 – 90  
        Led industry legislative drafting groups, advised clients, and
        negotiated with EPA and Members of Congress and staff: major legislative efforts were the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-142), Fastener Quality Act Amendments of 1999 (P.L. 106-34), and Workplace Goods Statute of Repose (HR 2005)
        Litigated environmental law cases:  Solite v. EPA, 952 F.2d 473 (D.C. Cir.1991) and Nurad v. Hooper & Sons, 966 F.2d 837 (4th Cir. 1992), including appellate briefs and oral arguments, and trial court discovery and summary judgment proceedings 

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration   2/77 – 1/81   
        Deputy General Counsel
        Deputy Assistant Administrator
        Director, Office of Ocean Management
        Special Assistant to the Administrator
Led programs to manage and protect ocean and coastal resources under the Marine Sanctuaries and Coastal Zone Acts and treaty negotiations on oceans and environment

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency   6/72 – 1/75
        Deputy Director for Regulation & Enforcement
Oversaw rulemakings, permitting, and enforcement of Clean Air and Clean Water Acts 

Professor of Law 
       Georgetown University Law School, Adjunct, 1983, 1984, 2008-
       Beijing - National Judges College Judicial Education Program, 2009
       Beijing - Temple/Tsinghua Law Schools Joint LLM Program, 2007
       Moscow – U. of San Diego Law School Summer Program, 2007  
       University of Virginia Law School, Visitor, 1981, 1984        
       University of Missouri Law School, Visitor, 1969-70
       University of Toledo College of Law, tenured Professor 1966–76

Taught international negotiations, international business, environmental law, common law legal reasoning, constitutional law, public international law, and property law.  Prepared my own materials on International Environmental Law.  Published lead articles in the Harvard Law Review; Stanford Law Review; Ecology Law Quarterly; and the American Journal of International Law 

Education
       J.D.   Harvard Law School                       
       B.A.  Northwestern U. – Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in Economics

Active NGO participation
       ACLU of Virginia Legal Committee 2008 - 
Review requests for ACLU representation or amicus participation in cases involving Bill of Rights issues        

       2020 Vision Board of Directors 2008-09 
Advise citizens and Congressional Staff education on energy security, including global climate disruption and electric vehicles
                                                                                                            U.S. citizen; full State Department security clearances