Thomas E. Carbonneau is the Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University, and Faculty Director of the Institute of Arbitration Law and Practice. He was previously a faculty member at the Tulane University School of Law for more than twenty years, where he held the Moise S. Steeg, Jr. professorship. He has directed summer programs on arbitration at various universities, including McGill University in Quebec, Canada, and Queen Mary College in London. Professor Carbonneau is a scholar of international, comparative, and domestic arbitration. He has written many scholarly articles, and more than fifteen books, including casebooks on international litigation and arbitration. He holds degrees from Bowdoin College, University of Virginia, and Columbia University. He also holds an M.A. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

"In Toward a New Federal Law on Arbitration, Professor Carbonneau not only provides an in-depth academic analysis of arbitral law and its practical application, but he expertly offers a prescription for its improvement. This is a must read for any law student, judge, practitioner, and arbitrator seeking to understand the complexities of arbitration in the United States. Carbonneau writes clearly and comprehensively with a felicitous style. For those of us who benefit from arbitration and for the public who deserves a modern arbitration law, Carbonneau has shown us how it can be done. The question remains as to whether anything will be done about it." -Hon. William G. Bassler, Arbitrator / Mediator

"An ambitious and hugely stimulating contribution to U.S. arbitration law which every student of the FAA and practitioner must read." -Gary Born, Chair, International Arbitration Group, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

"In Toward a New Federal Law on Arbitration, Professor Carbonneau provides a thoughtful and provocative analysis of arbitration law in the United States. Within the framework of a draft arbitration statute, he offers an intriguing compendium of proposals on how to reform American arbitration law, drawn from his experience with arbitration laws and practices around the world." -Christopher R. Drahozal, John M. Rounds Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law

"An engaging contribution to the debate on arbitration's legal framework in the United States." -Professor William W. Park, Boston University, President, London Court of International Arbitration, General Editor, Arbitration International