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Guoting(Thomas) Guo's Resume Guoting(Thomas) Guo
Summary of qualifications
• Experienced 21 years of Maritime Lawyer, 6 years of Human Rights lawyer, 7 years of Arbitrator, 7 years part-time law professor and researcher
• Published 10 law books and 500 essays and case studies
• Fluent in English, Mandarin, Kejia and Minnan
• Proficient in use of various computer programs
Education
September 2007-September 2009 University of Victoria
Visiting Scholar
May 2006-May 2007. Camosun College
Studying English
September 2005-April 2006 Columbia University Law School
Visiting scholar (delay this program for my applied for the refugee in Canada)
March-July 1985. East China Law School, Shanghai, China
Completed four months commercial law in English focused on law translation
1980-1984. Jilin University Changchun, Jilin, China
LLB international Law
Professional experience
September-December 2005
Editor
Edited Six Books of Mr. Chen Yangchao and published the On Privileged Rights
July 2005
Judge
Appointed as the Judge of special tribunal of trial of Communist Party of China in Washington D.C. USA.
2002-2005. Shanghai Tian-yee Law Group. (Shanghai China)
Manager Partner.
Focus on human rights cases, such as dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners, while handling the maritime and insurance cases
2000-2002.Richard Wang & Co. (Shanghai China)
Director of Maritime and Admiralty Department
Mainly dealing with maritime and admiralty, marine insurance and international trade cases.
1999-2000. SG & CO. (Shanghai China)
Partner
Handled commercial and maritime litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international
1996-1998. Zenith Law Firm (Fuzhou China)
Founding Partner
Conducted international trade, maritime, insurance, and banking law
June-Dec,1995. Richards Butler (HongKong)
China legal council
Involved with a number of international trade and maritime cases, gained invaluable experience in dealing with commercial disputes in English
1992-1995. Fujian Economic Trade Law Firm (Fuzhou China)
Director of Foreign Affairs Department
Handled maritime, banking, financial projects, international trade commercial litigations, and arbitrations
Appeared as attorney in all of the courts of PRC, various maritime courts, higher courts and the Supreme Court of P. R. China
1984-1992. Fujian Foreign Economic Law Firm(Fuzhou China)
Lawyer
Involved in a number of criminal, civil and commercial litigation cases
Gained broad experience in PRC Litigation procedures and drafting, negotiation foreign investment contracts/ agreements in China
Professional memberships
2005-present Arbitrator of China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission(CIETAC)
1999-present Arbitrator of China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
2003-present Visiting law professor of Wuhan University Law School
2001-2005Researcher of Foreign Economic and Trade University of China
2000-2005Researcher of Shanghai Maritime University
1997-2005Fellow of the Maritime Committee of All China Lawyer’s Association
1993-2005 Member of International Bar Association.
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin, Kejia and Minnan), English
Awards and Honours
2009 Nominee of 2009 John Humphrey Democracy and Human Rights Award
2009 Nominee of 2009 Asia Human Rights Award
2008 Nominee of 2008 Asia Human Rights Award
2008 One of the hundred of Chinese Public Intellectuals in the World
2007 Nominee of the hundred of Chinese Public Intellectuals in the World
2005 One of the fourteenth Asia year people by Asia Weekly
2005 Award of Search for Justice in Vancouver
2002 Top Maritime lawyer in China by Legal 500
1994 One of four top young lawyers in China by Lawyer and Legality
Publications
• 2009 Freedom House of Freedom on Net 2008(translation)
• 2006 On Privileged Rights (editor)
• 2005 International Maritime & Admiralty law (translation)
• 2005 The collection of Thomas Guo’s legal essays on Maritime and International Trade Law
• 2005 The collection of Thomas Guo’s defense statement and speeches on trials
• 2003 Institute Clauses (translation) 3rd. edition
• 2001 Omay on Marine Insurance-Law and Policy (translation) China Law Press
• 2000 Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading(translation) 20ed China Law Press
• 1999 CIF and FOB Contracts( translation) 4ed Fudan University Press
• 1996 Law and Practice of International Maritime (Chief Editor) Dalian Maritime University Press
• 1995 The Analysis of Current China Foreign Economic and Trade cases (Chief Editor) China Political-Law University Press
• 1994 The Law and Lawyers practice of International Economic and Trade (Co-author) China Political-Law University Press
• 1993 The Art of Judgment (translation) China Political-Law University Press
• 1992 Modern Bill of Lading (translation) Dalian Maritime University Press
International presentation
Chinese has no basic human rights – special report on 2008 China’s Human Rights Forum in the Canadian parliament in Ottawa Canada
On the News Media Control by the CCP Regime --- at Paris Conference on China’s Control on News Media for April 20, 2008 in Paris France
On the Status of China's Freedom of Political Speech – the conference of Free speech in China on November 10,2007 in Copenhagen Denmark
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers have no Human Rights—the second conference of universal supporting Asia Democratization, on May 25, 2007 in Brussels Belgium
A Study on the Freedom Culture movement and Constitutionalism, at the first conference of Chinese freedom Culture Movement on November 25, 2006 in Melbourne Australia.
Human Rights Lawyers and Chinese Defence Rights Movement, on conference of Chinese Defence Rights Movement on July 4, 2006 Taipei, Taiwan.
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