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Richard A. Conn, Jr. (born November 13, 1957) is an American author, international attorney and fund manager. He is the author of The Earthbound Parent: How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion (Richard A. Conn, The Earthbound Parent: How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion, 2018), a book that encourages parents to raise critical thinkers both for their own sake to as a long term solution to reducing religious inspired conflict. The profits of which he contributes to the Dawkins Foundation.

An expert on international dispute resolution and restructuring, on April 28, 2015 he delivered the key note address to the United Nations to open the U.N. conference addressing the establishment of a world-wide Sovereign Debt Restructuring framework. (General Assembly, 2015)

Conn practiced international corporate law and litigation for nearly twenty years as an equity partner with the international law firm Latham & Watkins. He founded the firm's Moscow office in 1992, served as a key advisor to the Presidential Administration of Boris Yeltsin, and as President of the Moscow based Foreign Bar Association.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:

Richard Conn was born in Norfolk, VA and raised in Scarsdale, New York.

He graduated from Scarsdale High School 1975, Dartmouth College 1979, and Fordham University Law School 1982. Conn served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gordon Thompson, Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California.

Conn is fluent in Russian and Spanish.

PUBLICATIONS:

Conn, Richard (2018), The Earthbound Parent: How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion, Pitchstone Publishing, ISBN 978-1634311625 (Richard A. Conn, The Earthbound Parent: How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion, 2018)

Conn, Richard (2016), essay, Towards a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework: Less is More, published in Too Little, Too Late: The Quest of Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises by Joe Stiglitz, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023154202X, 9780231542029 Conn, Richard (1987), Labor Law and the Bankruptcy Code, Colliers

Conn, Richard (1981), The Alien Tort Statute: International Law as the Rule of Decision, Fordham University Law Review

CAREER:

From 1984 through 2003, Richard was an equity partner with Latham & Watkins. He led the firm’s largest litigation, served as an office managing partner, and founded the firm’s Moscow office.

From 2003 through the present, he served as Managing Partner of Eurasia Advisors, LLC.

Richard also serves as Managing Partner of Innovate Partners.

In 2010 Conn ran for the Deputy Presidency of the World Chess Federation on an international ticket headed by the Twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov with the support of the Thirteenth World Champion Garry Kasparov. Conn is an avid chess player and сhairs the Advisory Committee of a non-profit organization First Move that has already taught chess to 1 million public school second and third graders in the U.S.

HONORS:

In 2010 Conn ran for the Deputy Presidency of the World Chess Federation on an international ticket headed by the Twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov with the support of the Thirteenth World Champion Garry Kasparov.

He сhairs the Advisory Committee of a non-profit First Move, an organization that has taught chess to 1.2 million second and third graders in U.S. public schools.

Conn frequently serves as a chess commentator/entertainer.

Conn serves as an Independent Trustee of a publicly traded mutual fund.

Conn has lectured at Columbia University's Harriman Institute of Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies regarding Russia, as well as at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Columbia University's SIPA Center on Global Economic Governance.

He was a longstanding member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Russia Business Council and regularly consults with the World Bank, Members of Congress, and the Administration regarding C.I.S. related issues. He Co-Chaired the U.S.-Russia Business Council and American Chamber of Commerce (Moscow) joint initiative to facilitate Russian accession to WTO.

Conn frequently speaks publicly on US/Russian relations, sovereign debt restructuring and international dispute resolution, including in the context of his recent book on parenting critical thinkers. He regularly appears on Bloomberg Radio.

PERSONAL LIFE:

Conn is married with four children.

He is an avid chess player with various national and state awards, and past captain of Dartmouth College Chess team.

He enjoys competing in various sports including tennis and platform tennis.

Conn is fluent in Russian and Spanish and conversant in several other languages. Bibliography Eurasia Advisors LLC. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eurasiadvisors.com/ General Assembly, A. H. (2015, April 28). Retrieved from http://webtv.un.org/watch/ad-hoc-committee-on-sovereign-debt-restructuring-processes-general-assembly-6th-meeting-2nd-working-session/4202322539001 Latham & Watkins. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.lw.com/ Mark S. Pulliam, R. A. (1989). Collier labor law and the Bankruptcy Code. M. Bender. RIchard A. Conn, J. (1981). The Alien Tort Statute: International Law as the Rule of Decision. Fordham L. Rev. 874, Vol. 49, Iss 5. Richard A. Conn, J. (1994). Trade and investment between the United States and Russia/Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives (p. 320). Washington, DC: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office. Richard A. Conn, J. (2015). Towards a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework. New Economic Thinking: Liberté, Égalité, Fragilité (p. 8). Paris: OECD/INET Presentation: April 10, 2015. Richard A. Conn, J. (2016). Chapter "Towards a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework: Less is More". In J. E. Stiglitz, Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises (p. 288). Columbia University Press. Richard A. Conn, J. (2018). The Earthbound Parent: How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion. Pitchstone Publishing.

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