Biography

Education

• BA, Harvard University, 1967
• JD, Stanford Law School, 1970

Employment

• Attorney, Peabody and Brown (now Nixon Peabody), 1970—1981; partner 1977—1981
• Chief Executive Officer, Costar Corporation, 1981—1993
• Senior Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), 1993—1995
• Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State, Assistance to the Former Soviet Union, 1995—1998
• Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State, Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, 1998—1999
• U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, 99—01
• Senior Director, Stonebridge International LLC, 2001—Present
• Senior Counsel, Nixon Peabody, 2004—Present
• Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 2003—Present
• Visiting Scholar and Diplomat in Residence, Stanford Institute of International Studies, 2002
• Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, 2002

Courses

• International Trade: WTO
• Law and Policy of the European Union

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Law and Policy of the European Union
• WTO: Law, Policy, and Politics

Publications & Cases

• Richard L. Morningstar, Putting a Face to the EU, Financial Times.com, June 24, 2008.
• Richard L. Morningstar, The New Great Game: Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Caspian Region, Transatlantic Thinkers Paper Series, Bertelsmann-Stiftung (2007).