Timothy Dickinson

Practice Areas

Anti-Corruption/FCPA | Export Controls | Economic Sanctions | Independent & Internal Investigations | World Bank/IFI Investigations | Monitorship | International Arbitration | White-Collar Defense | ESG, Climate & Sustainability | Life Sciences | National Security & Cross-Border Transactions | Education | Ethics & Compliance

Professional Memberships

Member, Anti-Corruption Committee Advisory Board, International Bar Association, 2023-2024

Member, Management Board, CEELI Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

Member, Audit Committee, American Society of International Law

Co-chair, International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee, 2012-2013

Founding faculty member, University of Michigan Law School's International Transactions Clinic

Director, International Law Institute's course on government integrity and anti-corruption initiatives

Chairman, ABA's International Legal Resource Center, American Bar Association and the United Nations Development Programme

Chairman, ABA Section of International Law, 1997-1999

Career

Timothy L. Dickinson is a Senior Counsel in the firm's Washington, DC office, with more than 40 years of experience in anti-corruption law. His practice encompasses a wide range of areas, including all aspects of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), US export laws, economic sanctions, ITAR regulations (including enforcement actions), and political risk insurance.

Timothy advises clients across various industries on anti-corruption matters, including the establishment and implementation of compliance programs, conducting due diligence for third parties and acquisitions, and leading special investigations and defense before regulators in the US and abroad, including the UK's Serious Fraud Office. In 2005, he was appointed Independent Expert by Monsanto as part of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Department of Justice, and he also served as Independent Monitor for another company from 2010-2013. Timothy has also represented a number of companies through monitorships following dispositions with the DOJ and SEC.

Timothy has significant experience working with multilateral development banks, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank. He was selected by The World Bank to assist with developing their Voluntary Disclosure Program and has contributed to evaluating and recommending improvements to compliance programs of VDP participants. Timothy's practice also includes counseling on political risk insurance claims, disputes with insureds and arbitrations. Timothy is also recognized for his unique capabilities in recovery actions post claims payments on behalf of political risk insurers worldwide.

In addition to his legal practice, Timothy has an extensive academic career. Currently, he is a professor of practice at the University of Michigan Law School, where he teaches Anti-Corruption Law and Practice and International Commercial Transactions. He is also a founding faculty member of the International Transactions Clinic, providing students practical experience in international commercial law. Previously, he was an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center from 1983 to 1993.

Mr. Dickinson has served as the chair of the ABA Section of International Law and Practice, the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, and as a Director for the International Law Institute's Governance and Anti-Corruption Methods course. He also chaired the ABA's International Legal Resource Center and currently serves on the Executive Board of the CEELI Institute.