Benjamin Davis, Professor of Law at the University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, USA. Graduate of Harvard College (BA) and Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School (JD-MBA) where he was Articles Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He teaches in the areas of Contracts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Public International Law, and International Business Transactions. He is Chair-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution, a member of the Africa Council of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, a Board Member of the Society of American Law Teachers and a Former Member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. Professor Davis was an Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. Between 1983 and 1986, he worked in Paris, France as a Development Consultant in West Africa, and as a Strategic Business Consultant with Mars and Co in Europe. In 1986, he became the American Legal Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce where he supervised directly or indirectly over 5000 international commercial arbitration and mediation cases, made filings before courts around the world on behalf of the ICC, assisted with the drafting of arbitration laws in countries such as India and Sri Lanka, and led conferences in Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Asia. In 1996, he was promoted to Director, Conference Programmes and Manager of the Institute of World Business Law where he organized training sessions on international contracts, dispute resolution, project finance, and electronic commerce.

He is the creator of fast-track international commercial arbitration and of the International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) by which students from around the world competed in online negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. He has published and spoken widely around the world.

Former Member, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security; Member Africa Council, ABA Rule of Law Initiative; Chair-elect, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution.