About

Employment History
  • Hogan Lovells, retired partner, New York, 2010 – present
  • Hogan & Hartson, partner, New York and Moscow, 2000 – 2010
  • Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, partner, New York and Moscow, 1994 – 1999
  • Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, partner, New York, 1974 –  1994 and Moscow, 1991 – 1994
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore, associate, New York, 1967 – 1974
  • US Army, Captain, staff officer, Intelligence Division, US Army Headquarters, Heidelberg, Germany, 1965 – 1967
Education
  • Princeton University, AB 1961, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Harvard Law School, JD 1964
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M. 1971
Bar Admissions
  • New York (active)
  • District of Columbia (inactive)
  • Pennsylvania (inactive)
  • United States Supreme Court
Board Positions
  • Mr. Pettibone is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the US-Russia Business Council (USRBC), and was a member of its Executive Committee, chair of its Compensation Committee and its outside general counsel from 1993 to 2009. He is now an Honorary Director of the USRBC.
  • Mr. Pettibone was counsel to the US-USSR Trade and Economic Council from 1974 to 1992.
  • Mr. Pettibone was co-chair of the Investment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham) from 2000 to 2010.
  • Mr. Pettibone was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) from 1993 to 2009.
Professional Memberships
  • Member, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA), Section on Dispute Resolution
  • Member of the steering committees for the thirteen annual conferences on dispute resolution sponsored by the ABA and RAA and held in Moscow, 2009-2021
  • Member, New York State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
  • Member, New York City Bar Association and its Arbitration and ADR Committees and Chair of its Joint Subcommittee on Arb-Med-Arb
  • Member, CPR’s Arbitration Committee and its Rules Revision Task Force
  • Member, International Arbitration Club of New York
  • Member, New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC)
Other Affiliations
  • Class President, Princeton University Class of 1961, 2016–present
  • President, The Anglers Club of New York, 2020–2022
  • Member, New York Yacht Club and Shelter Island Yacht Club
  • Member, The Century Association, New York
Languages
  • Native English speaker
  • Proficient in Russian