Webinar: So You Want to be an Ex Pat Lawyer Part 2 - Internships and Employment in International Business and Trade Law
2026-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This is part two of a four-part series detailing the ins and outs, and the ups and downs of using one’s law credentials in international employment. This webinar will address opportunities in the international business and trade law. The experts in this panel have worked in the specific field and will share the business model, how to find or create opportunities, and answer questions posed by participants to give practical information on entering the work force in international business and trade law.
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Presented by the Federal Bar Association’s International Law Section

Presenters

Col (USAF, Ret) Linda Strite Murnane (Moderator)
University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D. 1981
Linda recently completed two years as an Associate Justice serving on the High Court of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Her previous judicial experience included ten consecutive years as a military judge and chief circuit military judge for the United States Air Force. She served in a variety of United Nations positions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including service in Trial Chamber 3 as the Senior Legal Officer, three years as the Chief Court Management Services, and short terms as the Acting Head of Chambers and Acting Deputy Registrar. She also served three years as the Chief, Court Management Services at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
She currently serves on the Board of Governors for the American Bar Association (ABA) and American Judges Association (AJA) and is the co-District Director for District 7 of the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ). She previously served as Chair of the ABA Judicial Division and National Conference of Specialized Court Judges, as the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law, and as an ABA UN Representative and Special Observer. She served on the ABA International Law Section’s Executive Council for six years. She is an ABA Sustaining Life Fellow, and a past recipient of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement and International Law Section’s Mayre Rasmussen Award.
Justice Murnane is the editor of “Women’s Voices: A Global Perspective on the Right to Vote”, and is a chapter contributor to “Her Honor” both published by ABA Publications.
She is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and is married to Kevin M. Murnane, USAF, Ret. They have two daughters, Rachel Manuel and Christina Veillon, who are both teachers, and three grandchildren, Abrial, Cody and Aidan.

David Wemhoff
David Wemhoff holds an AB in Government, a Juris Doctor (JD), and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International and Comparative Law. Mr. Wemhoff is in the private practice of law in South Bend, Indiana. He taught Business Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, American Government, Constitutional Law, and State and Local Law at two universities. Mr. Wemhoff has been a member of the International Law Section and Chair of the International Trade and Customs Law committee since 2015.

Laurence Wiener
Upon graduation from law school, Laurence joined LeBoeuf, Lamb Leiby & MacRae (precursor to Dewey & LeBoeuf) as an associate of the San Francisco office. There he worked on complex litigation matters, including the hostile takeover by British American Tobacco US of Farmers Insurance Group. He later represented both plaintiffs and defendants in securities fraud claims and in business tort litigation. He gained additional trial experience representing the trustee and creditors in federal and state law insolvency claims. Laurence has resided in Buenos Aires since 1991. After studying at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and working as a professor at private institutions, he joined the law firm Muñoz de Toro & Muñoz de Toro, eventually becoming a partner and achieving a ground-breaking precedent for U.S. lawyers in Argentina. Laurence has advised issuers and underwriters on registered and exempted offerings of Argentine corporate debt, equity and convertible securities. From2001 until 2010, he was Of Counsel at Negri &Teijeiro Abogados and, in April 2010, he co-founded WIENER SOTO CAPARRÓS (WSC Legal). His practice currently extends to advising companies on acquisitions, finance, funding and repatriation of investments, and risk management. Laurence has served as adviser and director to various international subsidiaries. He is an active member of the State Bar of California and of the American Bar Association, Section of International Law (Former Co-Chair, U.S. Lawyers Abroad Committee; Former Co-Chair Buenos Aires City Chapter). He is recognized as a “Notable Practitioner” by Chambers & Partners (2010-present) and is a frequent speaker on matters related to his practice.

Ramona Tudorancea
Ramona Tudorancea is an international lawyer with experience across several industries and jurisdictions who started to work with crypto and blockchain projects in 2017. Ramona is the Managing Partner of JupiterBlock Ventures in the Cayman Islands, and a Co-Founder and Partner of Ixian, a legal engineering group innovating with emerging technologies across several special economic zones and innovative jurisdictions. She is a New York attorney and a UK solicitor, a Chartered Governance professional, and a recent graduate of Venture Institute, an emerging manager program by Decile Group.

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