DRAPER & DRAPER - Key Persons
Corinne Atton is the co-author of the 2022 chapter on the Law and Procedure of International Arbitration in the U.S. in Lexology Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2022.
Corinne E. Atton has extensive experience advising clients in complex, high-stakes commercial and patent litigations, and arbitrations. She has advised on a wide variety of technologies, with a particular focus on climate change mitigation technologies, biotechnology, biologics and pharmaceuticals.
Corinne also has experience litigating high-stakes interstate and transboundary water disputes.
Corinne is an accomplished litigator and trial attorney. She has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and various U.S. district courts. She has also represented clients in inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the administrative law body of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office).
Corinne formerly practiced as a barrister in England and Wales where she represented clients in high-stakes patent, trademark, commercial litigation, and international arbitration matters. While working in the U.K., she represented clients before the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), the Chancery Division (Patents Court) of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
Before joining Draper & Draper, Corinne was a litigator for more than a decade at WilmerHale in London and New York, and at Weil, Gotshal and Manges, and Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and Scinto in New York.
Corinne has a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Human Genetics from University College London (UCL), and a Master of Laws degree from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar).
Corinne is admitted to the bar in New York, and in England and Wales; and has rights of audience before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, S.D.N.Y, E.D.N.Y, and all courts in England and Wales, including the U.K. Supreme Court.
John B. Draper has 35 years experience representing clients in natural resources matters. For most of that time he has focused on water rights issues, including transboundary water disputes before the U.S. Supreme Court. For eleven years, Chambers & Partners has awarded John top rankings, including "Senior Statesman" and "Star Individual". Chambers USA 2018 calls John "a preeminent water law and natural resources attorney," adding that he "is widely acknowledged by market commentators as an 'excellent lawyer' who has taken on 'very large and high-profile water law cases nationally.'" Previous editions of Chambers USA have noted that John "stands out for the quality and depth of his work" (2015) and that "Clients appreciate [John's] ‘encyclopedic knowledge of case law' and ‘great trial skills,'" with one client commenting that "‘[he'd] hire him again in a heartbeat.'" (2014).
John has been counsel for one or more states before the U.S. Supreme Court continuously since 1990, and has argued before the Justices three times. He has had some 300 days of trial before Supreme Court-appointed Special Masters. John is currently counsel to the State of New Mexico in its ongoing interstate water dispute with Texas and the United States before the U.S. Supreme Court.
He also represents private parties in water matters. Chambers USA 2014 states that "John Draper is recognized as ‘the preeminent water lawyer'" in New Mexico. He regularly appears before the New Mexico State Engineer in administrative proceedings and appeals, court adjudications of water rights. He also handles the purchase and sale of privately held water rights.
Before co-founding Draper & Draper in 2014, John was a shareholder for more than 30 years in the Santa Fe law firm of Montgomery & Andrews. John continues to collaborate closely with Montgomery & Andrews.
John holds numerous leadership positions in the natural resources legal bar. He has served as the co-chair of the annual New Mexico Water Law Conference for more than 20 years. He is a member of the Trustee Council of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Judicial College's Dividing the Waters program. John was the first chair of the New Mexico State Bar Natural Resources Specialization Subcommittee, and he has served on the Advisory Board of the Utton Transboundary Center at the University of New Mexico.
John is admitted to practice in New Mexico state court, the Federal district court for the District of New Mexico, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
John is also an active supporter of numerous educational and arts institutions. He serves as a member of the Presidents' Council of St. John's College (with campuses in Santa Fe and Annapolis) and currently President of the Board of the International Folk Art Foundation, which supports the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe. He was the 2005 commencement speaker at St. John's College in Santa Fe.
John grew up in Albuquerque. He is a graduate of Highland High School. He obtained an Electrical Engineering degree from Princeton University (High Honors) and a law degree magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico. At the University of New Mexico, John served as the Editor-in-Chief of both the New Mexico Law Review and the Natural Resources Journal.
John was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation to study law in Sweden. He also has a Graduate Degree in the Liberal Arts from St. John's College. He holds a Diploma in Graduate Legal Studies from the University of Stockholm and is co-author with Professor Ulf Bernitz of Consumer Protection in Sweden: Legislation, Institutions, and Practice (2d. ed. 1986, Univ. of Stockholm).
John Draper is a leading interstate water dispute practitioner. John has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court for more than 20 years.
Job Titles:
- Author
- Co - Chair of New York Arbitration Week 2021
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Matthew Draper is the author of the 2022 chapter on the law and procedure of international arbitration in the United States in Lexology Getting the Deal Through -- Arbitration 2022.
Matthew E. Draper FCIArb is an arbitrator, international arbitration counsel, and litigator. He leads the firms' international arbitration practice, which is ranked as a top practice nationwide by U.S. News Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" 2022.
Chambers Global 2022 identifies Matthew as "a superb arbitrator," "diligent, creative and very intelligent," a "very strong lawyer, who is well respected in the community," and "very skilled interpersonally."
Who's Who Legal Arbitration 2022 recognizes Matthew as a "Global Leader" in international arbitration, quoting clients as saying "Matt's pragmatic approach and ability to hone in on the salient facts and legal issues make him stand out" and "His depth of understanding of arbitral processes is most impressive."
Matthew is identified as a leading international arbitration counsel in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. Super Lawyers 2021 ranks Matthew as a "Top Rated Alternative Dispute Resolution Attorney" in New York.
Matthew is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He sits as an arbitrator in international disputes administered by the ICC and ICDR, and U.S. commercial disputes administered by the AAA. Matthew serves on the arbitrator rosters for the AAA's Large and Complex disputes, the ICDR's international panel, and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He also sits as arbitrator in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules.
Matthew is Co-Chair of New York Arbitration Week 2021 and the Vice Chair of of the New York Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He serves as Chair of the USCIB Arbitration Committee's Sole Practitioner Subcommittee, and was a member of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes. He is a member of the SIAC Users Council, the International Commercial Disputes and the Arbitration Committees of the New York City Bar Association, and the New York International Arbitration Center.
Matthew is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is the former Co-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association's Section on the Environment, Energy and Resources.
Matthew's commercial disputes practice focuses on energy and water-related disputes. Matthew regularly represents clients in transboundary water disputes. He has represented U.S. and foreign clients in courts and international arbitrations across various industries, including telecommunications, construction and transportation. Matthew also has significant experience representing financial services firms before industry arbitration panels and regulators.
Matthew splits his time between the firm's New York City and Santa Fe offices. Before co-founding Draper & Draper, Matthew was a litigator and international arbitration practitioner for more than a decade at WilmerHale, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Chaffetz Lindsey.
Matthew also has significant public international legal experience. From 2002 to 2003 Matthew served as a Junior Legal Officer in the Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, a division of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, where he advised the High Commissioner on public international legal issues. Matthew has authored numerous articles on a variety of international treaty law topics, and advises clients on various treaties, including the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and a variety of other bilateral and multilateral trade and investment treaties.
Matthew is a graduate of Princeton University (magna cum laude) and Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar). Matthew served as the Articles-Submissions editor for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law and received a Certificate of Achievement from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law.