Allison E. Butler has been a practitioner since 1991 and is a member of the state bars of California and Florida. She has served as in-house counsel for numerous business entities throughout the United States during the past 25 years and has authored several articles and publications, including A Practical Guide to the CISG: Negotiations Through Litigation and co-authored the International Contract Manual. Butler has taught law and business courses and is the recipient of various grants and honors including being a Selected Fulbright Grantee. She is also a Florida Civil Law Notary and a Civil Law Notary Arbitration Association arbitrator.