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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CASES, LITIGATION CASES AND DEBT RECOVERY

Representative clients and cases in the United States and internationally

The Law Offices of Charles H. Camp, P.C. serves clients throughout the world by resolving disputes in litigation and international commercial arbitration cases and recovering debts, including judgments and arbitral awards. Drawing upon more than 30 years of legal expertise, innovative problem-solving techniques and a network of high-profile contacts, the law Offices of Charles H. Camp assists a clientele that includes wealthy individuals, foreign sovereigns and major corporations. The firm has obtained nearly $1 billion in judgments against various Iraq-owned entities on behalf of twenty banks and financial institutions based in Bahrain, England, France, Kuwait, Switzerland, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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International attorney dedicated to resolving client disputes
Employing significant skills in litigation, arbitration and asset location, Mr. Camp collects significant sums from difficult debtors ranging from sovereigns such as the People's Republic of China, to foreign and domestic banks and companies, to individual debtors. Based in Washington, D.C., the law Offices of Charles H. Camp is well situated to represent clients in courts and arbitrations whether locally, in New York, or around the world. Contact the Law Offices of Charles H. Camp, P.C. via email or call 202.457.7786 or 301.461.0283 for a free initial consultation and personalized representation.

International Clients and Cases
Note: All clients represented by the Law Offices of Charles H. Camp appear in bold.

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and breach of contract cases

  • Alahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.; Abu Dhabi Investment Authority; Al UBAF Arab International Bank E.C.; Bahrain Arab International Bank E.C.; Banque S.B.A. (Societe Bancaire Arabe); DanInvest S.A.; Euroloans Company Inc.; Kuwait Foreign Trading, Contracting & Investment Co. S.A.K.; Kuwait International Investment Company S.A.K.; Kuwait Real Estate Bank K.S.C.; Lazard Brothers and Co. Ltd.; Socimer Finance S.A.; Trigone Capital Finance; Tunis International Bank; Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises; and U.B.A.F. Bank Ltd. By And Through Banque Arabe Et Internationale D’Investissement, Also Acting On Its Own Behalf v. Rafidain Bank and the Central Bank of Iraq, 95 Civ. 8127, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Alahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C. v. Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq, 96 Civ. 6690, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Gulf International Bank B.S.C. v. Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq, 96 Civ. 5707, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K. and National Bank of Kuwait (France), S.A. v. Rafidain Bank, Electrical Projects Company, and the Central Bank of Iraq, 93 Civ. 3324, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

International arbitration cases

  • California Company v. Saudi Arabian Company and Malaysian Company, ICC London Arbitration
  • Angulan Company v. Multinational Oil Companios, UNCITRAL Ad Hoc Arbitration
  • Biedermann International, Inc. v. The Republic of Kazakhstan and The Association for Social and Economic Development of Western Kazakhstan “Intercaspian,” No. 97/1996, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
  • Application of the Republic of Kazakhstan [for Discovery Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782] v. Biedermann International, Inc., No. 98-21072, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

International collection cases

  • E & C Copiers Export-Import Corp. v. Arizas Fotocopiadoras S.A.S et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-21693-MGC, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
  • Serenivision, Inc. v. Clayton Douglass, Case No. 2016 CA 006636 F, Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. The People’s Republic of China, Case No. 1:01-mc-00300, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., Bank of China Ltd. and China Construction Bank Corporation, Civil Action No. 18 Misc. 302, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Debbie Walters & Max Walters v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., Bank of China Ltd., and China Construction Bank Corporation, Case No. 10-806, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  • Cortez Byrd and Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Republic of Honduras, Case 13-3794 United States Court of Appels for the Second Circuit.
  • Cortez Byrd and Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga, and Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 1:11-mc-00443-P1, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Cortez Byrd and Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga, and Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 1:12-rj-00004, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
  • Cortez Byrd and Simmons Lumber Company, S.A. v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho, S.A. (Corfino), William E. Simmons, III, Carl Swan, Israel Pacheco, Alberto Figueroa, John Pearson, Myra Berlioz, Oscar Alvarenga, and Maderas de Exportacion, S.A., Case No. 5:12-fj-00008-D, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
  • Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait, K.S.C. v. Commercial Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 96 Civ. 6690, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Bruce Mones v. National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 18 Misc. 0302, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Bruce Mones v. Commercial Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K., 18 Misc. 0302, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Wirt D. Walker, III, Mishal Y.S. Al Sabah, Hamzah M. Behbehani, KuwAm Corporation, et al. v. Bruce Mones, Civil Action No. 96-2876, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics v. Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, Case No. 13-CU-1274, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

International extradition cases

  • Matter of Extradition of Blendi Haxhiaj, Case No.: 1:05MJ829, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Matter of the Extradition of Georgios Koskotas, Magistrate No. 88-93-J, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
  • George Koskotas v. James B. Roche, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 89-2193-WD, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

International fraud and breach of contract cases

  • Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C. v. Maan Abdulwahed A. Al Sanea and Saad Trading, Contracting & Financial Services Co., Index No. 602847/09, U.S. Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Political Question Doctrine and obligation of courts to read and interpret treaties to determine the existence of constitutional rights

  • Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, Civil Action No. 06-1825, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. To learn more about this case, please see the related news.
  • Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, No. 08-5078, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Dr. Roger C.S. Lin, et al. v. United States of America, No. 09-33, U.S. Supreme Court.

Human Rights and Statelessness

  • Roger C.S. Lin, et al., v. United States of America and Republic of China (Taiwan), Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-00295-CKK, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Roger C.S. Lin, et al., v. United States of America and Republic of China (Taiwan), No. 16-5149, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
  • Roger C.S. Lin, et al., v. United States of America and Republic of China (Taiwan), No. 17-49, U.S. Supreme Court.

Domestic Clients and Cases
Note: All clients represented by Mr. Camp appear in bold.

Bank director liability cases

  • Washington Bancorporation, Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., et al. v. Wafic R. Said, et al. / Federal Deposition Insurance Corporation as Receiver for The National Bank of Washington v. Luther H. Hodges, Jr., et al., Civil Action No. 88-3111, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Breach of contract and fiduciary duty cases

  • Edward Sargent v. John Crisp and Legal Research Services, Case No. 2011 CA 008229, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • Suheil Makhlouf v. USDA Employee Services & Recreation Association, Case No. 2006 CA 0473, U.S. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • Trading Force Limited v. Ropa Group Corporation, 00 Civ. 2994, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange v. Jenkens & Gilchrist, et al. v. St. Katherine Insurance Company, PLC, et al.; Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange v. Donald R. Rector and Herbert S. Kendrick, III, Independent Executor of the Estate of Herbert S. Kendrick, Jr., Deceased v. St. Katherine Insurance Company, PLC, et al., No. 92-CA 278, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
  • West Indies Network-I, LLC v. Nortel Networks (CALA) Inc., et al., Case No. 04-61320, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Breach of contract and insurance coverage cases

  • The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company v. Code 3 Security & Protection Services, Inc. v. CSU Producer Resources, Inc. and Bay Area Insurance Group, LLC, Case No. 1:15-cv-02028-RJL, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company v. Code 3 Security & Protection Services, Inc. v. CSU Producer Resources, Inc. and Bay Area Insurance Group, LLC, Case No. 1:15-cv-02018-RJL, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company v. Code 3 Security & Protection Services, Inc. v. CSU Producer Resources, Inc. and Bay Area Insurance Group, LLC, Case No. 8:16-cv-00127-JSM-TBM, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Breach of contract and insurance fraud cases

  • Code 3 Security & Protection Services, Inc. v. CSU Producer Resources, Inc. and Bay Area Insurance Group, LLC, Case No. 2017 CA 006683 B, Superior Court for the District of Columbia
  • Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., Case Nos. 4:1992cv00388 & 4:1992cv00948, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Breach of contract and violation of Franchise Act cases

  • W.D.G.-West, Inc., W.D.G.-Hawaii, Inc., W.D.G. & Co., Inc., William D. Gray, and Carmen Prill Gray v. Aveda Corporation, Horst Rechelbacher, Jeffrey W. Cook, Peter Rechelbacher, Charles Weaver, Robert Burns, Prakash Purohit, Dennis Richey, and James R. Gruepner, Civil Action No. 3-95-1098, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Declaratory Judgment Litigation and contract invalidity

  • Winmar Construction, Inc. v. JK Moving and Storage, Inc., Case No. 1:17-cv-02164-EGS, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • JK Moving and Storage, Inc. v. Winmar Construction, Inc. and Edwin Villegas, Case No. 1:17-cv- 01213-CMH- TCB, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Non-Compete Litigation

  • Divspan LLC, et al. v. Susan Fitzgerald, et. al., Case No. 2017 CA 1617 B, Superior Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Division.

Premises Liability

  • Monique Nichols, as mother and next best friend of J.S. v. MM Property, LLC and Mayfair Mansions Limited Partnership and Edgewood Management Corporation and Code 3 Security and Protection Services, Inc., Civil Case No.15-0002608, Superior Court for the District of Columbia.

Constitutional rights of parents

  • Curtis, et al. v. School Comm. of Falmouth, No. 95-617, U.S. Supreme Court.

Defamation cases

  • Suheil Makhlouf v. Sharlene Deskins, Roger Lancaster, and USDA Employee and Recreation Association, Case No. 2006 CA 7040, U.S. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • Suheil Makhlouf and G.O.D., Inc. v. Sharlene Deskins, Case No. 2006 CA 7039, U.S. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • William D. Gray and W.D.G.-West, Inc. v. Horst Rechelbacher, Court File No. 99-CV-1145, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Estate tax annuity valuation cases

  • Estate of Clair M. Ghylin, Deceased v. Commissioner, Docket No. 15869-99, U.S. Tax Court.

Judgment enforcement and fraudulent conveyances

  • Winmar, Inc. v. Al Jazeera International, Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-01307, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • Encompass Enterprises, LLC v. Richard Rymland and The Rymland Group, Inc. v. Catherine Wyler, 2008 CA 004384 F, U.S. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • Encompass Enterprises, LLC v. Catherine Wyler, 2009 CA 008813 B, U.S. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Legal malpractice prosecution cases

  • Donald R. Rector v. Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, et al., Cause No. 462,714-B, U.S. District Court, Travis County, Texas, 261st Judicial District.
  • Ronald G. Pawlik and Sarah G. Stanley, individually and as representatives of all other persons similarly situated, v. Texas Gas Transmissions Corporation and Robert W. Best, James Ermer, and G. Ted Smith, as Members of the Retirement Board of Texas Gas Retirement Plan v. Baker & Botts LLP, and James R. Raborn, a Partner in Baker & Botts, LLP., Civil Action No. H-91-231, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Legal malpractice defense cases

  • National Credit Union Administration Board v. Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C., et al., Case No. 8:CV91-00636, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  • FDIC v. Vineyard, Donald Rector, et al., Civil Action No. CA3-88-130-C, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
  • FDIC v. Bauman, Donald Rector, et al., Civil Action No. CA3-90-614-H, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Shrader & York, et al., Civil Action No. H-91-1372, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
  • Joseph A. Doumit and Omega Telecommunications, Inc. v. Jacobson, Price, Holman & Stern, Successor To O’Brien & Jacobson, Harvey B. Jacobson, Harvey B. Jacobson, Sr., Jacob Shuster and Home Insurance Company, Civil Action No. 93-0389, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
  • Cheryl Ogle, Individually and as Representative of her Minor Daughter, Crystal Ogle v. Harold B. Stone, Stone and Hinds, P.C., Frank N. Ikard, Jr., Ikard & Golden, P.C., Johnson & Gibbs, P.C., Rash, Laney, Chapman, Schrieber & Porter, L.L.P., and Mary E. Fulmer, Cause No. 94-013799, U.S. District Court, Harris County, Texas, 157th Judicial District.

Malicious prosecution cases

  • George Casimates and Patricia Casimates v. John Anthony Zuccaro, Kimberly Zuccaro, Maria D. Herrera, Judith Bazemore, Keith Bazemore, and Eric Anthony Cooper, Civil Action No. 163676, Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Miscellaneous Tort Cases

  • Tiffany Montgomery v. Fido Solutions Inc., Case No. 2014 CA 000883, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  • Tiffany Montgomery v. Timothy Delaney, Lindsay Kenney LLP, and South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, Case No. 2014 CA 002186.

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) cases

  • Laura Murray v. Gary Mulgrew and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Civil Action No. 1:08-cv-1541, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.