American Bar Association
Amicus Curiae
Karen J. Mathis, Counsel of Record The American Bar Association, with 413,000 members, is the world’s largest voluntary professional membership organization and the leading organization of legal professionals in the United States. Karen J. Mathis is a partner with the law firm McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, where she specializes in commercial and business law. She is a former president of the American Bar Association. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2007. International treatiesconstitute Federal law, and as such are binding on the United…
