About The Founder

Dr. Dimitrios Dimitrakos is a California lawyer with multijurisdictional experience, and a specialist in public international law. He earned his Master of Laws (LL.M, with merit) in public international law, and his Doctorate (JSD, with Award of Excellence) in international water resources law.  In his doctoral dissertation, he examined the international legal framework for the regulation of land-based sources of marine pollution globally and regionally, with emphasis, respectively, on UNCLOS and the UNEP Regional Seas Programme.

As an attorney, Dimitrios offers specialist legal research, advice and representation services to sovereign states and non-state actors and stakeholders in all areas of public international law, including, but not limited to, law of the sea, law of treaties, international water law, international environmental and climate law, international energy law, and human rights.

His current academic and professional focus rests in maritime boundary delimitation, marine pollution from all sources, including land-based sources, vessels, dumping, and atmospheric-based marine pollution, the interaction between international watercourses and regional seas regimes, and the normativity and scope of marine environmental protection principles (e.g. the precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach) in maritime areas within and beyond national jurisdiction.  Additionally, he researches, represents, and advises on questions relevant to archipelagic states, prompt release of ships, marine environmental challenges facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS), fisheries, and climate change, as well as on sovereign immunity, territorial integrity, and other principles and norms of public international law. His interests also cover the interrelation between public international law and religion.