Shelley M. Liberto is a business and commercial law attorney practicing transactions, litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in California since 1987. He is also an international legal and judicial reform expert who has resided and worked abroad for over 17 years.

Mr. Liberto’s development experience spans the Middle East from the Arabian Gulf to the Levant and North Africa, as well as East and West Africa. He has served as both long term and short term consultant on development projects for USAID, UNDP, the World Bank-IFC, the European Union and private sector interests.

Mr. Liberto has worked in the capacities of Team Leader and Chief of Party, as well as long-term and short-term independent consultant to ongoing development projects. Mr. Liberto has also represented private interests before the arbitration panel of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. He is fluent in English, French, and dialectal Arabic, and is a dual US and Italian national.