Elizabeth Gilbert, JD

Since 2007, Elizabeth Gilbert has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme’s Office of Audit and Investigations. She investigates fraud and corruption throughout the world on behalf of UNDP. Prior to working for the UNDP, Ms. Gilbert  was employed by the City of New York where she supervised the Fraud Investigation Unit of the Department of Finance. Ms. Gilbert has been teaching international business law since 2004. She is an arbitrator/mediator for the American Arbitration Association, National Association of Securities Dealers and New York Stock Exchange. Since 1991, she has resolved disputes involving Fortune 500 companies in the areas of business law, securities regulation and intellectual property, awarding multi-million dollar verdicts.  As an NYC administrative law judge, she presided over lower court and appellate hearings instituted by regulatory agencies including the Department of Finance, Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Information Technology and Department of Environmental Protection. Prior to her appointment as an administrative law judge, she practiced entertainment, intellectual property and business law as a litigator and transactional attorney in California and New York. She is a graduate of University of California at Berkeley and Southwestern University School of Law and holds a Juris Doctor degree.