Richard Bainter provides legal representation to international organizations, nonprofit organizations and businesses. He has served as legal counsel to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia since 2007 and has advised several other international organizations on matters related to their internal administration, diplomatic and organizational immunities and their external relations with governments, NGOs and other entities. He has been involved in a number of projects to promote democratic governance and the rule of law in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Kosovo, Lithuania, Poland, Russia South Sudan, Ukraine and Vietnam. Mr. Bainter also represents businesses and nonprofits in California, particularly those with international dealings. He is trained in mediation and has mediated many complex and politically sensitive disputes.
Mr. Bainter believes strongly in volunteer service and civic engagement. He serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Diplomacy Council, a nonprofit organization that facilitates the visits of foreign leaders to San Diego and on the National Governing Board of Common Cause, a nonprofit organization that promotes open, honest and accountable government in the United States. He is an advisor to the executive committee of the International Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and he chairs the International Affairs Board of the City of San Diego.
Mr. Bainter has taught classes on international law at the University of California, San Diego, the University of San Diego School of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He received his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law and has been licensed to practice law in Colorado since 1988 and in California since 2010. Mr. Bainter is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
