[1] An American attorney, English solicitor, legal academic, and specialist in international dispute resolution (including international arbitration, litigation, and conflict of laws), Strong is a former U.S Supreme Court Fellow[2] who provided the initial impetus for the creation of the Singapore Mediation Convention.
[citation needed] Strong practiced law as a U.S-qualified attorney and English-qualified solicitor at the New York and London offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges before being named counsel at Baker McKenzie.
[39] Judges such as the Right Honourable Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, have also referred to Strong's research in their extrajudicial remarks.
[3] The U.S. State Department embraced the idea and shortly afterward submitted a formal proposal to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for a new international instrument on settlement agreements arising out of mediation.
[3] Strong attended deliberations at UNCITRAL as a representative of the American Society of International Law, an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO).
In addition to making interventions from the floor of the United Nations, Strong conducted an empirical study[41] on the status and use of international commercial mediation that was circulated to delegates by the UNCITRAL Secretariat to assist with deliberations.
[44] Strong also serves as an appointed member of the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on Private International Law.
[2] Over the years, Strong has also provided expert assistance to the Organization of American States, the Uniform Law Commission, and the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice.