Brett Dakin, a New York attorney, is the Charles Evans Gerber Transactional Studies Research Fellow at Columbia Law School.  Brett is also the author of Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos (Asia Books), which Rough Guides calls "a must for anyone looking to understand Laos today."  Prior to joining Columbia, Brett was an associate at the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, ...more