Professor Gotanda received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Hawaii. At Hawaii, he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Hawaii Law Review. Following law school, he was a staff attorney with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then worked as an associate attorney with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and later with Goodwin, Procter & Hoar in Boston before joining the faculty in 1994.

Professor Gotanda’s research and teaching interests focus on damages in international law, international commercial arbitration, economics in litigation, and property.