Michael J.T. McMillen is a partner of the international law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP and a member of the New York Bar. He teaches Islamic finance at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and The Wharton School. He has worked as an international Islamic finance lawyer since 1996 and as an international project and infrastructure finance lawyer since 1983. He is a two-time recipient of Euromoney's award for Best Legal Advisor in Islamic finance. He is the recipient of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum award in Special Recognition for Regional Continuing Contributions to Islamic Finance. Michael was the founding chair, and twice chair, of the Islamic Finance Section of the American Bar Association. Euromoney magazine identified him as one of the 16 pioneers of modern Islamic finance. Michael received his M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and his B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.