Haley L. Wasserman is an associate at Williams & Connolly. She focuses her practice on international arbitration and complex commercial and civil litigation. In her arbitration practice, Haley has represented companies and sovereign states in disputes before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), the International Commercial Court (“ICC”) and the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”). Her litigation practice includes product liability, civil rights, government investigations, contract disputes, and other commercial and civil disputes. Haley has successfully argued dispositive motions, taken and defended dozens of depositions, and examined witnesses at hearings.

In 2023, Haley was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (“CPR”). She was also named a “Rising Star” in International Litigation by The Legal 500 in 2023 and 2024. 

Haley is a member of CPR’s Steering Committee for Young Leaders in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She also serves as a volunteer mediator for the District of Columbia Superior Court.

Haley graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, where she competed abroad in the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot Competition and was a finalist in the Appellate Lawyers Association Moot Court Competition. Prior to attending law school, Haley worked as an International Trade Policy Officer for the Government of Alberta in Canada. She graduated from McGill University as Class Valedictorian.