Jim Bacchus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Bacchus

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Leonard "Jim" Bacchus (born June 21, 1949) is an American politician.
Mr.
Bacchus currently serves as a Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and the Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, since September, 2017.
He was a founding member and twice chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland from 1995-2003.
Mr.
Bacchus served as a former member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Florida from 1991-1995.
Bacchus has served as Chairman of the Global Trade & Investment Practice Group at Greenberg Traurig, a Miami-based international law firm.
He was also Co-Chair of its Global Practice Group.
Bacchus has regularly written trade related articles for publications including Forbes and The Wall Street Journal.
On February 23, 2007, Bacchus was named to a Department of Defense panel reviewing the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal.