Anthony S. Petruccelli was born in 1950 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He received his B.A. in political science from Fordham University and his J.D. (Juris Doctorate) from Gonzaga University School of Law.Anthony S. Petruccelli was born in 1950 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He received his B.A. in political science from Fordham University and his J.D. (Juris Doctorate) from Gonzaga University School of Law.
Through the 1980s, he lived in Saudi Arabia as general manager of a Saudi Arabian establishment, administering the security contract for the trans-Arabian east-west oil pipeline and Yanbu industrial city. As managing attorney of a NY firm’s Saudi legal consultancy, and as an associate attorney with Ismail Nazer, he served as legal counsel to multinational corporations in foreign affairs, joint venture, capital investment, industrial and commercial licensing, and advised the Ministries of Commerce and Finance, drafting Saudi Arabia’s first commercial bankruptcy law. He also served as legal counsel to the U.S. Consulate Dhahran. After repatriating, Mr. Petruccelli served as special legal counsel and expert witness on Saudi Arabian law in litigation involving U.S. companies from their activities in the Kingdom.
He has lectured at seminars, colleges and universities on developing international business, foreign country risk analysis, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. In the interests of higher education, he organized and incorporated the International School, Lake Washington School District, serving on its executive board and as its legal counsel.