From 1968 to 1973,Bacchus was a reporter and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel in Florida and Washington. From 1964 to 1967,he was a reporter for the Sanford Herald in Florida. He has enlisted service in the United States Army,the United States Army Reserve,the Connecticut National Guard,and the Florida National Guard,1971-1977. From 1968 to 1973.[citation needed]
Bacchus was Deputy Press Secretary and Chief Speechwriter for Florida GovernorReubin Askew from 1974 to 1976. He became Askew's special assistant from 1979 to 1981,after Askew was appointed U.S. Trade Representative.
He served as Chairman of the WTO Appellate Body from 2001 to 2003.[citation needed] He was an attorney and partner with Akerman Senterfitt &Eidson,Orlando in Florida from 1984 to 1990. He was an attorney with Greenberg Traurig,P.A. in Miami,Florida in 1979 and again from 1981 to 1982.
Bacchus was an active member of Congressional committees on science,space,technology,banking,and other financial services. He also served as a member of the select committee on children. He was a lead sponsor and supporter of the International Space Station,the Space Shuttle,the successful repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope,and numerous other legislative initiatives involving public and private space exploration.[citation needed]
Bacchus sponsored legislation establishing the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge for endangered sea turtles,expanding the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (the nation’s oldest),and restoring the natural flow of the Kissimmee River into the Florida Everglades.[citation needed]
Bacchus was the original co-sponsor of the implementing legislation for the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade agreements establishing the World Trade Organization and leading supporter of numerous other trade initiatives,including the North American Free Trade Agreement and normal trade relations with China.[citation needed]
Career after Congress
Bacchus was a founding member and twice chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva,Switzerland,from 1995 to 2003. The WTO dispute settlement system resolves international disputes involving more than 98% of all world commerce. Bacchus was nominated on a bipartisan basis by the United States and twice appointed to the Appellate Body by consensus of the now 164 countries that are members of the WTO. Bacchus served eight years as a founding judge,the only American judge,and was one of the seven judges worldwide. He was twice elected as Chairman in 2002 and 2003. He helped establish the Appellate Body as a leading global tribunal and the WTO dispute settlement system as a leading framework for resolving international disputes and upholding the international rule of law.[citation needed]
Bacchus was Chair of the Global Practice of Greenberg Traurig,P.A. with offices in Orlando,Florida,and Washington,D.C.,from 2004 to 2017. He 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.[citation needed]
Other professional activities
Bacchus was a member of the High Level Advisory Panel to the President of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2014 to 2016.[citation needed] He has served as Chairman of the Commission on Trade and Investment Policy of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce since 2012. He has been a “B20”business adviser to the “G20”heads of state on the international economy,since 2014. He served as Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability of the Davos-based World Economic Forum from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the Global Future Council on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment of the World Economic Forum from 2011 to 2012 and since 2014. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the “E15”Initiative and chair of the global expert group on trade and climate change for the Geneva-based International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development from 2014 to 2015. He has been a member of the Bretton Woods Committee since 1995,and elected life member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1995. He has been a member of the list of arbitration chairpersons under the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Caribbean CARIFORUM states since 2016.[citation needed]
Electoral history
Florida 11th District U.S. House of Representatives election 1990
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