American College of Genealogy, Heraldry and Documentary Sciences

The following attorneys are associated with the American School of Genealogy, Heradry and Documentary Sciences. They serve a duel focus as legal consultants and as faculty/administration members.

Prof. Stephen Kerr, J.D., LLM, BBA

EDUCATION:

• LL.M: 1978 Public International Law,  The National Law Center - The George Washington Univ.
• Thesis: "Theoretical Basis For and Functions of Non-Territorial and De Jure Sovereignty under Public International Law";
• J. D. 1969 Law -School of Law, University of Oklahoma;and
• B.B.A. 1967 Finance & Economics, School of Business Administration, Univ.  Oklahoma

• Former professor of public international law & human rights (1979-1984), Antioch School of Law, Antioch University, Washington DC

SCHOLARSHIP:

• Hague Academy of International Law - International Court of Justice, The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Special International Legal Counsel to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine

• (1984-1996) (former Ruling House of Austria- Hungary) concerning legal and political issues arising from the 1919 confiscation of the private property of the Habsburgs by the Republic of Austria and the subsequent 1939 confiscation of returned family property by the Nazi Government of Germany.

DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION for INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES:

• Knight of Merit moto propio with Star of the Sacred Military Order of Constantine of St. George of Naples on 22 April 1973 by HRH Prince Ferdinand (IV) of Bourbon-Two Scillies, Duke of Castro, Grand Master of the S. M. O. Constantine of St. George of Naples; 
• Marianer Knight of the Teutonic Order on 28 October 1977 by H. H. Pope Paul IV, Sovereign of the Teutonic Order, through Dr. Idelfons Pauler, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; and
• Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on 22 November 1978 by H. M. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

Edward Thiravej Ploysongsang, Esq., BS, MRP, JD, EMBA, FRAS, MCIArb, Attorney and Counsellor at Law (New York et al).

• U. of Wisconsin – Madison, Bachelor of Science, May 1993;
•  Cornell University (Ithaca, New York),  Master of Regional Planning,  1995;            
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri), Juris Doctor, 1998;
• Sasin Graduate Insti. of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University, Executive MBA, 2010;
• Serving Member (5^th Class), Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.