| | birth_place = [[Birth_City:=Colchester|[[Directory:Colchester, England|Colchester]]]], [[Birth_State_Name:=Essex|[[Directory:Essex|Essex]]]], [[Birth_Country_Name:=United Kingdom|[[Directory:United Kingdom|UK]]]] {{flagicon|UK}} | | | birth_place = [[Birth_City:=Colchester|[[Directory:Colchester, England|Colchester]]]], [[Birth_State_Name:=Essex|[[Directory:Essex|Essex]]]], [[Birth_Country_Name:=United Kingdom|[[Directory:United Kingdom|UK]]]] {{flagicon|UK}} |
| | occupation = ''Legal Practitioner, New Media Consultant, and Independent Scholar'' <br> [[NAICS/54111|Private Law Practice]] | | | occupation = ''Legal Practitioner, New Media Consultant, and Independent Scholar'' <br> [[NAICS/54111|Private Law Practice]] |
− | '''Garreth John Westwood''' (born June 10, 1973) is a [[British-American]] legal consultant, independent scholar, and expert on [[nationality law]]. He is a leading advocate of [[legal informatics]], spearheading the online delivery of niche legal services to a wider constituency (e.g., DualCitizen.net Legal) <ref name="DualCitizen.net">{{cite news |url=http://www.dualcitizen.net/ |title= DualCitizen.net Legal |accessdate=2007-02-02}}</ref> As a commentator, he sometimes reports and blogs under the pseudonym "Gearóid Ó Siarcoil", being his legal Gaelic name in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. <br><br> He is an expert in '''dual citizenship law''', specialising in [[Anglosphere]] issues such as US-Ireland dual citizenship and US-British dual citizenship. <ref name="IrishEcho">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishecho.com/search/searchstory.cfm?id=13943&issueid=338 |title= Get Your Irish On. |accessdate=2007-02-02}}</ref> He is the Senior Legal Consultant for the '''BNA Informatics Group''', based in Bellingham, Washington, USA. He was born in Colchester, Essex, England and now works from '''Bellingham''' (north of Seattle); '''White Rock''', British Columbia, Canada (near Vancouver); and '''Mérida''', Yucatán, Mexico (the commercial hub of southeastern Mexico). | + | '''Garreth John Westwood''' (born June 10, 1977) is a [[British-American]] legal consultant, independent scholar, and expert on [[nationality law]]. He is a leading advocate of [[legal informatics]], spearheading the online delivery of niche legal services to a wider constituency (e.g., DualCitizen.net Legal) <ref name="DualCitizen.net">{{cite news |url=http://www.dualcitizen.net/ |title= DualCitizen.net Legal |accessdate=2007-02-02}}</ref> As a commentator, he sometimes reports and blogs under the pseudonym "Gearóid Ó Siarcoil", being his legal Gaelic name in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. <br><br> He is an expert in '''dual citizenship law''', specialising in [[Anglosphere]] issues such as US-Ireland dual citizenship and US-British dual citizenship. <ref name="IrishEcho">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishecho.com/search/searchstory.cfm?id=13943&issueid=338 |title= Get Your Irish On. |accessdate=2007-02-02}}</ref> He is the Senior Legal Consultant for the '''BNA Informatics Group''', based in Bellingham, Washington, USA. He was born in Colchester, Essex, England and now works from '''Bellingham''' (north of Seattle); '''White Rock''', British Columbia, Canada (near Vancouver); and '''Mérida''', Yucatán, Mexico (the commercial hub of southeastern Mexico). |