Admitted
1979, Florida; 1980, Pennsylvania; 1985, Delaware; 1986, New Jersey; 1991, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southe
Law School
University of Miami, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., 1973
Memberships
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Association of Average Adjusters of the United States; Association of Average Adjusters of the United Kingdom; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Chairman, Committee on Recreational Boating, 1994-1998; Member: Committee on Navigation and Coast Guard, 1984—; Committee on Products Liability, 1988—); National Marine Bankers Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel.
Biographical
Licenses: U.S. Coast Guard Master of Freight and Towing Vessels on oceans, 1975; Second Officer of any vessel upon oceans, unlimited tonnage, 1976; Pilot, Single Engine Land Aircraft, 1974. Co-Author: Admiralty Jurisdiction and the Pleasure Craft, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., (C.P. Theut ed. 1992); Limitation of Liability and the Pleasure Craft, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., (C.P. Theut ed. 1992). Author: Limitation of Liability and Recreational Vessels, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring, 1992. Contributing Author: 8 Benedict on Admiralty, Desk Reference, 1995. Admiralty: The Common Law Afloat? The Delaware Lawyer, March, 1993; Deep Ocean Mining in Legal Perspective, U.S. Department of Commerce Publication, NMRCKP-112, 1974. Lecturer: Maritime Liens and Their Enforcement, Delaware Bar Association, May 31, 1991; Limitation of Liability and Recreational Vessels, Maritime Law Association of the United States, October 31, 1991; “FPSO's — Regulatory Obstacles,” International Offshore Insurance Conference, Oslo, June 6, 2000.