Admiralty, maritime, and transportation law, including matters relating to cargo and property damage, collision, towage, salvage, marine insurance (hull, cargo and P&I), personal injury, death, maritime creditors rights, maritime liens, arrests and vessel attachments, Cogsa, ship repair, Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, Jones Act, freight forwarders, brokers, truckers, warehousemen, marine products liability, limitation of liability, and recreational boating.

General Litigation, mediation and arbitration, fire litigation, insurance defense, subrogation, personal injury, and commercial litigation, and trucking and transportation related claims in state and federal courts.

Assistant Editor, American Maritime Cases, 1976-present

Lecturer, Tulane Law Institute 1985

Author: "Liens and Liquidation: Preferences, Strong-Arm Clause, Fraudulent Transfers, Equitable Subordination, Priorities and Other Lien Claims", 59 Tulane Law Review, 1401 (1985)

Lecturer, Knox Marine Seminar, "Yacht claims" (1997, 1998, 2000, 2006)

Lecturer, "Longshore Act Third-Party Claims" NBI Seminars (1993, 1996)

Listed in "Best Lawyers in America®" for Maritime Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1989-2010

Chosen for inclusion in "Maryland´s Super Lawyers® 2010" for Transportation/Maritime (also named in 2007, 2008 and 2009).
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Listed in "The International Who´s Who of Shipping and Maritime Lawyers 2009"

Listed in 2006 - present Edition, "Best Lawyers in America" for Mediation

Court of Appeals of Maryland (1973)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1973)
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1976)
Supreme Court of the United States (1987)

University of Maryland, J.D., 1973

Princeton University, A.B., History, 1968

Maritime Law Association of the U.S. (1973-present)

Defense Research Institute, Admiralty Committee (1995-present)

Trained Mediator - ADRMARYLAND President (2002-present); Secretary (1996 to 2002) www.ADRMARYLAND.COM

Chairman, Treatment Based Drug Court Committee, Baltimore City Circuit and District Courts (1994 to 2007)

American Bar Association, Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Law TIPS Section (1986-present)

President, Bar Association of Baltimore City (1990-1991), Chairman, Young Lawyers Section (1980-1981)

Maryland State Bar Association Member, Board of Governors, (1981-1982)(1991-1993)

Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary Society