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Welcome to my web site!
If you are interested in Maritime Law, have questions
about a case, or
just want to see some links to my favorite
maritime and
pleasure boating sites,
you
have found the right place!
Before you start
clicking through, let me tell you a little about myself...
I graduated from the United States
Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York
in 1972 with a third mate’s license for any ocean and any gross
tonnage, a commission in the Navy, and B.S. degree in Nautical
Science. I served as a line officer in the U. S. Navy and decided
to attend law school. In 1975, I graduated with honors from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
.
I went to work for Cleveland’s
largest maritime law firm. I worked on admiralty cases on
the Great Lakes and other
locations. I handled cases involving seamen, longshoremen,
pilots, passengers, cargo, collisions, allisions,
and other marine personal injury and property damage cases. I
became a partner in the firm and was transferred to the firm’s Chicago office, where I handled cases involving
marine causalities on Lake Michigan
and Inland rivers. I am admitted to the Illinois Bar.
I returned to Cleveland
in 1987. I purchased property in Ashtabula,
Ohio on Lake Erie’s North Shore, where I maintain my
office. I handle a variety of maritime and civil cases, and
defend Coast Guard Licenses. I represent marine companies,
seamen, pilots, marine workers, yacht owners, and passengers. My
clients include Lakes Pilots Association, Inc., Western Great Lakes Pilots Association,
Inc., and The Merchant
Officers Protective Syndicate .
Read more about me and my memberships in various Associations
and my Court admissions:
MEMBER: Federal Bar Association (President,
Cleveland Chapter, 1991-1992), Maritime
Law Association of the United States , International
Shipmaster’s Association , American Yachting Counsel, Ohio State Bar Association , and Ashtabula Bar Association.
ADMITTED to United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1975, the Supreme Court of the United
States in 1984, United
States District Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit in 1984, the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois in 1986 (General and Trial Bars),
the United States District
Court for the Eastern of Michigan in 1998 and the United States District Court for
the Western District of Pennsylvania in 2000.
Thanks for visiting my web site!
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or provided in response to any inquiry to the site or its associated
web sites, including but not limited to maritimelaw.com, is provided as
general information about maritime law to the Internet Community.
It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client
relationship. I attempt to provide accurate information, but make
no claims, promises or guarantees about the information provided or
contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites.
Legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each
case, and laws vary by location and are constantly
changing. Nothing provided should be used as a substitute
for the advice of your personal counsel in the appropriate jurisdiction.
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