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B.A., Georgetown University, 1983; J.D., University of Connecticut, 1986; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1987; also admitted in Connecticut; Law Clerk, The Honorable B. Avant Edenfield, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1986-1987. Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Connecticut Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States-Maritime law; international and domestic commercial litigation. Fluent in Norwegian, conversant in Russian and French.
B.B.A., George Washington University, 1978; J.D. New York Law School, 1983; M.B.A., City University of New York, Baruch College,1984; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1984; also admitted in Connecticut (1984) and Florida (1985). President, Connecticut Maritime Association, 1995 to date; Member Connecticut Bar Association; Florida Bar Association - Corporate law and ship finance.
B.S., Duke University, 1982; J.D., Tulane University, 1985; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1986; Admitted to the New Jersey Bar, 1986; Member, American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States-- general litigation and trials (jury and non-jury) including personal injury (plaintiff and defendant), products liability, commercial, real estate, mortgage foreclosures, copyrights, marine casualties and oil pollution.
William N. France, II
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B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1972; J.D., New York University, 1977; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1978; Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Maritime Law Association of the United States - Marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and oil spills; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; ship construction contracts; marine insurance; general litigation.
B.S., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1967; J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1971; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1971; also admitted in New Jersey; Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States - Charter parties and ocean bills of lading; arbitration; general commercial litigation.
B.A., The Ohio State University, 1982; J.D., Tulane University, 1986; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1992; also admitted in Louisiana (1987), New Jersey and Connecticut; Member, Connecticut, Louisiana State, New Jersey State, New York and American Bar Associations, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States - Marine insurance and reinsurance; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; arbitration; maritime and commercial litigation.
B.A., University of North Carolina, 1980 (Morehead Scholar); B.A., M.A., Oxford University, 1982; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1989; also admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 1986; Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States and the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple --- Bankruptcy law and creditors' rights, preferences and recoveries; arbitration; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; general commercial litigation. Author: "Bankruptcy Arbitration and the Unwilling Debtor" in Dispute Resolution Journal (AAA) December, 1993.
B.A., Holy Cross College, 1931; J.D., Harvard University, 1934; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1935; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University; Member, Board of Editors, and Former (Chief) Editor, Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce; Honorary Vice President, Comité Maritime International; Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States (President, 1964-66); American Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1964-66); Association of Average Adjusters of the United States (Chairman, 1959-60); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Co-editor, Healy & Sharpe's Cases and Materials on Admiralty (2d ed. 1986); Author, Maritime Law, in Encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed. 1974) - Marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and oil pollution; marine insurance, salvage and general average; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; arbitrations; appeals.
B.S., New York State Maritime College, 1964; J.D., St. John's University, 1969; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1969; Admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1993; U.S. Court of Military Appeals; Commissioner of Pilots, State of New York, 1989-1995; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School, 1975-1987; Member, Brooklyn Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Federal Courts, 1989-1992, Trustee, 990-1996); Member, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Committee on Maritime Personnel, Terminal and Stevedoring and Cruise and Passenger Ship Committee, 1982); [Capt., U.S.N.R.; Holds Third Mate's License Oceans Unlimited, issued by U.S Coast Guard]--Admiralty and Marine; International; Corporate and Finance.
A.B., Duke University, 1971; J.D., Georgetown University, 1975; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1976; Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, New York University; Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce; Member, American Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States; Co-author, Wilford, Coghlin & Kimball, Time Charters (3d ed. 1989) ; Co-author, Voyage Charters (1993) - Marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and oil pollution; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine insurance; arbitration; ERISA litigation (Multiemployer Plan Withdrawals); bankruptcy; general litigation.
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1963; J.D., University of Michigan, 1968; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1969; Member, American Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States; Lt. USNR Active Duty 1963-65; Editor, Benedict on Admiralty (Vols. 2B-2D); Author, Chapter XVI - Marinas, Benedict on Admiralty Volume 8 - Desk Reference - Charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and oil pollution; marine insurance; arbitration; general litigation.
B.A., Brandeis University, 1973; J.D., University of Pennsylvania,1976; admitted to the New York Bar, 1977; also admitted in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York - General commercial litigation (jury and non-jury) and arbitration, including, real estate, state and federal securities laws, RICO, partnership, bankruptcy, copyright and trademark, unfair competition.
B.A., Louisiana State University, 1976; J.D., Tulane University, 1983; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1984; also admitted in the State of Louisiana; Law Clerk, Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1983-84; Co-author, Voyage Charters (1993); Member, American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States -Charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine casualties; general litigation; ERISA litigation (Multiemployer Plan Withdrawals); arbitration. Fluent in German.
B.A., Rutgers College 1968; J.D., American University, 1972; Admitted to the New York Bar 1973; Assistant District Attorney for New York County 1973-1976; Member, American Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States - Marine casualties, including collisions, explosions and oil pollution; personal injury; marine insurance; arbitration; general litigation.
B.A., Columbia College, 1979; J.D., Washington College of Law of American University, 1987; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1988; Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1988; Member, the New York State Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American Bar Association, The District of Columbia Bar, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States--Maritime Law; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Law; International practice.
B.A., Holy Cross College, 1954; LL.B., Fordham University, 1961; LL.M. in International Law, New York University, 1965; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1962; First Vice President, Maritime Law Association of the United States; Member, American Bar Association; Lt. (jg) USN Active Duty 1954-57; Commander, Judge Advocate General Corps USNR-R; Adjunct Professor of Law Touro Law School - Marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and ship construction contracts; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine insurance and reinsurance; arbitration; general litigation.
B. A. Manhattan College 1961; J.D. Fordham University School of Law 1968, Member Board of Editors Fordham L. Rev. 1967-68; Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas F. Murphy, U.S.D.J., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1968-69; admitted in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the District of Connecticut, United States Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits - Commercial litigation and arbitration including insurance, reinsurance, international insolvency, professional liability (attorneys, accountants, brokers).
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1967; J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1973; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1973; Member, American Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States; Lt. USNR Active Duty 1967-70 - Corporate law; corporate and ship financing; charter parties; arbitration; general litigation.
B.S., New York University, 1940; M.A., New York University, 1942; LL.B., Columbia University, 1949; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1950; Chairman, U.S. Coast Guard Rules of the Road Advisory Council (1972-1991); awarded Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Medal; Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States (President, 1982-84); American Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Association of Average Adjustors of the United States; Titulary Member, Comité Maritime International; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; appointed Knight First Class, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by King Harald V, 1991- Marine casualties, including collisions, strandings and oil pollution; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine insurance; trusts and estates.
B.A., Oxford University, 1978; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1981; also admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; Member, American Bar Association, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States - Corporate law; corporate and ship financing; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; marine insurance. Fluent in Greek, conversant in French, Spanish.
Richard V. Singleton, II
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A.B., Guilford College, 1973; J.D., Gonzaga University, 1978; LL.M.,University of Michigan, 1981; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1983; also admitted in the State of Washington; Law Clerk, The Honorable Henry A. Politz, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1981; Instructor in Legal Research and Writing, Wayne State University, 1978-81; Co-author, Dernbach & Singleton, A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (2d ed. 1994); Member, American Bar Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States - Marine casualties, including collisions and strandings; charter parties and ocean bills of lading; arbitration; general litigation.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969; J.D., Stanford University, 1973; admitted in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Second, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; Member, Federal Bar Council, Maritime Law Association of the United States and Connecticut Bar Association; Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association - Maritime and commercial litigation and arbitration, corporate law, environmental law, antitrust law. (Resident Partner in the Stamford, Connecticut office.)
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1975; J.D., New York Law School, 1980; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1981; Member, American Bar Association - litigation and arbitration, including insurance, reinsurance, insurance insolvency, professional liability and general commercial matters.
B.A., Anhui Normal University, 1982; LL.M., Shanghai Maritime Institute, 1985; J.D., University of Maine, 1989; Admitted to the New York Bar, 1990; Member, American Bar Association and the Maritime Law Association of the United States - Marine casualties; contracts of affreightment; maritime arbitration; international commercial transactions. (Resident Partner in the Hong Kong office.)
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ASSOCIATES
Avisheh Avini
Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1969; admitted
to bar, 1996, New York; 1995, Connecticut. Education: Barnard College,
Columbia University (B.A. 1989); Columbia University, Graduate School of
Arts & Sciences (M.A. 1990); Columbia University, School of International
and Public Affairs (M.I.A. 1992); Tulane University (J.D. 1995). Tulane
Maritime Law Journal; Tulane Law Review. Member: New York State Bar Association;
American Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States.
PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime and International Law; Commercial Litigation.
Fluent in Persian and French, conversant in Spanish.
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Thomas
H. Belknap, Jr.
Born Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, U.S. Trust Territory of the
Pacific, January 23, 1969; admitted to the bar: 1997, New York; 1996, Connecticut;
Tufts University (B.A. 1991); Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1996);
Member: American Bar Association, Maritime Law Association of the United
States; PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime Law, Commercial Law, Litigation.
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Born White Plains, New York, April 14, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992,
Massachusetts. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A. 1985); Suffolk
University Law School (J.D. 1991); Assuranceforeningen Skuld, Oslo, Norway,
1991-1997. Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States; American
Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime law, including marine insurance
and personal injury. Conversant in Norwegian.
Richard
S. Ciacci
Born New Rochelle, New York, August 24, 1969; admitted to the
bar: 1994, New Jersey; 1996, New York and Connecticut; New York University
(B.A. 1991); Recipient, NYU Founder's Day Award; George Washington University
School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1994); Member: New York County Bar Association,
Assn. of Bar of City of New York, American Bar Association and Maritime
Law Association of the United States; PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Litigation,
Maritime Law and Employment Law. Fluent in Italian and Spanish.
Ellen
M. Fitzgerald
Born New Haven, Connecticut, April 26, 1964; admitted to bar,
1990, Connecticut; 1991, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1986);
University of Connecticut (J.D., 1990). Member: Association of the Bar
of the City of New York; Maritime Law Association of the United States.
PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime Law; Litigation. Conversant in French.
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Fluent in Russian, conversant in French.
Karen
I. Hansen
Born Brooklyn, New York, May 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983,
Texas; 1987, New York; 1989, Michigan; Education: Webb Institute of Naval
Architecture (B.S., 1978); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1983). Member:
The Maritime Law Association of the United States; The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers. PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime Law; Litigation.
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Joseph
E. Petersen
Born June 13, 1969; admitted to the bar: 1997, New York; 1996,
Connecticut. Education: University at Albany, State University of New York
(B.S. 1991); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D. 1996). Member: American
Bar Association, Maritime Law Association of the United States; PRACTICE
AREAS: Maritime Law, Commercial Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Bankruptcy.
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Shari
M. Rubin
Born Union, New Jersey, September 28, 1966; admitted to bar,
1994 New York; 1993, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.S. 1989);
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (J.D. 1993). Law Clerk, Hon.
Salem V. Ahto, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1993-1994. Member: Maritime
Law Association of the United States; Women in Shipping & Trade Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Litigation, Maritime Law, Real Estate.
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Julie
Pateman Ward
Born Glens Falls, New York, August 21, 1969; admitted to bar,
1995, New York. Education: Union College (B.A. 1991);Albany Law School
of Union University (J.D. 1995). Member: Maritime Law Association of the
United States; New York Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Assocation;
Women's International Shipping & Trading Association. PRACTICE AREAS:
Litigation; Maritime Law; Personal Injury Law.
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Arthur
Zagorsky
Born Odessa, Ukraine, January 3, 1970. Admitted to bar: 1996,
New York; 1995, New Jersey. Education: Boston University (B.A. 1992, M.A.
1992); Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1995). Member: Maritime Law
Association of the United States, American Bar Association and New York
State Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Maritime Law; Litigation; Arbitration.
Fluent in Russian.
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