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United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 
New York State Supreme Court
 

Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, N.Y.
J.D. 1983, Law Review 

Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y.
B.A. 1967
 

Sole practitioner  1989 - present
Emphasis on purchase and sale transactions of ocean-going vessels and drilling rigs; financing; corporate representation; international purchase and sale of goods; cargo damage; time charter and voyage charter disputes; demurrage, unseaworthiness, performance and non-performance claims, safe port warranties; arbitration and litigation including attachment of assets and arrest of vessels for security. 

Lamorte Burns & Company, Inc.  1987 - 1989
Manager, Freight, Demurrage and Defense Department
Representation of vessel owners and charterers on behalf of protection and indemnity clubs in respect of disputes arising from bills of lading and voyage and time charters; litigation and arbitration. 

Zock, Petrie & Curtin  1981 - 1986
Associate
Arbitration and litigation arising from charter parties and booking notes, maritime liens, maritime attachment, removal, scope of discovery, attorneys' fees in arbitration, inherent vice in cargoes carried under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act; drafting of motion papers and briefs for state and federal litigation regarding same; analysis of voyage and time charter parties.
 

Atlanta Chartering Corporation  August 1980 - 1983 
Director

John G. Miller, Inc.  1977 - 1980 
President
Time and voyage charter parties for ocean carriage; financial and office management. 

H. Meisner, Inc.  1974 - 1977 
Vice President
Chartering brokerage.