Admiralty and Maritime Law, Engineering and Finance Consultant; Expert (563)
Expertise
Master Mariner (U.S.) and Chartered Engineer (Naval Architecture).
Expert in admiralty litigation support and expert testimony.
Expert consultant in admiralty and maritime law, engineering and finance.
Expert in maritime operations, maritime architecture, naval engineering and maritime business.
Fluency in English and reading ability in Latin, French, Russian, German and Japanese.
Experience
Business Founder and Independent Consultant, 1981 - Present
Providing litigation support and expert testimony in a broad range of admiralty, maritime and naval matters including marine construction and off-shore industrial activities.
Founded company that offered broad-range naval architectural, inter modal transportation equipment designs, marine engineering, inter modal transportation consulting (Marine Engineering Division); marine environmental engineering and consulting (Environmental Division); marine computer applications and marine economic consulting (Management Division); inter modal equipment manufacturing
(Manufacturing and Shipbuilding Division) and marine and environmental project and program management (Operations Division) to commercial and government clients.
International Maritime Associates, Vice President, 1981
Marine operations and economic consulting to commercial and government clients. Staff and associates of 20 persons.
Marine Transportation Consulting, V. P., & Director, Grumman Data Systems, Inc., 1980 - 1981
Computer and automated systems and simulation systems to steamship companies, shipyards, freight forwarders and government agencies. Span of control 40 persons at three sites.
Industrial and Military Experience
Cadet, Third Officer, Second Officer, Chief Officer Or Master, 1969 - 1983
Various vessels of U.S. Merchant Marine including, dry cargo and heavy lift; product and crude oil tank; container; barge carrier and various dredging and specialty vessels with over 2,600 days at sea. Service in routes to all continents from North America including Antarctica. Numerous shipyard visits, layups, breakouts and other marine operations.
Midshipman to Lieutenant, USNR, 1965 - 1973
Naval reserve activities, affiliated with Naval Control of Shipping Organization, and trained in Naval Control of Shipping and as Convoy Commodore; Honorable discharge.
Honors & Publications
Master Mariner (U.S.) and Chartered Engineer (Naval Architecture).
Member, American Statistical Association
Member, American Council of Master Mariners
Member, American Society of Naval Engineers
Southeast Asia Merchant Marine Service Ribbon
Education
B. S., with distinction, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Marine Transportation systems, Naval architecture, Vessel operations
M. Sc., with distinction, University of Georgia
Quantitative methods, Measurement theory, Mathematical statistics
D., with distinction, University of Georgia: Measurement theory
Efficient Quantitative methods, non-linear n-space methods of correlation.
M. B. A., with distinction, Georgia State University
Finance, econometrics, management, marketing
J. D. , admitted Washington DC Bar
Admiralty, torts, insurance, environment, litigation, international law