Primary practice - representation of individual claimants in tort litigation. Special emphasis on maritime, railroad and construction worker claims.

In the past 20 years of practice has been involved in hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury suits, with scores of jury verdicts. In so doing, has represented clients making new, and important additions to the body of maritime, construction and railroad law through published decisions including:

Cammon v. City of New York, 721 N.Y.S.2d 579 (2000)
Deler v. Commodore Cruise Line, 1995 WL 733655 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)
Coppinger v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad, 861 F.2d 33 (2d Cir. 1988)
Alvarez-Rodriquez v. Bermuda Star Lines, 898 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1990)
Deisler v McCormack Aggregates Co., 54 F.3rd 1074 (3rd Cir. 1995)
Eriksen v. Long Island Lighting Co., 653 N.Y.S.2d 670 (2d Dept. 1997)
Guenther v Sedco, Inc. 866 F.Supp. 786 (S.D.N.Y. 1994)

EDUCATION
Law School:
New York Law School, JD 1981

College:
Rutgers University, BA Communications 1975

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Section Memberships: Admiralty and Railroad
1997-98, Admiralty Section Chairman

- New York Trial Lawyer's Association

- New Jersey Trial Lawyer's Association

- Maritime Law Association of the United States

LECTURES:
Guest Lecturer, University of Glasgow, School of Law
"Comparative American and Scottish Civil Procedure"

1993 ATLA Annual Convention Lecture and Paper
"Use of Professional and Regulatory Standards to Prove Liability in Maritime Personal Injury Cases"

2001 ATLA Annual Convention Lecture and Paper
"Application of State Law to Prove Liability for a Maritime Casualty"

PUBLICATIONS:
Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 23:2 (1999), An Analytical Framework for Maritime Preemption Cases Involving Wrongful Death Damages - The Legacy of Miles, Yamaha, Amtrak, and Others.

-ATLA Admiralty Section Newsletter, "Claims Arising on Government Vessels". An analysis of the requirements and pitfalls in handling claims against government owned or operated vessels

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:
-Member and Legal Advisor, New Jersey Association of Rail Passengers