Maritime and transportation law expert and an attorney with over 40 years of experience in admiralty, ocean shipping, and international trade, including more than 10 years providing expert witness services in cargo, shipping, and logistics-related disputes. Their expert work includes consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony addressing issues involving cargo movement, shipping documentation, and transportation practices. The expert’s practice focuses on cargo claims, bill of lading preparation and interpretation, maritime liens, and the regulation of ocean common carriage, along with vessel operations, demurrage, and freight collection. Their experience also includes stevedoring and terminal operations, including terminal lease agreements, port assignments, preferential assignment agreements, and stevedoring contracts, as well as warehouse operations, warehouse liens, and trucking regulations. Additional areas of analysis involve tariff structures and applications, including port tariffs and freight tariffs, and disputes involving service contracts and maritime labor agreements. This work extends across multimodal transportation systems involving water, truck, and rail, including containerized and break bulk cargo operations.

Their background includes operational and management experience with vessel operating common carriers, where responsibilities included cargo booking, movement planning, vessel operations, cargo loading and storage, and the creation and management of bills of lading and related documentation. This work also involved tariff filing and interpretation, freight release, cargo redirection, and resolution of competing cargo interests, supporting analysis of disputes involving shipping documentation and logistics practices. The expert has also engaged in legal matters involving vessel seizures, cargo defense, negligence claims against freight forwarders, and disputes concerning the international purchase and sale of goods, including issues governed by INCOTERMS. Their experience includes appearances before the Federal Maritime Commission and the U.S. Customs Service, as well as matters involving ocean transportation intermediaries, beneficial cargo owners, and marine terminal operators. The expert has held leadership and decision-making responsibilities within a legal practice focused on maritime, logistics, and international trade matters, and has also served in a mediation capacity through involvement with the U.S. District Court Central District mediation panel. They hold a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and have been a member of a state bar since 1980.