CAROLYN SHIELDS<\/title>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"place\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"country-region\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"date\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"schemas-westgroup-com\/westlawcitation\"\n name=\"typecases\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"PlaceType\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"PlaceName\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"City\"\/>\n<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"\n name=\"State\"\/>\n\n<link rel=\"themeDatahref=\"Attorney%20Shields%20Resume%20Corp%20&%20Sec-Englishonly_files\/themedata.thmx\"\">\n<link rel=\"colorSchemeMappinghref=\"Attorney%20Shields%20Resume%20Corp%20&%20Sec-Englishonly_files\/colorschememapping.xml\"\">\n\n<style>\n\n<\/style>\n\n<\/head>\n\n<body lang=\"EN-US\" link=\"blue\" vlink=\"#954F72\" style='tab-interval:.5in;word-wrap:break-word'>\n\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n\n<span\nstyle='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>CAROLYN SHIELDS<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\nLIU & SHIELDS LLP<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>4160 Main Street, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Suite 2<\/span>08A<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Flushing, New York 1135<\/span>5<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Tel:\u00a0 <\/span>718-463-1868<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Fax:\u00a0 <\/span>718-463-2883<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nclass=\"Hypertext\">liu<a\nhref=\"mailto:shieldslaw@\">shieldslaw@<\/a>gmail.com<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<![if !vml]>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Background: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><a\nhref=\"file:\/\/DLINK-\/Volume_2-6\/Amd-Toshiba%20blank+whinny1-62011\/00cac-------------\/liushieldsllp\/An-webphoto\/carolyn.html\">Carolyn\nShields <\/a>is an American with nearly <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>5<\/span>0\nyears of experience practicing law. Her interest in Chinese language and\nculture dates from her college studies, when she majored in Chinese Language\nand Literature. As a law student at the University of Connecticut, she was\nEditor-in-Chief of the University of Connecticut Law Review and graduated magna\ncum laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She received her\nMasters Degree in Law from Tulane University. Carolyn is admitted to practice\nin the Supreme Court of the United States and in the state and federal courts\nof New York and California, and has nearly 30 years of litigation experience in\nthe courts of New York, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey,\nMaryland, Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Montana, with some of her\nnoteworthy cases appearing in the legal literature. She has published articles\nin the law reviews, and has written a casebook, Cases and Materials on\nAdmiralty and Maritime Law, which she used in teaching at Loyola University.\nCarolyn has also taught Commercial Law, Family Law, Corporation Law, Tax Law,\nand Maritime Law. Further details about Carolyn appear on the resume link on\nthis site.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Experience<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Partner,\nLiu & Shields LLP, Flushing, New York, 2005-present<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Partner, Bailey & Partners,\nSanta Monica, California, 1999-2005<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Partner, Lane Powell Spears\nLubersky LLP, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Los Angeles<\/st1:city>, <st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1993-1999<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Associate: Williams Woolley\nCogswell Nakazawa & Russell, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Long\n Beach<\/span><\/st1:city>, <st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/span><\/st1:place>, 1991-1993<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Associate:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear,\n<st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Buffalo<\/st1:city>, <st1:state w:st=\"on\">New\n York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1983-1985<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola\nLaw School, 1995-1997 (Admiralty Law)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Visiting Assistant Professor of\nLaw, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Indiana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype\n w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>\nof Law, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1985‑1986 (UCC); Chase <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">College<\/st1:placetype> of <st1:placename\n w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>, 1986‑1987 (Corporations,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Securities, Tax, Conflicts) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Clerk to the Honorable John A.\nSpeziale, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the State of <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/span><\/st1:state><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 1981-1982<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Areas of Practice<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Litigation in federal and state\ncourts, including trial and appellate practice:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>International\nLaw; Corporation Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law;<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Intellectual\nProperty; Commercial Litigation<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Admitted to Practice<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Supreme Court of the <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Federal Courts, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> and <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>State Courts, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> and <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Education<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Tulane<\/span><\/st1:placename><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename>\n <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (LL.M., Admiralty, 1991)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">University<\/span><\/st1:placetype><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> of <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:placename><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (J.D., 1981, High Honors;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Editor-in-Chief, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/i><\/st1:state><\/st1:place> Law Review<\/i>)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Indiana<\/span><\/st1:placename><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (A.B., Chinese Language and\nLiterature, 1969)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Publications<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"4\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"IRS LB 3\" tagpropertieslongform=\"Bulletin No. 3\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"IRS LB 3\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Recent Developments: Liens<\/span><\/i><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 1 Benedict<\/span><span\n style='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>s Maritime Bulletin No. 3 (2003)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Recent Developments in State and\nFederal Evidence Law<\/span><\/i>,\n34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce 1 (2003) (co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Daubert, Proof of a Prior, and the\nSoliton: Bernart Towboat Co. v. USS Chandler (DDG 996)<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce\n173 (2003) (co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Contributor, Marine Protection\nand Indemnity Policy Annotations Project (Chapter 3:<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Loss to Property By<\/span>\nCollision and Other Causes, published by the Maritime Law<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Association of the <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\n2001) <\/span><\/i>(co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Cases and Materials in Admiralty\nand Maritime Law<\/span><\/i>\n(used at <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Loyola<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename\n w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>,\n1995-<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1997)<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Spoliation of Evidence: Joinder and\nJury Trial<\/span><\/i>, Lane\nPowell Spears Lubersky LLP Admiralty News, Winter 1996, at 6<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Sovereign Immunity in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Survey and Economic Analysis<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 13 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Conn.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> L. Rev.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>293 (1981)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"2\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"2\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"18 UCLA L. Rev. 252\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"18 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 252\" tagpropertiesform=\"0\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"18 UCLA L. Rev. 252\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Legal Remedies for\n Overurbanization: The Ghanaian Experience<\/span><\/i>, 18 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 252 (1970)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (coauthor)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"2\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"2\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\" tagpropertiesform=\"0\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\" w:st=\"on\">Book Review, 46 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Ind.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> L.J. 442 (1971)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (coauthor)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Languages<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Some French, German, Russian, and\nChinese<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>Activities<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Violin (professional and amateur);\nSailing<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Appendix:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Selected Transactional and Litigation Matters<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Vickers Aerospace v. Air <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Mauritius<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\nCase No. 2000cv00960, S.D.N.Y., <st1:date month=\"11\" day=\"7\" year=\"2003\" w:st=\"on\">November\n 7, 2003<\/st1:date>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Products liability case involving\nfire damage sustained by two commercial aircraft and litigated in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">France<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nand in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.\nHandled <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\nand French litigation, including whether an exculpatory clause in a contract\nbetween an airframe manufacturer and an airline could be enforced against the\nairline by a component manufacturer, and whether the economic loss doctrine\nbarred a tort claim against the component manufacturer where the product\ndamaged only itself.\u00a0 <\/span>Prevailed in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> federal\ndistrict court and in the Commercial Court of France.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Set up international company to own\nand operate fleet of cruise ships, including handling public offering under <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nand <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nstates\u2019 securities laws.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Advised international Asian medical\ncompany and negotiated their contracts with <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region\n w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> businesses with the\naim of protecting them from hypothetical but potential liability for mad cow\ndisease transmitted by blood products.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Litigated issue of what limitations\nperiod applies in 10(b)(5) securities litigation in absence of federal statute\nof limitations, including effect of states\u2019 borrowing statutes, United States\nDistrict Court, Western District of New York.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Mercury v. Direct TV<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>,\nSuperior Court of the State of <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,\nLos Angeles County Commercial dispute between Argentinian business against\ndistributor of satellite television services in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Latin\n America<\/st1:place>, settled.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In re: Air Crash off Point Mugu,\nCalifornia, on January 31, 2002, MDL Docket No. 00-1343, United States District\nCourt for the North District of California.<\/span><\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In this complex general maritime\nlaw aviation disaster, prevailed on motion for summary judgment on behalf of a\nremote successor of the component manufacturer.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span\nstyle='mso-tab-count:1'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Ventura Packers, Inc. v. F\/V JEANINE <span\nclass=\"GramE\">KATHLEEN\u00a0 <\/span>in<\/span> rem, <st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"0\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"305 F.3d 913\" tagpropertieslongform=\"305 F.3d 913\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"305 F.3d 913\" w:st=\"on\">305 F.3d\n 913, 2002 A.M.C. 2248 (9th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1000, 123 S. Ct.\n 1910, 155 L. Ed. 2d 827 (2002)<\/st2:typecases>, rev\u2019d on appeal from final\njudgment of dismissal after remand,<st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"0\"\ntagpropertiesjuris=\"1\" tagpropertiesshortform=\"424 F.3d 852\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"424 F.3d 852\" tagpropertiesform=\"6\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"424 F.3d 852\" w:st=\"on\">424 F.3d 852 (9th Cir. 2005)<\/st2:typecases>,\nsettled September 2006, discussed in <st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"4\"\ntagpropertiesjuris=\"1\" tagpropertiesshortform=\"IRS LB 3\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"Bulletin No. 3\" tagpropertiesform=\"6\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"IRS LB 3\" w:st=\"on\">Shields, Recent Developments: Liens<span\n style='font-style:normal'>, 1 Benedict<\/span>=<\/span><span\n style='font-style:normal'>s Maritime Bulletin No. 3 (2003)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-style:normal'>.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In rem<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> admiralty case to enforce a\nclaimed maritime lien for necessaries.\u00a0\n<\/span>Settled before trial. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Vodusek v. Bayliner Marine\nCorporation, 71 F.3d 148 (4th Cir. 1995), included in R. Force & A.\nYiannopoulos, <st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"3\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"ADMMARL 1-115\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"Admiralty and Maritime Law 1-115 (1997)\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"ADMMARL 1-115\" w:st=\"on\">Admiralty\n and Maritime Law 1-115 (1997)<\/st2:typecases>; discussed in Shields,\nSpoliation of Evidence; Joinder and Jury Trial<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky\nLLP Admiralty News, Winter 1996, at 6.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime wrongful death case.\nSuccessful trial and appeal on behalf of boat manufacturer. The Fourth Circuit\nheld that the jury was properly permitted to draw an adverse inference from\nplaintiff<\/span>=<\/span>s\nspoliation of evidence, and that there is a right to a jury trial in federal court\nwhen there is admiralty jurisdiction but not complete diversity of citizenship.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Cunard Lines Ltd v. <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\nS.D.N.Y., 1997.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime action brought on behalf\nof Cunard against the Government under the Suits in Admiralty Act for losses\narising out of the grounding of the QE2 in Vineyard Sound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Wide\nrange of construction litigation and arbitration<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>,\nincluding claims on behalf of owners against contractors, defenses against lien\nclaimants, and claims on behalf of subcontractors against general contractors,\n1981-present.\u00a0 <\/span>Maldonado v. J&K Construction Management Corp.<\/i>, involving\nowners\u2019 claims against contractor for alleged construction defects and delay,\nin mediation before AAA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Estate\nof Douglas Hou Jiang v. Tichko et al.<\/span><\/i>, Supreme Court of the State of <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Wrongful\ndeath and survival case, Queens County (arising out of the March 17, 2007\ndeaths of 4 persons, including 3 children, on the New York State Thruway, when\ndefendant\u2019s truck collided with the decedents\u2019 car, pending).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In re American Trading\nTransportation Co., Inc.<\/span><\/i>,\nUnited States District Court for the Central District of California, United\nStates Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Superior Court of the State of\nCalifornia.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Oil spill case prior to the Oil\nPollution Act of 1990. Participated in discovery and briefing in Shipowner<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>s Limitation of Liability action\nand related actions arising out of an oil spill off the coast of <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"0\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"0\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"236 Conn. 78\" tagpropertieslongform=\"236 Conn. 78\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"236 Conn. 78\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Wilkinson v. Boats Unlimited, Inc.\n and Bayliner Marine Corporation, 236 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Conn.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\n 78, 670 A.2d 1296 (1996)<\/span><\/i><\/st2:typecases>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime products liability case.\nPrevailed in the Superior Court of Washington and in the Supreme Court of\nConnecticut, arguing that a default judgment, which predated firm\u2019s involvement\nin the case, was void ab initio<\/i> and should be set aside on the ground\nthat the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\ncourt lacked personal jurisdiction over the foreign corporation. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Hudson v. National Union Fire\nInsurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., Superior Court of the State of California\nfor Los Angeles County, August 1998.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Insurance coverage case.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Prevailed on insurers motion for summary\njudgment, which was granted on the ground that there was no coverage or the\npotential for coverage for third-party plaintiffs<\/span>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> claims against the insured in the\nunderlying action for defamation related to the termination of plaintiffs<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> employment with the insured.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Fuimaono v. Nicky Lou, Inc.,\nSuperior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County, 1995 (Jones\nAct case).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime Jones Act case. Obtained\ndismissal before trial through motion to quash service of summons and complaint\non the Washington vessel owner on the ground that the court lacked personal\njurisdiction over it and through motion to dismiss the complaint against the\nother defendant on the ground of forum non conveniens<\/i>, the events having\noccurred in the South Pacific and the witnesses being in Tahiti, American\nSamoa, and the Seychelles Islands.\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>CIGNA Property & Casualty\nInsurance Company v. Bayliner Marine Corporation, United States District Court\nfor the Southern District of New York, 1994.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime products liability case.\nSuccessful nonjury trial on behalf of defendant boat manufacturer in maritime\nproducts liability action for property damage.\u00a0\n<\/span>Issues included the <st1:place w:st=\"on\">East River<\/i><\/st1:place>\ndoctrine and what constitutes the product, but the case was decided on the\nground that the product was not defective. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>\n\n<\/html>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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Her interest in Chinese language and\nculture dates from her college studies, when she majored in Chinese Language\nand Literature. As a law student at the University of Connecticut, she was\nEditor-in-Chief of the University of Connecticut Law Review and graduated magna\ncum laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She received her\nMasters Degree in Law from Tulane University. Carolyn is admitted to practice\nin the Supreme Court of the United States and in the state and federal courts\nof New York and California, and has nearly 30 years of litigation experience in\nthe courts of New York, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey,\nMaryland, Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Montana, with some of her\nnoteworthy cases appearing in the legal literature. She has published articles\nin the law reviews, and has written a casebook, Cases and Materials on\nAdmiralty and Maritime Law, which she used in teaching at Loyola University.\nCarolyn has also taught Commercial Law, Family Law, Corporation Law, Tax Law,\nand Maritime Law. Further details about Carolyn appear on the resume link on\nthis site.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Experience<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Partner,\nLiu & Shields LLP, Flushing, New York, 2005-present<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Partner, Bailey & Partners,\nSanta Monica, California, 1999-2005<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Partner, Lane Powell Spears\nLubersky LLP, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Los Angeles<\/st1:city>, <st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1993-1999<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Associate: Williams Woolley\nCogswell Nakazawa & Russell, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Long\n Beach<\/span><\/st1:city>, <st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/span><\/st1:place>, 1991-1993<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Associate:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear,\n<st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Buffalo<\/st1:city>, <st1:state w:st=\"on\">New\n York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1983-1985<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola\nLaw School, 1995-1997 (Admiralty Law)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Visiting Assistant Professor of\nLaw, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Indiana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype\n w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>\nof Law, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1985‑1986 (UCC); Chase <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">College<\/st1:placetype> of <st1:placename\n w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>, 1986‑1987 (Corporations,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Securities, Tax, Conflicts) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Clerk to the Honorable John A.\nSpeziale, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the State of <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/span><\/st1:state><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 1981-1982<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in right 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Areas of Practice<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Litigation in federal and state\ncourts, including trial and appellate practice:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>International\nLaw; Corporation Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law;<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Intellectual\nProperty; Commercial Litigation<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Admitted to Practice<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Supreme Court of the <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Federal Courts, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> and <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>State Courts, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> and <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Education<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Tulane<\/span><\/st1:placename><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename>\n <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (LL.M., Admiralty, 1991)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">University<\/span><\/st1:placetype><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> of <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:placename><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (J.D., 1981, High Honors;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:1.0in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Editor-in-Chief, <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/i><\/st1:state><\/st1:place> Law Review<\/i>)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Indiana<\/span><\/st1:placename><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype><\/span><\/st1:place><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (A.B., Chinese Language and\nLiterature, 1969)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Publications<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> <o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"4\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"IRS LB 3\" tagpropertieslongform=\"Bulletin No. 3\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"IRS LB 3\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Recent Developments: Liens<\/span><\/i><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 1 Benedict<\/span><span\n style='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>s Maritime Bulletin No. 3 (2003)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Recent Developments in State and\nFederal Evidence Law<\/span><\/i>,\n34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce 1 (2003) (co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Daubert, Proof of a Prior, and the\nSoliton: Bernart Towboat Co. v. USS Chandler (DDG 996)<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce\n173 (2003) (co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Contributor, Marine Protection\nand Indemnity Policy Annotations Project (Chapter 3:<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Loss to Property By<\/span>\nCollision and Other Causes, published by the Maritime Law<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Association of the <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\n2001) <\/span><\/i>(co-author)<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Cases and Materials in Admiralty\nand Maritime Law<\/span><\/i>\n(used at <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Loyola<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename\n w:st=\"on\">Law<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>,\n1995-<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>1997)<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Spoliation of Evidence: Joinder and\nJury Trial<\/span><\/i>, Lane\nPowell Spears Lubersky LLP Admiralty News, Winter 1996, at 6<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Sovereign Immunity in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Survey and Economic Analysis<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, 13 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Conn.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> L. Rev.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>293 (1981)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"2\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"2\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"18 UCLA L. Rev. 252\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"18 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 252\" tagpropertiesform=\"0\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"18 UCLA L. Rev. 252\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Legal Remedies for\n Overurbanization: The Ghanaian Experience<\/span><\/i>, 18 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 252 (1970)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (coauthor)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"2\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"2\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\" tagpropertiesform=\"0\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"46 Ind. L.J. 442\" w:st=\"on\">Book Review, 46 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">Ind.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> L.J. 442 (1971)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> (coauthor)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Languages<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Some French, German, Russian, and\nChinese<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>Activities<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Violin (professional and amateur);\nSailing<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Appendix:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Selected Transactional and Litigation Matters<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Vickers Aerospace v. Air <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Mauritius<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\nCase No. 2000cv00960, S.D.N.Y., <st1:date month=\"11\" day=\"7\" year=\"2003\" w:st=\"on\">November\n 7, 2003<\/st1:date>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Products liability case involving\nfire damage sustained by two commercial aircraft and litigated in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">France<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nand in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.\nHandled <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\nand French litigation, including whether an exculpatory clause in a contract\nbetween an airframe manufacturer and an airline could be enforced against the\nairline by a component manufacturer, and whether the economic loss doctrine\nbarred a tort claim against the component manufacturer where the product\ndamaged only itself.\u00a0 <\/span>Prevailed in <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> federal\ndistrict court and in the Commercial Court of France.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Set up international company to own\nand operate fleet of cruise ships, including handling public offering under <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nand <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\nstates\u2019 securities laws.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Advised international Asian medical\ncompany and negotiated their contracts with <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region\n w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> businesses with the\naim of protecting them from hypothetical but potential liability for mad cow\ndisease transmitted by blood products.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Litigated issue of what limitations\nperiod applies in 10(b)(5) securities litigation in absence of federal statute\nof limitations, including effect of states\u2019 borrowing statutes, United States\nDistrict Court, Western District of New York.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Mercury v. Direct TV<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>,\nSuperior Court of the State of <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,\nLos Angeles County Commercial dispute between Argentinian business against\ndistributor of satellite television services in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Latin\n America<\/st1:place>, settled.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In re: Air Crash off Point Mugu,\nCalifornia, on January 31, 2002, MDL Docket No. 00-1343, United States District\nCourt for the North District of California.<\/span><\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In this complex general maritime\nlaw aviation disaster, prevailed on motion for summary judgment on behalf of a\nremote successor of the component manufacturer.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span\nstyle='mso-tab-count:1'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Ventura Packers, Inc. v. F\/V JEANINE <span\nclass=\"GramE\">KATHLEEN\u00a0 <\/span>in<\/span> rem, <st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"0\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"305 F.3d 913\" tagpropertieslongform=\"305 F.3d 913\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"305 F.3d 913\" w:st=\"on\">305 F.3d\n 913, 2002 A.M.C. 2248 (9th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1000, 123 S. Ct.\n 1910, 155 L. Ed. 2d 827 (2002)<\/st2:typecases>, rev\u2019d on appeal from final\njudgment of dismissal after remand,<st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"0\"\ntagpropertiesjuris=\"1\" tagpropertiesshortform=\"424 F.3d 852\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"424 F.3d 852\" tagpropertiesform=\"6\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"424 F.3d 852\" w:st=\"on\">424 F.3d 852 (9th Cir. 2005)<\/st2:typecases>,\nsettled September 2006, discussed in <st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"4\"\ntagpropertiesjuris=\"1\" tagpropertiesshortform=\"IRS LB 3\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"Bulletin No. 3\" tagpropertiesform=\"6\"\ntagpropertieskey_link=\"IRS LB 3\" w:st=\"on\">Shields, Recent Developments: Liens<span\n style='font-style:normal'>, 1 Benedict<\/span>=<\/span><span\n style='font-style:normal'>s Maritime Bulletin No. 3 (2003)<\/span><\/st2:typecases><span\nstyle='font-style:normal'>.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In rem<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> admiralty case to enforce a\nclaimed maritime lien for necessaries.\u00a0\n<\/span>Settled before trial. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Vodusek v. Bayliner Marine\nCorporation, 71 F.3d 148 (4th Cir. 1995), included in R. Force & A.\nYiannopoulos, <st2:typecases tagpropertiescategory=\"3\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"1\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"ADMMARL 1-115\"\ntagpropertieslongform=\"Admiralty and Maritime Law 1-115 (1997)\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"ADMMARL 1-115\" w:st=\"on\">Admiralty\n and Maritime Law 1-115 (1997)<\/st2:typecases>; discussed in Shields,\nSpoliation of Evidence; Joinder and Jury Trial<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky\nLLP Admiralty News, Winter 1996, at 6.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime wrongful death case.\nSuccessful trial and appeal on behalf of boat manufacturer. The Fourth Circuit\nheld that the jury was properly permitted to draw an adverse inference from\nplaintiff<\/span>=<\/span>s\nspoliation of evidence, and that there is a right to a jury trial in federal court\nwhen there is admiralty jurisdiction but not complete diversity of citizenship.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Cunard Lines Ltd v. <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\nS.D.N.Y., 1997.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime action brought on behalf\nof Cunard against the Government under the Suits in Admiralty Act for losses\narising out of the grounding of the QE2 in Vineyard Sound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Wide\nrange of construction litigation and arbitration<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>,\nincluding claims on behalf of owners against contractors, defenses against lien\nclaimants, and claims on behalf of subcontractors against general contractors,\n1981-present.\u00a0 <\/span>Maldonado v. J&K Construction Management Corp.<\/i>, involving\nowners\u2019 claims against contractor for alleged construction defects and delay,\nin mediation before AAA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><i\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Estate\nof Douglas Hou Jiang v. Tichko et al.<\/span><\/i>, Supreme Court of the State of <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state\n w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Wrongful\ndeath and survival case, Queens County (arising out of the March 17, 2007\ndeaths of 4 persons, including 3 children, on the New York State Thruway, when\ndefendant\u2019s truck collided with the decedents\u2019 car, pending).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>In re American Trading\nTransportation Co., Inc.<\/span><\/i>,\nUnited States District Court for the Central District of California, United\nStates Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Superior Court of the State of\nCalifornia.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Oil spill case prior to the Oil\nPollution Act of 1990. Participated in discovery and briefing in Shipowner<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>s Limitation of Liability action\nand related actions arising out of an oil spill off the coast of <st1:place\nw:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><st2:typecases\ntagpropertiescategory=\"0\" tagpropertiesjuris=\"0\"\ntagpropertiesshortform=\"236 Conn. 78\" tagpropertieslongform=\"236 Conn. 78\"\ntagpropertiesform=\"0\" tagpropertieskey_link=\"236 Conn. 78\" w:st=\"on\"><span\n style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Wilkinson v. Boats Unlimited, Inc.\n and Bayliner Marine Corporation, 236 <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Conn.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\n 78, 670 A.2d 1296 (1996)<\/span><\/i><\/st2:typecases>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime products liability case.\nPrevailed in the Superior Court of Washington and in the Supreme Court of\nConnecticut, arguing that a default judgment, which predated firm\u2019s involvement\nin the case, was void ab initio<\/i> and should be set aside on the ground\nthat the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\ncourt lacked personal jurisdiction over the foreign corporation. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Hudson v. National Union Fire\nInsurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., Superior Court of the State of California\nfor Los Angeles County, August 1998.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Insurance coverage case.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Prevailed on insurers motion for summary\njudgment, which was granted on the ground that there was no coverage or the\npotential for coverage for third-party plaintiffs<\/span>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> claims against the insured in the\nunderlying action for defamation related to the termination of plaintiffs<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"WP TypographicSymbols\"'>=<\/span><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'> employment with the insured.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Fuimaono v. Nicky Lou, Inc.,\nSuperior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County, 1995 (Jones\nAct case).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime Jones Act case. Obtained\ndismissal before trial through motion to quash service of summons and complaint\non the Washington vessel owner on the ground that the court lacked personal\njurisdiction over it and through motion to dismiss the complaint against the\nother defendant on the ground of forum non conveniens<\/i>, the events having\noccurred in the South Pacific and the witnesses being in Tahiti, American\nSamoa, and the Seychelles Islands.\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>CIGNA Property & Casualty\nInsurance Company v. Bayliner Marine Corporation, United States District Court\nfor the Southern District of New York, 1994.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:14.75pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in'><span\nstyle='font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif'>Maritime products liability case.\nSuccessful nonjury trial on behalf of defendant boat manufacturer in maritime\nproducts liability action for property damage.\u00a0\n<\/span>Issues included the <st1:place w:st=\"on\">East River<\/i><\/st1:place>\ndoctrine and what constitutes the product, but the case was decided on the\nground that the product was not defective. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>\n\n<\/html>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawliushields.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}