Areas of Practice

• Constitutional Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Admirality

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, South Bend, Indiana, 1975
  J.D.
  
  
• Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1971
  B.A.
  
  

Representative Cases

• Sassano v. Grand Columbiana Shipping Lines and Lloyd's Reqister of Shipping, 80 Civ. 3410 (E.D.N.Y. 1982)
• Elysium Corporation v. Nantor Oy. et al., 618 F. Supp, 1343 (11 Md. 1985)
• Inversiones Calmer, S.A. v. C.E. Heath. et al., 681 F. Supp. 100 (D. Puerto Rico 1988)
• Argandona v. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, (Florida Court of Appeals 1995)
• LeJeune v. LOUISIANA, (S.D. Texas 1998)
• Texaco Exploration v. AmClyde, (E.D. Louisiana 2002)
• Local 621, S.E.LU., AFL-CIO In the Matter of the Complaint of Supervior of Mechanics (Motor Vehicles), ( 1997)
• Local 621 v. City of New York (Office of Collective Bargaining), ( 2002)
• Local 621 v. City of New York, (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
• Acha v. Beame, 570 F.2d 57 (2d Cir. 1978)
• Uniformed Firefighters Association v. City of New York, SON. Y.2d 85 ( 1980)
• Oback v. Nadel, 57 N.Y.2d 620 ( 1982)
• Joyce v. Ortiz, 108 A.D2d 158, 487 N.Y.S.2d 746 (1st Dept. 1985)
• Fried v. Nadel, (Sup. Cf. N.Y. Co. 1986)
• Webber v. Downstate Pathology Associates, (Sup. Ct. Kings Co. 1987)
• Marra v. Levitt, (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 1987)
• Skor v, New York City Department of Probation, (S.D.N.Y. 1989)
• New York City Transit Authority v. State Division of Human Rights and Adrenne Nash, 78 N.Y.2d ( 1991)
• Buric v. New York City Police Department, (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 1991)
• New York City Police Department v. DeLeon, 201 A.D.2d 260, 608 N.Y.S.2d 827 (1st Dept. 1994)
• Beame v. DeLeon, 87 N.Y.2d 289 ( 1995)
• Eng v. Bratton, 653 N.Y.S.2d 333 (1 Dept. 1997)
• Tribune Co. v. Purcigliotti, (S.D.N.Y. 1993)
• Buric v. Safir, 736 N.Y.S.2d 342 (1 Dept. 2002)

Representative Clients

• Lloyd's Register of Shipping
• International Association of Classification Societies
• Local 621, S.E.I.U., AFL-CIO

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Joint New York State/New York City Bar Association Subcommittee to Investigate New York State Division of Human Rights, 1980 - 1985
  Co-Chair
  
  
• Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women, 1991 - 1993
  Member
  
  
• American Contract Bridge League, 1983 - Present
  Life Master
  
  
• U.S. Chess Federation, 1987 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Best Lawyers in America
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