Publications
- Author, “Ask a Maritime Attorney”:
A bi-weekly column for boat owners and yachting industry professionals, with over 300 installments, published continually since June 2006 in the Southern California Log, a yachting newspaper circulated throughout Southern California. - Author, Law Review Article on Maritime Bankruptcy:
“Charting a Course Through Dangerous Waters: A Landlubber’s Introduction to the Rules of Maritime Indebtedness in the Context of a Maritime Bankruptcy.”
9 U.S.F. Mar. L.J. 195 (Fall 1996). - Author, various articles published in Boating Briefs, a publication of the Recreational Boating Committee of The Maritime Law Association of the United States.
- Author, various articles published in the CYBA Newsletter, a monthly publication of the California Yacht Brokers Association.
Lectures and Seminars.
- Former Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law, Loyola Law School (Los Angeles, CA)
- Former Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law, Chapman Univ. School of Law (Orange, CA)
- Lecturer, National Association of Marine Surveyors, Regional and National Conferences:
- “Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations”
- “Risk Avoidance for Marine Surveyors”
- “The Surveyor’s Role in Vessel Arrest and Foreclosure Proceedings”
- Lecturer, California Yacht Brokers Association Law Seminars:
- “California Offshore Delivery Transactions”
- “Yacht Broker Risk Management: Avoiding or Surviving the Disgruntled Buyer”
- “Minimizing Your Risk of Litigation in Yacht Brokerage Transactions”
- “Introduction to Revised CYBA Form Contracts”
- Discussion of the Pitfalls of Unorthodox Deals
- Yacht Broker Risk Management – Analysis of the “as is” Clause in Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Lecturer, National Certified Professional Yacht Broker Legal Seminars
- Fiduciary Duty & Broker Responsibilities in Yacht Brokerage Transactions
- Legal Risk Management in Yacht Brokerage Transactions
- Lecturer, Cruising Club of America Speaker Series
- Legal Issues Relating to the Purchase and Sale of a Yacht
- Lecturer, Various Individual California Yacht Brokers
- Seminars to brokers, salespeople, and brokerage clients on legal issues relating to yacht purchase and sale transactions.
- Lecturer, Various Southern California Yacht Clubs
- Seminars to Boat Owners and Yacht Club Members on Timely Legal Issues Affecting the Yachting Community