MARITIME LAW CENTER

WHAT WE DO

MARITIME AND BUSINESS LEGAL MATTERS

PURCHASE & SALE of Commercial ships, yachts and boats.

SHIP MORTGAGES

BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND SALES

FINANCING

LIENS

VESSEL FORECLOSURE

FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

MARKET ANALYSIS

VESSEL EVALUATIONS

Insurance

Litigation

Ownership

Corporate organization

Commercial shipping ventures

Corporate ownership of private pleasure vessels.

Michael E. Vaughn

Contact Information

17011 Beach Blvd. Suite 900

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Telephone: 562-***-****

Fax: 562-***-****

E-mail: abpm46@r.postjobfree.com

Education

J.D. Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971

Admitted to practice State of North Carolina, 1971

Admitted to practice State of California, 1978, CA State Bar No: 79661.

Admitted to Federal District Courts:

North District of California

Central District of California

Southern District of California

Eastern District of North Carolina

Western District of North Carolina

B.A. Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968

Work Experience

1985 present

Private practice of law specializing Business, Maritime and Admiralty Law. My practice has been principally involved in the acquisition and sale of commercial ships and businesses. This has been an international-type practice but primarily involved in transactions throughout the United States, Caribbean, Central America, Europe and the Pacific Islands.

1981 1985

Law Office of Jack Henricksen and later as Vaughn & Orsaz, North Hollywood, CA. We served as general counsel for CNA Insurance Co. handling a variety of product liability and general liability defense work.

1980 1981

Law office of Carl Barnes, Los Angeles, CA,

General plaintiff firm in which I was principal trial counsel.

1979 1981

Kern & Woolley, Brentwood, CA.

General defense litigation firm for Lloyd's of London.

1978 1979

Bollington Pennel Stilz & Bloesser, Century City, CA.

General defense work and litigation.

1976 1978

Law Office of Robert Swain, Asheville, NC.

General trial practice.

1972 1976

Chief Assistant Public Defender, 28th Judicial District, Asheville, NC.

Criminal defense practice.

1971 1972

Law clerk to the Honorable Frank Parker, Associate Justice, North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Publications

Subchapter T & K Regulations for Small Passenger Vessels, published in The Coast Guard Journal of Safety at Sea Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council Volume 59, Number 1, January-March 2002.

Series of handbooks for the maritime industry:

The Business of Yachting & Shipping (2000)

The Businessman's Guide to Maritime Liens (2001)

The Yacht Brokers Forms Book (2002)

The Ship Acquisition & Sale Handbook (1991)

How to Document Your Yacht (2002)References

William G. Hayter

Attorney at Law

Farmers & Merchant Bank

12535 Seal Beach Blvd.,

Suite 100

Seal Beach, CA 90740

562-***-****

John Cox, President

The Maritime Group

306 West Republican

Suite 201

Seattle, WA 98119

800-***-****

Kenneth Kleeger

Attorney at Law

10820 Beverly Blvd.

Suite A-5

Whittier, CA 90601

562-***-**** Additional references upon request.

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