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David Weil is the managing attorney at Weil & Associates in Long Beach. He is one of only a handful of attorneys to be certified by the State Bar of California as a specialist in admiralty and maritime law. He is also a "Proctor in Admiralty" member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, and an Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and Chapman University Law School in Orange, California. He is the authori of several scholary articles concerning maritime law, and for over 11 years the author of the "Ask a Maritime Attorney" colun in the Southern California Lof Newspaper. His practice is focused on the California Yachting and Workboat Communities, and his clients include marine lenders, yacht brokers and other maritime businesses, recreational boaters, commercial fishermen, workboat operators, marine surveyors, and licensed mariners. He is the former legal advisor to the California Yacht Brokers Association, and an active affiliate member of the National Association of Marine Surveyors and the American Vessel Documentation Association. Dave was a commercial mariner for most of his life prior to attending law school. He was a salmon and king crab fisherman in Alaska for ten years, and a professional yacht and workboat captain for three years in Southern California. And, he currently holds a 200 ton Coast Guard masters license.

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