Mr. Wise graduated cum laude from Harvard University with an A.B. degree in 1970, and received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1974.  After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Malcolm Lucas, United States District Judge, Central District of California.  Mr. Wise was admitted to the California Bar in 1974 and has been admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He has spoken at various seminars on oil pollution (OPA '90), hull insurance, intermodal chassis liabilities, and personal injury issues.  He is the author of “The Marine Terminal and Its Contracts: Avoiding and Shifting the Risks of Marine Terminal Operations, “13 U.S.F. Maritime Law Journal 227 (2000-01) and the co‑author of Chapter 9, “Seller’s Performance” in the CEB publication entitled “Sales and Leases.”   He is a Proctor in Admiralty Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. 

His reported cases include:  Taisho Marine & Fire Ins. Co., Ltd. v. M/V Sea-Land Endurance, 815 F.2d 1270 (9th Cir., 1987); In the Matter of Bowoon Sangsa Co., Ltd., 720 F.2d 595 (9th Cir., 1983); Davis v. U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Dev., 627 F.2d 942 (9th Cir., 1980); Manney v. Cabell, 654 F.2d 1280 (9th Cir., 1980); Nippon Yusen Kaisha v. Burlington and Northern Sante Fe Railway Co., 367 F.Supp.2d 1292 (C.D.Cal., 2005); Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Nippon Express U.S.A. (Illinois), Inc., 155 F.Supp. 2d 1167 (C.D. Cal., 2000); Slaven v. BP America, Inc., 958 F.Supp. 1472 (C.D.Cal., 1997); 786 F.Supp. 853 (C.D. Cal., 1992); Hollifield v. BP America, Inc., 786 F.Supp. 840 (C.D. Cal., 1992).

Mr. Wise is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

E-Mail:            erichw@fdw-law.com.  (Long Beach Office).

    Mr. Nebel graduated from the University of Wisconsin cum laude with a B.B.A. degree in 1971, and received his J.D. degree cum laude in 1974, also from the University of Wisconsin.  Following law school, Mr. Nebel served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bruce R. Thompson, U.S. District Judge, District of Nevada.  He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a trained mediator and is a member of the Mediation Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Mr. Nebel has been selected for inclusion in the Maritime Law section of Best Lawyers in America 2007, and has been recognized as a Northern California ‘‘Super Lawyer,” Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine, 2005 - 2007.

Mr. Nebel is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

E-Mail:  jamesn@fdw-law.com.  (San Francisco Office).

    Mr. Politis graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1976, and received his J.D. degree in 1979 from the University of California at Los Angeles.  On graduation from law school, he joined the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted more than 100 jury and court trials.  In 1983, Mr. Politis joined the law firm of Graham &  James and began practicing maritime law in its Long Beach office, becoming a partner in 1990. 

Mr. Politis is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

E-Mail:  nicholasp@fdw-law.com.  (Long Beach Office).

    Mr. Cicala graduated from Yale University in 1990 and received his J.D. degree from Tulane Law School in 1994. He was Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and received the A.B.A. Award for Excellence in Local Government Law.   He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in California as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.  He became an associate with the San Francisco office of FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP in 1995 and a partner in 2004.  His practice encompasses litigating transportation, commercial and insurance disputes and providing corporate and business legal advice to companies.  He is Vice-Chair of the Pacific Admiralty Seminar Steering Committee, and is a member of both the Maritime Law Association and Transportation Lawyers Association.  He served as an Army Reserve officer for 15 years, much of which was spent with Transportation and JAG units.  Other language:  Italian.

His reported cases include: Three Brothers Trucking v. Exel Global Logistics Inc., 2006 WL 1329883 (N.D. Cal. 2006);  Barbara Lloyd Designs, Inc. v. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, 2003 A.M.C. 2608 (N.D. 2003); Seagate Corporation v. Dalian China Express Int’l. Corp., 169 F.Supp.2d 1137 & 1146 (N.D. Cal. 2001); and Gemini Capital Group v. Yap Fishing Corporation, 150 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 1998).

Mr. Cicala has been recognized as a Northern California "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine, 2007.

Mr. Cicala is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

E-mail:  contec@fdw-law.com.  (San Francisco Office).

    Mr. Ferguson graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. degree in 1976, and received an M.B.A. degree from that university in 1978.  He received his J.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1980.  He was admitted to the California Bar in 1980 and the Texas Bar in 1992.  He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  After graduation from law school, Mr. Ferguson practiced maritime law with Graham & James in its Long Beach office.  He later joined Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges (now Thelen, Reid & Priest), and became a partner in 1989.  He formed his own firm in 1991, specializing in medical malpractice birth – injury cases.  He joined FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP in 2001 as "Of Counsel." 

E-mail:  johnf@fdw-law.com.  (San Francisco Office).

    Mr. Jorgensen received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1990 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. degree with Honors and Distinction in 1985.  He served as a law clerk to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in 1989, and was admitted to the Bar of the State of California and all California federal courts in 1991.  He practiced with the law firm of Graham & James as an associate from 1990 -1993, when he left with the Graham & James partners who founded Flynn, Delich & Wise L.L.P. to join this firm.  His areas of expertise include the following:  federal and state trial and appellate court litigation;  admiralty and maritime law;  representation of ocean carriers, related companies (e.g., port terminals, warehouses), and their insurers in international and domestic transportation matters;  tractor/trailer accidents involving trailer chassis, containers, and flatracks provided by ocean carriers and/or related companies, and/or long-term lessors, pursuit of motor carrier insurance, and enforcement of defense, indemnity, and other rights under the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement in such matters;  port terminal and warehouse premises liability;  petitions for remission/mitigation of U.S. Customs/CBP fines, penalties, and liquidated damages, and other Customs matters.

E-mail:  thomasj@fdw-law.com.  (Long Beach Office).

    Ms. Peterson graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. degree in 1974, and received her J.D. degree from Hastings College of Law in 1979.  She was admitted to the Bar of the State of California in 1985, and is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court, Northern District of California and the Ninth Circuit.  She worked as a paralegal and practiced as an associate at Graham & James from 1978 until she joined the San Francisco office of FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP as an associate in 1993.  Other Language:  Cantonese. 

E-mail:  fayep@fdw-law.com.  (San Francisco Office).

    Ms. Tede graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 with Honors (Phi Beta Kappa), and received her J.D. and Maritime Law Certificate, cum laude, from Tulane Law School in 1994.  She served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Michaelle Wynne, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana in 1993 and 1994.  She worked as an associate at Ince & Co., London, in 1994 and 1995, performing duties equivalent to an assistant solicitor in maritime matters.  She was admitted to the California Bar in 1995, and is also admitted to practice before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California and the Supreme Court of California.  She became an associate with the San Francisco office of FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP in 1996.

E-mail:  jeaninet@fdw-law.com. (San Francisco Office).

     Ms. Gu graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in 1998 (Dean’s List) and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2005 where she received the CALI Award for Law of American Democracy.  During law school, she was a summer associate at Baker & McKenzie, LLP and an intern at the United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee in San Diego.  Prior to law school, she worked for international management consulting company Accenture Ltd. (formerly Andersen Consulting) in Los Angeles and software company Informatica Corporation in Silicon Valley.  She speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Email: michelleg@fdw-law.com (Long Beach Office).

     Mr. Drumalds graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York with a B.S. in Marine Transportation (cum laude) in 1999.  He maintains an active U.S. Coast Guard License, Third Mate - Unlimited Gross Tonnage and also holds a commission as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve/Merchant Marine Individual Ready Reserve Group.  Aleksandrs received his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 2004 where he was an advocate for the Interscholastic Trial Advocacy Program and received the CALI “Excellence for the Future Award” in the area of International Litigation & Arbitration.
E-mail: aleksd@fdw-law.com (Long Beach Office).

     Ms. Berry graduated from the University of Paris V in 1991 as a valedictorian in contract law and received her Bachelor of Law in 1992, her Master’s degree in corporate/ commercial law and tax law in 1993, an advanced Master’s degree in National, European and International litigation in 1994, and qualified as a Barrister in 1997.  She received an L.L.M. in U.S. Legal Studies from the Golden Gate University School of Law in 2002.  She became a member of the Paris Bar Association in 1999, and is not yet a member of the California Bar.  She joined FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP in August, 2002.  Other language:  French. 

E-mail:  elsab@fdw-law.com.  (San Francisco Office).

     Ms. Namay graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in 1976 and obtained her Paralegal Certificate in Litigation from U.C.L.A. in 1990.

E-mail: tamaran@fdw-law.com (Long Beach Office).

   JOHN A. FLYNN (1945-1997) and SAM D. DELICH (1940-2004) were extraordinary lawyers.  Both excelled in the courtroom.  More than anything, however, they had the judgment and wisdom to know when cases should be resolved short of trial and the skill to achieve the goals of our clients economically and on consistently favorable terms.  They were our mentors and friends.  We are grateful for the opportunity to have practiced with them and to have learned from them.