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). Pacific Merchant Shipping Association v. Goldstene, 517 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2008)

Mr. Wise is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

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

NICHOLAS S. 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. In 1993 he was one of the founding partners of Flynn, Delich & Wise. His practice includes all aspects of maritime law, including pollution incidents; environmental compliance and administrative issues; cruise line injuries and casualties; terminal accidents; shipboard injuries and deaths; and chassis/over the road accidents.

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). Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Ltd. v. BASF Corp., 2007 WL 39313 (N.D. Cal. 2007)

Mr. Cicala has been recognized as a Northern California "Super Lawyer," in the field of Transportation / Maritime Law, Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine, 2007, 2009-2010.

Mr. Cicala is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

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

    Ms. Conner graduated Cum Laude from theUniversity of California, Riverside in 1990, and received her J.D. degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law, in 1993.  Ms. Conner joined the law firm of Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP in 1994, where she began defending maritime litigation matters, primarily handling cases in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.  Ms. Conner was with Aleccia, Conner & Socha for ten years, where she expanded her wealth of maritime knowledge to include defending federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act cases in the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Huaneme and Oakland.  Ms. Conner joined Flynn, Delich & Wise LLP in 2010.  Her practice includes all aspects of maritime claims in Federal and State Courts including Jones Act claims, Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claims, passenger injury claims and other personal injury and wrongful death matters, in addition to insurance, employment, trucking, terminal operation, equipment and subrogation issues.  Ms. Conner is admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts in California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  She is a member of the Maritime Law Association and Longshore Claims Association.

Her published decisions include:  Roberson v. Norwegian Cruise Line, 897 F. Supp. 1285 (C.D. Cal. 1995); Osborn v. Princess Tours, Inc., 1996 A.M.C. 1481 (C.D. Cal. 1996); Viney v. Kloster Cruise Ltd., et al, 1997 A.M.C. 544 (N.D. California 1996); Premier Cruise Line, Ltd., v. Sup. Ct., 1997 A.M.C. 2797 (Cal. App. 2d, 1996); Tady v. Holland America Line - Westours, Inc., 1998 A.M.C. 2922 (Cal. App. 4th, 1997); and Carpenter v. Stevedoring Services of America, et al, BRB Nos. 03-0213 & 03-0213A (Nov. 25, 2003).

E- mail: LisaC@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 2007-2010, and has been recognized as a Northern California ''Super Lawyer," in the field of Transporation / Maritime Law, Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine, 2005 - 2010.

Mr. Nebel is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

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

Mr. Ferguson graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. degree (with Distinction) in 1976, and received an M.B.A. degree from that university in 1978 (top of class). He received his J.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1980 (top part of class; extrapolated from GPA, as school does not formally rank graduates). 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 Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California and for the Northern District of Texas; 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 and became a partner in 1989, specializing in commercial, construction, and medical malpractice cases. He formed his own firm in 1991 and has emphasized medical malpractice birth-injury cases and wage-and-hour cases. In addition to his own practice, Mr. Ferguson joined FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP in 2001 as "Of Counsel" and has provided his expertise on complex commercial and medical cases. Mr. Ferguson was a National Merit Finalist and has scored in the 99.9th percentile on standardized testing.

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. 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).

     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).

Elene M. Daley graduated from Memphis State University with a B.A. in 1981, and received her J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1996. She joined the firm of Flynn, Delich & Wise LLP in 2006 from another maritime law firm. Her practice includes all aspects of maritime law. In law school, she was the President of the University of Southern California Admiralty and Law Society, 1995-1996.
E-mail: ellied@fdw-law.com (Long Beach 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.