David J. Farrell Jr.

David J. Farrell, Jr. received his primary maritime education and initial Coast Guard licensing in Chatham, Massachusetts. He graduated from Belmont Hill School, Williams College, Columbia University, and Duke Law School.

For forty years Attorney Farrell has been a maritime casualty trial lawyer, eight years in Seattle and afterwards on Cape Cod.  A past president of The Maritime Law Association of the United States, he received the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant’s Distinguished Public Service Award.  A titulary member of the Comité Maritime International, he served as a legal advisor to the U.S. State Department and U.S. Coast Guard at UN International Maritime Organization meetings.

A frequent speaker and author on maritime law and public policy issues, Attorney Farrell has written hundreds of non-fiction briefs during his career. Dead in the Water: The Real Story of Nathan Carman is his first nonfiction book.