Mr. Fink is a partner in the firm and specializes in representing companies and organizations involved in the transportation industry before the courts, arbitration panels, boards of contract appeals, federal agencies and the Congress. He has more than 30 years of experience in transportation matters. Mr. Fink has litigated cases in both district and appellate courts in multiple jurisdictions and regularly deals with matters before various regulatory bodies focused on maritime matters. He advises companies on government contract matters. The nature of his work also involves a significant amount of counseling with regard to the application of the antitrust laws to the maritime industry. In addition to many years of litigation, Mr. Fink has broad experience in counseling companies and organizations on commercial and corporate issues.
Professional Background
Mr. Fink began his legal career with a clerkship at the U.S. Court of Claims. He then spent several years as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Fink entered private practice in 1977 and was a partner for two prominent law firms in the District of Columbia. In 1991, Mr. Fink became a founding partner of Sher & Blackwell.
Recognized as a leading member of the maritime law bar, Mr. Fink has served as President of the Maritime Administrative Bar Association. He has spoken on maritime and transportation issues before various transportation organizations, and testified on maritime related matters before the U.S. Congress. Recent projects include successfully litigating an Administrative Appeals Act complaint against the Coast Guard in federal court, representing various ocean carriers in an investigation before a federal agency, successfully defending a protest of a government contract and defending a class action complaint filed in federal court.
Practice
Areas
Administrative
law
Antitrust
Corporate & Transactional
Government Contracts
Government Relations
International Law
Litigation
Maritime Regulation
Professional
Affiliations/Associations
District of Columbia Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Maritime Administrative Bar Association
Association of Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy
Publications and Articles
Mr. Fink recently co-authored a chapter on bid protest litigation published by Aspatore Books as part of its “Inside the Minds” series. He also has been a contributor to the discussion on ocean shipping in the Antitrust Law Developments published by the Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association and is a co-author of "The Redundant Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988: Now It's Up To The Federal Maritime Commission," published in the International Law Journal of the Georgetown University Law Center.
Education
George Washington University, J.D. with
honors, 1973
State University of New York, B.A. Political Science, 1967
