Ms. Anne Mickey is a partner in the firm representing
clients before the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of
Defense, and other agencies. She regularly advises foreign and U.S. companies on contract,
corporate, finance and transactional matters and assists clients with contract disputes
(private and government), and with issues concerning cabatoge laws, leases, charters,
equipment acquisition, and citizenship. In addition to her years of experience in
conventional equipment financing, Ms. Mickey is an expert in government guaranteed
financing.
Professional Background
From 1977-1980, Ms. Mickey was an attorney with the Federal
Maritime Commission (General Counsel’s Office - Litigation section). In1980, she
entered private practice and was a former partner with two prominent law firms. Ms. Mickey
joined Sher & Blackwell in 1991 as one of its original partners.
Ms. Mickey has represented foreign and
domestic companies engaged in, among other things, importing and exporting,
shipping (liner, breakbulk, bulk and tanker), ferry services, terminal
operations, dredging, and marine construction. In the last four years,
Ms. Mickey has handled closings exceeding $1 billion in conventional
and government guaranteed loans for vessels and other equipment. On
land, Ms. Mickey has represented owners in the sale of commercial
buildings. Ms. Mickey has obtained favorable rulings from the U.S.
Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection for several clients
and recently won a summary judgment in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a case involving a dispute
over cargo shipped from India to Ethiopia.
Practice
Areas
Administrative
Corporate & Transactional
Financing
Government Contracts
Maritime Commerce
Maritime Regulation
Professional
Affiliations/Associations
Member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars
U.S. Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth and Federal
Circuits
United States District Court for the District of Columbia and Maryland
Unites States Court of Federal Claims
Maritime Administrative Bar Association (Former President)
Recent Publications/Articles
Co-author, “Learning
the Ropes --Is FOB Stowed A Standard International Commercial Term?”
published in The Maritime Advocate, May, 2000.
Education
The National Law Center, George Washington University, J.D.
with honors, 1976
Smith College, B.A., 1973
