Currently Vice President at SKULD North America since 2019, handling FD&D, P&I, charter party, bill of lading, cargo loss/damage and commodity sales contract disputes in the dry cargo and tank sectors.
Formerly Partner and Associate at Freehill Hogan & Mahar, LLP (2007-2019), practicing maritime law with a focus on charter party, bill of lading, cargo loss/damage, arrests and attachments. Associate at Healy & Baillie, LLP (2005-2006).
Ship and Cargo Chartering Broker (1994-2000) specializing in the container, bulk and break-bulk trades, concluding several hundred voyage, time and bareboat charters.
Graduate of Colby College (A.B. 1990), Middlebury College (M.A., Spanish, 1993) and Pace Law School, Evening Division cum laude (J.D. 2005). Association of Ship Brokers and Agents Certificate in Chartering (1995) and Admiralty Law (2000).
Former Vice Chair, Treasurer and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Norwegian Seamens’ Church in New York. Proctor Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, Connecticut Maritime Association and Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.
- CEDR Accredited Mediator. Languages: Norwegian and Spanish.
- Mailing address: 57 Shore Road Rear, Old Greenwich, CT 06870
- Mobile Telephone: (917) 691-1314
- Email: jpgisholt@gmail.com