ABOUT TRADEWIND MARITIME SERVICES

MEET ANDREW NORRIS

• 22 years service as a U.S. Coast Guard attorney (1994-2016)

• Final rank - Captain

• 2006 - Appointed as a court-martial trial court judge

• 2011 - Appointed as a judge on the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals

• Qualified marine casualty investigator

• Conducted and served as legal advisor to formal Coast Guard casualty investigations

• Maritime trial attorney, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis, 2017-2018

• Adjunct professor, Roger Williams Law School (2010-2015), University of Rhode Island (2015-2016), Massachusetts Maritime Academy (2020). Taught Law of the Sea, International Oceans Law, and Critical Infrastructure Protection courses.

• Military professor, U.S. Naval War College (2013-2016), U.S. National Defense University (2012), and U.S. Coast Guard Academy (2002-2006). Taught Maritime Law Enforcement course and numerous others.

• Course designer and professor, Maritime Security and Governance Staff Course, U.S. Naval War College (2019-2023)

• U.S. Navy surface warfare officer 1985-1989 (SWO qualified)

• Prolific speaker and author

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AFFILIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Licensed attorney  (Maryland)

• Faculty, Maritime Security and Governance Staff Course, U.S. Naval War College (2019-2023)

• Consultant, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Global Maritime Crime Programme