Warren B. Cole
Third Floor
1138 King Street
Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820-4909






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Warren B. Cole was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, March 3,1949. He received his B.S. in Naval Science from the United States Naval Academy in 1971. He served on active duty both as a Midshipman and as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy from 1967 to 1976. Mr. Cole received his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1979, where he was made a member of The Order of the Coif and received a Certificate in Ocean Law. He is the author of "Continental Shelf Boundaries in the Eastern Caribbean Under Revision One of the Informal Composite Negotiating Text" ; which was awarded the Edwin D. Ford Memorial Award for 1979 from the Inter-American Bar Association. Mr. Cole clerked for the Hon. Warren H. Young, District Court of the Virgin Islands, 1979-1980. He joined the firm in 1980 and became a partner in 1986. He is a member of the bars of the Virgin Islands and the State of Oregon, and is admitted to practice before the United States court of appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association

Current Employment Positions:
Member, since 1986
Year Joined Organization:
1980
Areas of Practice:
Commercial Transactions
Trial Practice
Civil Trial and Appellate Practice
Maritime Law
Maritime Personal Injury
Business Transactions
Commercial Litigation
Product Liability
Personal Injury and Insurance Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Oregon, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit, 1981
Virgin Islands, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Edwin D. Ford Memorial Award, 1979

United States Naval Academy, 1971
B.S.
Major: Naval Science

Representative Cases:
Hollar v. Government of the Virgin Islands, 857 F.2d 163 (C.A. 3 1988)
Tyson v. Litwin Corporation, 826 F.2d 1255 (C.A. 3 1987)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Oregon State Bar
Member

Virgin Islands Bar Association
Member

American Bar Association
Member

Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Warren H. Young, District Court of the Virgin Islands, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980

U.S. Navy, 1967 - 1976

Birth Information:
March 3, 1949, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America





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