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Bar Admissions:

• The Florida Bar, 1966
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
• United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida

Education:

• United States Merchant Marine Academy (King’s Point), B.S., 1963
• University of Miami, J.D., 1966.

Professional Associations and Organizations:

The Florida Bar; Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee (Vice-Chair, 1992); Miami-Dade County Bar (Chairman of Professional Arbitration Committee, 1983); American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section); The Federal Bar; The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Executive Committee, Comité Maritime International Committee, Cruise and Passenger Ship Committee, Past Chairman); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Past Director); American Arbitration Association; Propeller Club of the United States (Miami and Tampa Chapters); U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association (Past President and Chairman of the Board Superintendent’s Counsel).

Other:

AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Special Prosecutor for the Florida Bar.

Faculty Member, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (1999); National Advisory Board, Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (2005);  Alumnus of the year, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (2000); Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve, retired; 2nd and 3rd officer on US merchant passenger and cargo vessels (1960-1963); 2nd officer on US merchant vessels while attending law school (1963-1964); three years navigator of the USS Rush; Founding Director, Miami Free Zone Corporation; Former Corporate Secretary of Commodore Cruise Lines; Former Director of Dadeland Bank; Current Regional Director of Colonial Bank.

Certified Circuit Court Mediator by The State of Florida, authorized to mediate civil disputes in any judicial circuit in Florida; AAA Arbitrator.

Speaker:

Mr. Hayden has lectured on maritime products liability, maritime personal injury and death.