He has been within DOC since 1987 and with NOAA since 1990, providing legal advice on domestic and international ocean and coastal matters. He has worked on Coastal Zone Management Act issues and was the lead attorney in establishing a number of Marine Protected Areas including the Stellwagen Bank, Thunder Bay and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves off the Mid-Atlantic coast. He has served in his current position in the GC International Section since 1998. As an attorney-advisor he works on a variety of international issues and is primarily responsible for providing advice on the subject areas involving natural and cultural heritage, marine spatial planning, marine protected areas, biodiversity and jurisdiction under the law of the sea maritime zones.