WILLIAM C. SKYE


Education:    

William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
 J.D. 1986, Cum Laude

State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College, Bronx, NY
B.S. 1976, Marine Transportation, Minor in Economics


Bar membership: 

State and Federal Courts
Pennsylvania, 1986; New Jersey, 1986; Minnesota, 1989.

Licenses:

*  Master of Steam or Motor Vessels of Any Gross Tons Upon Oceans.

* Commercial Pilot; Airplane Multi and Single Engine Land; Single Engine 
     Sea; Instrument Airplane; Lighter-Than-Air Free Balloon.

* Certified Flight Instructor; Airplane Multi and Single Engine

*  Commercial Drivers License (CDL); Any Vehicle or Truck Trailer 
     Combination, including endorsements for Passengers, School Bus, 
     Double and Triple Trailers, Hazardous Materials and Tank Vessels.


William C. Skye is a cum laude graduate of William Mitchell College of Law who has 
practiced law as a defense attorney for a prominent law firm representing various 
shipping companies and maritime P&I insurance clubs in the ports of Philadelphia 
and NJ, in addition to his experience as a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney. 

William C. Skye also has extensive practical experience and he is therefore in a 
unique position to discuss, understand and evaluate a client’s maritime case and 
to closely relate to clients of many different backgrounds.  He is a graduate of 
SUNY Maritime College.  He is a licensed Master Mariner of unlimited tonnage who has 
served in all deck officer capacities and as the medical officer aboard numerous 
American flag ships in the U.S. Merchant Marine including tugs & barges, tankers, 
freighters, roll-on roll-off and container ships. 

He has served on voyages from tug & barge convoys to the Arctic to help build the 
Alaskan pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez – to the first ship to load American 
cargo bound for China when diplomatic relations were restored - to “around-the-world” 
service aboard general cargo vessels with passengers - to solving many difficult 
logistic issues that arose in the ports in India, Asia, South America, North Africa 
and the Mediterranean.  He has represented cargo and ship owners as a marine consultant & 
surveyor to monitor cargo salvage and performed loss control and expediting services 
for clients utilizing VLCC and ULCC tanker vessels. 

In addition to maritime experience, William C. Skye also has experience in aviation 
and trucking from successful customer service work with Eastern Airlines and Air 
Panama when the first computerized ticketing services at JFK International Airport 
in NYC were installed - to work as a co-pilot in Alaska for unscheduled bush flying 
services with South Central Air - to the operation of tractor trailer trucks and 
buses on American highways.