Background
Heard, Keith Wayne was born on September 28, 1955 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Cullum and Elva Anna (Rushing) Heard.
Heard, Keith Wayne was born on September 28, 1955 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Cullum and Elva Anna (Rushing) Heard.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Burke & Parsons (New York, New York) specializing in Admiralty and Maritime Law, International Law, Cargo Defense, Charterparties, Arbitration, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1981, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases.
Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States (Committee on Maritime Arbitration and its Liaison Subcommittee with the Society of Maritime Arbitrators).
Connecticut Maritime Association.
Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States (Committee on Maritime Arbitration and its Liaison Subcommittee with the Society of Maritime Arbitrators). Connecticut Maritime Association.