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Gary T. Sacks 
St. Louis, Missouri
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For 40 years, Gary Sacks has litigated complex maritime and other commercial trial and appellate matters.

Areas of Practice:
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Commercial Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Mediator, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri


Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 1966
U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education:
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1966
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif


University of Missouri, 1963
B.S.B.A.


Published Works:
"Implied Obligations in Marine Insurance", 35 St. Louis Bar Journal 40, No. 4, Spring, 1988


Wrongful Death: Maritime Standards For Liability To The Estates of Nonseafarers: Calhoun v. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, 216 F.3d 338, 2000 AMC 1863 (3rd Cir), 2000


"Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce", April, 2001


"An Update on the Troubled Waters of Towage Law", 79 Tulane Law Review 1385, June, 2005


"Standing to Object to An Unlawful Search and Seizure" (Co-Author), 1965, Washington University Law Quarterly, 488


Representative Cases:
In re the Matter of the Complaints of the American Milling Company, 409 F.3d 1005 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 2005)
In re the Missouri Barge Line, Inc., 360 F.3d 885 (8th Cir.(Mo.) 2004)
Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Mays Towing Co., Inc., 927 F.2d 1453, 59 USLW 2614, 1991 A.M.C. 1540 (8th Cir. (Mo.)  1991)
Employers Ins. of Wausau v. Trotter Towing Corp, 841 F.2d 633 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 1988)
Cameron v. Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., 654 F.2d 468. 1982 A.M.C. 2482 (7th Cir. (Ill.) 1981)
Gibbar v. Calvert Fire Ins. Co., 623 F.2d 41, 1980 A.M.C. 2731 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 1980)
Federal Barge Line, Inc. v. Republic Marine, Inc., 616 F.2d 372, 1981 A.M.C. 1800 (8th Cir. (Mo.)  1980)
U.S. v. Motor Vessel Gopher State, 614 F.2d 1186, 1982 A.M.C. 1518 (8th Cir. (Mo.)  1980)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor, Admiralty Law, St. Louis University School of Law, Fall and Spring Semester, 2001


Adjunct Professor, Admiralty Law, St. Louis University School of Law, Fall and Spring Semester, 2003


Adjunct Professor, Admiralty Law, St. Louis University School of Law, Fall and Spring Semester, 2004


Honors and Awards:
The Best Lawyers in America, 1990 - Present


Named by Law & Politics as a Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer in the field of Transportation/Maritime


Professional Associations and Memberships:
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1994 - 1996
Chairman, Admiralty Committee


The Missouri Bar
Member


American Bar Association
Member


Maritime Law Association of the United States
Proctor


Civil Justice Reform Act Committee, 1994 - 1997
Member


The Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane University School of Law
Member, Permanent Advisory Board