Ms. Joanne Zawitoski is a lawyer practicing business litigation, transportation, admiralty/maritime. Joanne received a B.A. degree from University of Maryland, College Park, and has been licensed for 45 years. Joanne practices at Semmes, Bowen & Semmes A Professional Corporation in Washington, DC and 1 other location.
Affiliations, Associations & Special Achievements
•Who's Who Legal: Transport 2015, for Shipping Law
•Named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America 2015, for Admiralty and Maritime Law
•Recipient, Leadership in Law Award, The Maryland Daily Record (November 2013)
•Recipient, the 2004 Etta H. Maddox Lifetime Achievement Award, the Women's Bar Association of Maryland, University of Baltimore Chapter (April 2004)
•Port of Baltimore's Woman of the Year for 2003
•Selected as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2002, 2000 and 1997 and inducted into the Circle of Excellence (March, 2002)
•John W. Sims Distinguished Visiting Practitioner (April, 2001)
•Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
•Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases (2001-present)
•Associate Editor, Benedicts Maritime Bulletin (2003-present)
•Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition
•(Brief Judge: 1994-1997, 1999, 2002, 2004-2008, 2010-2011)
•Selected to the A List of Baltimore's Favorite Business Lawyers, by the readers of The Daily Record (December, 1999)
•Selected as one of Baltimore's Top 50 Women in Business, Baltimore Magazine (May, 1997)
•Maritime Law Association Of The United States
•Proctor in Admiralty (Qualified in 1981)
•Director (2001-2004)
•Chair, Stevedoring & Terminal Operations Committee, (1989-1994)
•Vice Chair, Strategic Planning Committee (1996-1998)
•Defense Research Institute (DRI)
•Chair, Transportation Law Committee (1996-1998)
•Chair, Admiralty Law Subcommittee (1995-1996)
•Bar Association Of Baltimore City
•Chair, Admiralty Law Committee (1997-1998)
•Federal Bar Association, Maryland Chapter
•President (1991-1992)
•Chair, Board of Governors (1987-1988)
•American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee
•Maryland Bar Association, Section of International Commercial Law
•District Of Columbia Bar Association
•North Atlantic Ports Association, Inc.
•General Counsel (2006-present)
•(Member since 1991)
•Pride Of Baltimore, Inc.
•Board of Directors (1995-2009)
•Chair, Board of Directors, (2001-2002)
•Charleston Maritime Law Institute
•Advisory Board, (2005-present)
•Canton Railroad Company
•Board of Directors (1999-present)
•Propeller Club Of Baltimore (1980-present)
•President (2000-2001)
•Board of Directors (1992-present)
•Propeller Club Charitable Trust
•President (2001-2002)
•Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
•Board of Directors (1998-2009)
•Women's International Shipping & Trading Association
•President, Baltimore Washington Chapter (1999-2000)
• Baltimore Port Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland (1995-present)
•U. S. Delegate to International Convention on Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (Vienna, Austria, 1991)
•U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law
•Traffic Club of Baltimore (1992-present)
•Leadership Howard County (Class of 1990)
•Maryland International Trade Association (1988-1997)
•Young Audiences Of Maryland, Board of Directors (1985-1987)
•University of Maryland Law School ATLAS Mentor Program for Minority Law Students (1986-1987)
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