David N. Ventker

Currently Chairman of the Inland Waters and Towing Committee of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, Dave Ventker has been practicing law since 1982. He has been concentrating in maritime law and commercial litigation since 1989, when he entered private practice after serving on active duty for more than 7 years with the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy. Dave began his private practice with the Virginia Beach firm of Huff Poole & Mahoney, PC. By the time he left that firm in 2002 to form what is now Ventker & Warman, PLLC, he was a member of the firm's executive committee and chairman of the litigation department.

Dave has earned an "AV" peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, placing him in the top 10% of practicing lawyers in the United States. Licensed in both Virginia and North Carolina, he is also "of-counsel" to the Florida law firm of "Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, handling both maritime and commercial matters for a wide range of clients.

Admitted: 1982, Ohio; 1985, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1989, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, North Carolina

Law School: Ohio State University, J.D., with honors in Law, 1982 (Articles Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 1980-1982)

College: Ohio State University, B.A., 1979

Military: LCDR, JAGC, USNR, 1982-1989

Born: Laredo, Texas, February 6, 1957

Practice Areas
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Corporate, Small Business Representation
Civil Litigation
Nonprofit Organizations Law
Intellectual Property

Professional Affiliations
Federal Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
North Carolina State Bar
Maritime Law Association (Proctor Member; Chairman, Inland Waters and Towing Committee)
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute