Terry Spilsbury

Born in NY City, I was raised in Huntington, NY, graduating from Huntington High School I attended Bowdoin College (BA, 1976, Magna Cum Laude; double majoring in Government and Legal Studies and in Environmental Studies) University of Washington Law School (JD, 1980; Washington Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor), and Columbia University (MBA, 1992) I began my legal career in Washington, DC as a legislative assistant for Senator Warren Magnusen (D-WA), soon becoming Maritime Counsel on the majority staff of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, working directly with Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA). In 1983, I joined Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale) as an associate attorney representing regulated common carriers; later focusing my legal practice on international trade and transportation at Graham & James. In mid-1985, I moved to New Jersey to work in the legal counsel's office of Sea-Land Service, Inc., the leading containerized shipping company, where my ultimate position for several years was as Marketing Director, Europe/Mid-East in Rotterdam, Netherlands. After marriage, Maureen and I settled in Connecticut where I built a practice as an…