| From
1963-1966, Mitch Baumeister played men's lacrosse for the Jersey
Devils. He was elected Co-Captain in 1965 and in 1966 he captained
FDU's first division title winning team. Mitch was named the
first FDU-Madison Athlete of the Year for the 1965-66 athletic
season and was voted the team's Most Valuable Player. He was
also the overall National Scoring Leader in 1966 with a single-season
total of 79 points. His assist total was the third-highest in
the country, while his goal tally was the fifth most. Mitch finished
his career with 128 points, which places him 14th on FDU's career
scoring list. He scored seven goals against Dickinson College
in 1965 for a then school record. Mitch finished his career for
the Jersey Devils with records for single game assists (seven
vs. Muhlenberg in 1966), season assists (39 in 1966 in 14 games),
and season points (79 in 1966). In 1972, Mitch graduated from
Seton Hall University School of Law. In 1978, Mitch received
a graduate degree in International Law from NYU Law School. As
a student at FDU in the early 1960's, Mitch began flying at Morristown
Airport and has combined his lifelong skills as a pilot with
those of a trial lawyer to become a nationally recognized aviation
law specialist. A trial lawyer since 1972, Mitch has been engaged
in civil trial practice, except for his appointment in the public
sector as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Manhattan office
in the 1970's. Besides chairing National BAR Association committees,
lecturing and writing extensively in this field, Mitch teaches
part-time as an adjunct professor of aviation law at Seton Hall
University School of Law and has been a lead attorney in such
recent court cases as the Pan Am explosion over , Scotland; the
ValueJet crash into the Florida Everglades; the TWA 800 explosion
off Long Island; and now the SwissAir 111 crash into the Atlantic
Ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada. |
