Vince DeOrchis

Vince DeOrchis was born in 1949 in New York City and raised in Queens before moving to Great Neck, Long Island, as a teenager. His father is a well-known maritime lawyer who continued practicing until he was 87 years old.

Vince attended Fordham College and Fordham University School of Law and ultimately joined his father’s law firm in Manhattan. He continues to practice maritime law more than forty years later. He served on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Maritime Law Association and was an advisor to the U.S. State Department during negotiations for the Rotterdam Rules. He has also participated as a briefing judge in the Judge John R. Brown National Moot Court Competition and was a Sims Distinguished Practitioner in Residence lecturer at Tulane University School of Law.

He coauthored Negotiation—An Attorney’s Manual and Inside the Minds: Founding a Law Firm. He lives on Roosevelt Island with his companion, Maria, and enjoys the company of his two children, Vincent S. and Dana, as well as two granddaughters.

Visit vincedeorchis.com to learn more.

Books by Vince DeOrchis

A Young Man Sent to Sea

Going to sea as a sailor at age eighteen is not the dream of most college-aged boys, especially those with some privileges in life. Yet for one young man who navigated this path at the insistence of his father, the unlikely experience turned into a wildly unforgettable adventure.

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Devil’s Eye

After bombs decimate their home, seventeen-year-old Nizar and his little sister, Rima, seek to escape the horrors of war-torn Syria and reunite with their estranged cousin in the United States. Their dangerous journey exposes them to deadly sarin gas aboard a containership and draws unconventional lawyer Joe Barrett into an investigation of a plot that endangers everyone involved in sentencing a terrorist.

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The Pilot Fish

A fast and silent missile threatens a city along the U.S. East Coast, and the only certainty is that it comes from North Korea. After a container-ship collision in the English Channel reveals a shocking discovery, attorney Joe Barrett uncovers an intricate plot involving a never-before-seen device dubbed the Pilot Fish. From Italy and London to the shores of the United States, Barrett must locate a threat invisible to sonar and radar before millions of lives are lost.

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Review for The Pilot Fish

“[DeOrchis] quickly and expertly guides the reader into his rarified world, painting a picture of the vessels, the offices, the language, and the focus on the sea and those who sail it…It’s a fast, compelling, and fun-to-read book. And bonus: I learned quite a bit along the way.” —Nancy Roberts, When in Doubt, Read!