Maritime
Our Expertise
We handle the full range of legal challenges that arise at sea, on the inland waters, and within a hard-working major port. Our Maritime practice litigates across the full range of admiralty law claims and disputes, including those arising from collisions and allisions, groundings, cargo loss or damage, charter party disputes, salvage, towage, vessel arrest and attachment, and limitation of liability actions. We routinely defend maritime personal injury claims under the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, and the general maritime law. Our team defends assureds and advises carriers across the full range of both recreational and commercial marine insurance coverage and represents insurers and litigates coverage disputes in federal and state courts and before administrative tribunals.
We also guide clients through the regulatory side of operations afloat and along the waterfront. The group advises clients in responding to mishaps, casualties, and governmental investigations involving the United States Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies. We represent carriers, non-vessel-operating common carriers, and intermediaries in matters before the Federal Maritime Commission, advise on ocean transportation intermediary compliance, and address questions arising under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, the Harter Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and related statutes and regulations.
Shipyards, terminal operators, and a wide spectrum of waterfront contractors and service providers rely on us for contract drafting and risk allocation advice, OSHA and safety compliance issues, and defense of personal injury and property damage claims on, alongside, and relating to the navigable waters.
Our lawyers have gone to sea, worked in the shipping industry, and literally spent a lifetime working on and around the water and among those who ply their trade there. Add decades of legal experience advising and representing a broad range of maritime clients, and our group provides a unique combination of real-world practical experience and a sophisticated, up-to-date mastery of the unique legal scheme that is admiralty and maritime law.
