Practice Areas & Industries: Akerman Senterfitt

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The attorneys in our Admiralty and Maritime Practice are experienced in a full range of maritime matters including those related to maritime commerce, such as contracts of affreightment, charter parties, and traditional admiralty litigation pertaining to collision, personal injury, wrongful death, cargo damage, and salvage. We also handle ship financing and ship construction projects either on behalf of banks, other lending institutions and pension funds, or ship owning corporations. In addition to representing clients in administrative hearings before federal, state, and local agencies concerned with maritime affairs, we regularly handle maritime mediation and arbitration.

Services Available

We practice on a statewide basis so as to provide general and special counsel for our clients doing business in all Florida ports. We also have clients in the global maritime community including clients in Australia, Central America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Scandinavia, and the Far East. In consideration of the "around the clock" nature of the maritime industry, our admiralty and maritime lawyers are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist any existing or new client.

Members of the Admiralty and Maritime Practice include a former Chief Trial counsel to the United States Maritime Administration in Washington, D.C., the former chairperson of The Florida Bar's Appellate Practice Section, a charter member of the Florida Bar's Admiralty Law Certification Committee, and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. We offer clients more than 75 years of combined experience in the practice of maritime law.

Clients:
Australian Fertilizer Association , U.S. Maritime Administration , ARCO