Burr & Forman LLP

Lawyers of the firm represent shipowners, operators and charterers, P&I Clubs, Defense Clubs, Hull Underwriters and other marine interests making up the International Maritime Community.

They also represent underwriters and insurers in the domestic market insuring yachts, tugs, barges and other marine risks.

In addition to litigation involving maritime personal injuries and deaths, cargo claims, collisions, damage to docks and other structures, groundings, and other matters of maritime tort and contract, they also routinely conduct shipboard and other on site investigations and protect the interests of the firm’s maritime clients in dealing with stowaways and other Immigration problems, Customs issues, problems associated with Coast Guard regulations and other aspects of United States Law bearing on maritime commerce.

They also handle problems arising out of the application of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) and supervise oil spill cleanup activities not only in the Port of Mobile but on the navigable rivers of Alabama and all across the coastal areas of Alabama , Mississippi and Northwest Florida. Locally they represent a shipyard, marine surveyors, commercial divers and other maritime interests.

EXPERIENCE MATTERS

Construction Contract Negotiation
Retained by contractor to draft and negotiate contract for the construction of a manufacturing plant in South Alabama.

Maritime Insurance
Represented maritime commercial property insurer in dispute with commercial policyholder relative to insurance claim arising from Hurricane Katrina.

Maritime Insurance
Represented maritime insurer in pursuit of action for declaratory judgment construing insurance policy for vessel and to defend breach of contract and bad faith claims arising out of the sinking of yacht off the Alabama coast. Trial resulted in verdict in favor of maritime insurer on bad faith claim.

Burr & Forman LLP is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, and promoting lawyers and staff without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, military and protected veteran status, sexual orientation or disability.

We recognize that our ability to serve our clients is strengthened by establishing a diverse workforce in which differences are accepted and valued on an inclusive basis.

Burr & Forman LLP desires to foster a multi-cultured atmosphere that provides a cooperative work environment where everyone is treated with mutual respect, trust and understanding, and where everyone can reach their full potential. The firm values the knowledge and talents of a multicultural team in order to meet and exceed individual and business goals, and client expectations.