Cooper Levenson, P.A.

This is a very specialized practice that deals with the statutes and case law affecting our navigable waters - both inland and ocean - and the commerce and recreation which depend upon them. We handle the full spectrum of transactions as well as state and federal maritime and business-related litigation in matters including:

• Marinas
• Commercial fishing
• Recreational boating
• Maritime contracts and liens
• Marine and foreclosures finance
• Boat, marine, and indemnity insurance
• Salvage

Our track record on behalf of clients is noteworthy. For example, we have successfully completed preferred ships mortgage foreclosures, financial transactions for the purchase of boats and achieved excellent outcomes in the defense of marine construction companies in property damage and personal liability cases.

We maintain strategic relationships with key industry groups. We have served as counsel since 1999 for the Garden State Seafood Association, whose members are engaged in all aspects of commercial fishing as well as seafood processing and merchandising. Our longtime membership in the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey has kept us close to the recreational boating and marina industries. Our deep involvement in the Maritime Law Association of the United States, including leadership roles on various key committees, has enabled us to build a national network of professionals to whom we can refer out-of-state marine matters for our New Jersey and Delaware based clients.

We are proud of our extensive experience in this unique area of the law, and have earned a reputation for achieving excellent results for our clients.

At Cooper Levenson, we believe our future rests in our collective ability to embrace change and leverage diversity through our leadership, employment, and continued community support. We believe that diversity is critical to our business strategy, our relationships with our clients and employees and will improve our competitiveness and prospects for long-term success.

The firm is a member of the New Jersey Law Firm Group, which is comprised of New Jersey Law firms, corporate legal departments, governmental agencies and public interest organizations that recognize the importance and advantages of diversity in not only serving the needs of clients but also in enhancing the legitimacy and public image of the legal profession. Each year, this organization provides a fellowship, a job fair, mentor programs and roundtable discussions at each of New Jersey's law schools to demystify the recruitment process and to encourage participation in the group's programs.

Cooper Levenson is also a member of the Minority Counsel Program of the American Bar Association, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. The mission of this organization is to promote diversity in the legal profession through education and by building relationships between corporations and lawyers who are racially and ethnically diverse.

Committed to diversity issues since its very inception, firm founder, James Cooper was a member of President Kennedy's Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, having litigated civil rights cases in Mississippi in 1966. One of our attorneys was the first woman president of the Atlantic County Bar Association. While in law school, another of our attorneys served as the National Executive Director of the National Black Law Students Association, which presided over all Black law student associations around the country.

Cooper Levenson is proud of this commitment to diversity among its clients, its employees and its community support.