Jones Walker LLP

The team at Jones Walker LLP is highly regarded for its ‘thorough, efficient and results-oriented’ approach to maritime litigation and dispute resolution, with a broad practice encompassing vessel construction, personal injury, property damage, indemnity, environmental, and product liability matters. From offices in New Orleans, Houston, Mobile and Miami, the firm’s cross-trained attorneys practice in state, federal, and administrative proceedings throughout the United States, regularly arguing before the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans – a key court for domestic maritime disputes. In New Orleans, the team is jointly led by Grady Hurley; Jefferson Tillery, an experienced litigator in maritime personal injury and vessel collision and allision matters; regulatory and marine disputes expert R. Scott Jenkins ; and Richard Bertram, who leads the maritime regulatory team. Etienne Balart, George Fowler, Alfred Rufty III and associate Sara Kuebel are other key contacts in New Orleans, whilst Miami-based Luis Llamas leads on admiralty disputes, complex commercial litigation and cruise line claims.