海事与海事

Successfully represented international ship lines in demurrage and detention litigation involving the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and the Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement.

成功代理海难救助公司船舶扣押诉讼.

Successfully represented private custom boat yard in multi-million dollar marine insurance and allision litigation in Caribbean.

Successfully represented private marine railway in historic presidential yacht preservation litigation.

Successfully represented private shipyard in multi-million dollar 905(b) wrongful death litigation.

Successfully represented public marine terminal in several multi-million dollar personal injury liability actions involving the cross roads of state common law and federal and state worker’s compensation jurisdictions.

Successfully represented public marine terminal in multi-million dollar railway operation claim.

Successfully represented public marine terminal in cargo litigation involving COGSA and Carmack Amendment.

Successfully represented international marine construction company in multiple Jones Act, Longshore, and Virginia 工人的补偿 claims over a six-year bridge construction project.

Successfully represented marine terminal drayage company in several multi-million dollar personal injury actions.

Successfully represented commercial fishing association in several actions involving the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Successfully represented commercial fisherman in retainage of exclusive fishing permit

Successfully represented marine engineering and transportation company in multiple marine towing and maritime contract negotiations involving public and private marine terminals and marine terminal operators along the East Coast and throughout the Caribbean.

Successfully represented marine dredging company for maintenance and cure and Jones Act matters.

成功代表海运拖曳公司处理合同谈判事宜.

Represented family business owners of a 7 acre parcel valued at $6 million on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, 一个邻居用26艘船的漂浮垃圾场堵塞了水路. Forced the neighbor to remove the junkyard by prosecuting a federal court action eliminating interference with client’s riparian property rights. 307 Campostella, LLC v. Timothy S. 穆兰，民事诉讼号. 2:15-cv-224 (E.D. Va. 2016).

代表拥有约克镇科尔曼桥的政府实体, Virginia, 一艘大型拖船在半夜里撞上了桥. 当和解谈判失败时, 向联邦法院提起海事和海事诉讼.赔偿桥主200万. VDOT v. 托格·罗伯特·伯顿，2012 amc 2230 (e).D. Va. 2012).

Represented governmental entity that owns the Chincoteague Bridge against a $10 million claim brought by shell fishermen who alleged that construction of the bridge destroyed their shellfish beds. The vessel operator building the bridge filed a federal court action under the federal Limitation of Liability Act. 在美国进行了18个月的诉讼后，该案件以有利的条件得到了解决.S. 区域法院及U.S. 第四巡回上诉法院. American Bridge v. 詹姆斯·杨，民事诉讼号. 2:08-cv-316 (E.D. Va. (2008)，上诉已提起，第. 09-1458 (4th Cir. 2009).

Persuaded the USCG to reverse the denial it had issued for a client’s renewal of a Merchant Mariner Credential

Persuaded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rescind the permit granted (under the Rivers and Harbors Act) authorizing a maritime firm to install a 600’ mooring system in the middle of a waterbody. The proposed mooring system interfered with vessel operations at our client’s waterfront property and would have driven our client’s enterprise out of business. Then, 我们说服弗吉尼亚海洋澳门亚洲博彩平台排名委员会反对这个项目, which caused the maritime builder of the mooring system to withdraw its application and abandon the project. (2015)

Assisted domestic commercial lender in perfecting financing lien at port of embarkation for heavy equipment that U.S. 在芬兰购买的借款人.