Best Lawyers Near You in Los Angeles, California for Admiralty and Maritime Law

Maritime lawyers in LA handle a wide range of legal matters arising from commercial shipping, coastal operations and marine activity throughout Southern California. Their work includes litigation involving vessel collisions, maritime personal injury claims, cargo loss or damage, insurance disputes and other tort and contract matters governed by admiralty law. Attorneys in this practice also advise clients on transactional and commercial issues such as vessel sales and documentation, shipyard and repair contracts, charter agreements and maritime finance. With Los Angeles serving as a major gateway for international trade and Pacific maritime traffic, lawyers in this field regularly address complex legal issues connected to large-scale port operations and global supply chains.

Why This Listing Matters

Lawyers included in Best Lawyers for Admiralty and Maritime Law are selected through our long-standing Purely Peer Review® process. Each year, we conduct confidential surveys of leading attorneys, asking them to evaluate their peers based on professional ability, integrity and experience in the practice area. Inclusion reflects the respect of fellow lawyers and identifies those recognized as leading maritime practitioners serving Los Angeles.

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Our Methodology


Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

The Process

Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Our belief has always been that the quality of a peer review survey is directly related to the quality of the voters.