Find Lawyers in Houston, Texas for Admiralty and Maritime Law

Kurt Arnold is a relentless advocate for his clients, having obtained billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. One of the nation’s most accomplished trial lawyers, Kurt prepares every case for trial. Of course, many cases resolve before trial, but defendants and insurance companies only pay the largest settlements when he gives them no alternative. Kurt finds helping individuals defeat companies that have continuously denied his clients justice to be one of the most rewarding pa...

Dennis Barrow is a skilled advocate in both domestic litigation and international arbitration. He represents clients in construction, energy, environmental, and commercial disputes. His extensive experience includes representing clients in state and federal trials, domestic arbitrations, and ICC and UNCITRAL arbitrations. Dennis’s combination of a mechanical engineering degree with a degree in economics provides him an advantage in many cases. His engineering training allows him to quic...

Before attending law school, Limor Ben-Maier worked for a solo practitioner, assisting with everything from client intake to litigation preparation. It was on the advice of that attorney that she attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and began studying Admiralty Law, eventually earning her Master of Law degree in the area. After graduating, Ms. Ben-Maier served as a federal court clerk, handling longshore claims, as well as Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation claims...

Caj Boatright has made a habit of winning exceptional verdicts and settlements for his clients. In fact, in the last couple of years, it would be difficult to find another trial lawyer who has tried more cases to verdict and obtained more multimillion-dollar settlements even though Mr. Boatright has spent only five years of his 15-year legal career representing plaintiffs. His winning formula rests on his strong sense of justice and a belief that the American jury system is the best way to he...

Mr. Cooney has an active trial and appellate practice and has argued before both the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. He authored the Amicus Curiae Brief filed the Maritime Law Association of the Unites States in the U.S Supreme Court case of Intertanko v. Locke and the Amicus Curiae Brief filed by the IADC in Stewart v. Dutra Construction. Mr. Cooney devotes his practice to admiralty and maritime law. His extensive experience spans a nearly 50-year career, where he&rs...

Todd G. Crawford has handled a broad scope of complex litigation, ranging from toxic exposures to marine disasters to catastrophic oilfield blowouts. Todd remains busy splitting his time between the firm’s Houston office and New Orleans office, while still managing the Gulfport office allowing him to easily represent his clients all along the Gulf Coast region. Todd's practice includes general maritime law matters, including arrests and attachments, cargo claims, limitation of liability...

Kelly Haas focuses her practice in the areas of admiralty and maritime law and energy-related litigation matters. In both state and federal courts she defends vessel owners and operators, as well as offshore companies, from claims arising from collisions, personal injury, property damage, maritime pollution, cargo matters, environmental issues, and contract disputes. She also regularly handles matters involving the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the Outer...

Cory Itkin has established a reputation as one of the most aggressive and prepared trial lawyers in the country. His experience includes maritime accidents, trucking accidents, plant explosions, and other high-stakes personal injury cases. Mr. Itkin has won verdicts and settlements for clients in more than two dozen states. He also obtained favorable results in the high-profile litigation involving families who lost loved ones or workers who were injured in the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion ...

Jason is one of the nation's top trial lawyers for one reason: when he represents a client, he's all in. No matter how tough the fight. No matter how big the challenge. When it matters most, he's there for people who have been wronged. He takes every case personally, treating each client like family while he fights to rebuild their lives. When people need to win, they call Jason. He's won several verdicts and settlements worth more than $100 million, dozens of results worth more than $10 mill...

Marc Matthews practices in the areas of admiralty and tort litigation with a special emphasis in defending vessel owners and operators from claims arising under the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as well as from claims arising from vessel collisions and cargo damage. He has extensive experience in the arrest and seizure of vessels in the federal courts, both from the standpoint of arresting vessels and from the s...

John Pearson is an experienced attorney handling maritime, oilfield, and insurance disputes for over 40 years. John Pearson’s experience includes extensive maritime, oilfield services, and insurance coverage matters. His insurance practice includes the representation of policyholders and brokers. John has for many years counseled oilfield service companies regarding disputes arising out of casualties, property damage, indemnities and other contractual matters. John’s maritime expe...

Mr. Pugh is a former managing partner of the firm’s Houston office and has served as a member of its Board of Directors. In his practice, he handles a wide variety of maritime and energy-related cases and he has extensive experience analyzing, drafting, and reviewing energy-related contracts and insurance, indemnity and other contract issues. His practice background also includes master service agreements, onshore and offshore drilling contracts, charters, flight service agreements and ...

In his 30-plus years of practice, John Schouest has established himself as straightforward, respectful and honest. With a reputation for creative case management, he is able to fashion his approach and defense to match his client’s goals or a judge’s unique perspective. Much of Mr. Schouest’s practice is focused in maritime law, which he discovered while attending law school at Louisiana State University and quickly found to be a perfect fit. Because a large amount of energy...

Marcus Tucker's practice includes the investigation and defense of claims resulting from oilfield and maritime casualties, construction defects, personal injury and transportation related accidents. His practice also involves the litigation of commercial disputes through trial and arbitration. In addition, Marcus litigates and provides advice on contractual indemnity and insurance coverage issues on behalf of both corporate clients and insurance companies.

Mr. Unger is the Managing Partner of Royston, Rayzor, Vickery and Williams LLP He has significant experience in civil litigation and appeals. Mr. Unger has handled a range of litigation in state and federal courts, including appeals in state and federal courts. He is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and all Texas state courts. Mr....

Mr. Williams has more than 39 years of experience in all phases of business, energy, construction and law including legal representation, contract negotiation and administration, engineering, project management, and marketing of large international oil & gas, engineering and construction projects. Mr. Williams is a practicing attorney in litigation specializing in construction/engineering/corporate law, environmental law, oil and gas transactions, maritime and international law. Mr. Willi...