Overview
Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A. was founded in 1971 and focuses on maritime and admiralty law. The firm includes a full-time team of 18 maritime attorneys supported by an experienced legal staff, with more than 250 years of combined experience handling maritime and admiralty matters. The firm represents passengers and crew members who have suffered injuries while at sea.
Our attorneys also handle cruise ship sexual assault, rape, and statutory rape cases involving both adults and minors. We represent individuals who report assaults committed by crew members or fellow passengers aboard cruise ships. In addition, the firm handles overboard accident claims and cruise ship negligence matters, including cases involving the alleged over-service of alcohol to passengers.
Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A. has been featured on more than 1,000 nationally broadcast television programs discussing cruise ship disasters, cruise ship crimes, and maritime injury cases. Attorneys from the firm are frequently interviewed by media outlets regarding cruise accidents and cruise ship sexual assault claims. The firm has appeared on networks and programs including CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, ABC, Court TV, and others.
Although our office is based in Florida, we represent passengers and crew members involved in incidents throughout the world. The firm serves clients from North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Our attorneys have appeared in courts in multiple jurisdictions and are prepared to assist clients who speak a wide range of languages.
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Miami
About Our Clients
Our attorneys handle maritime and admiralty personal injury matters involving cruise lines and other vessel owners and operators. Our clients include passengers, captains, officers, and crew members working aboard a wide range of commercial vessels. We also represent individuals injured in accidents involving recreational boats and privately owned watercraft.
We represent passengers and crew members who have suffered injuries or assaults aboard cruise ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugboats, pilot boats, motorboats, sailboats, personal watercraft, kayaks, and other vessels. Our practice includes claims arising from incidents on navigable waters involving vessels subject to maritime law and marine navigation regulations. Although our office is located in Florida, we assist clients with maritime claims involving vessels operating throughout the United States and internationally.
Our maritime law firm also counsels seafarers, union members, cruise line employees, and maritime workers regarding medical care, wage disputes, and employment-related rights under maritime law. We handle matters involving seamen’s rights, maintenance and cure claims, the Jones Act, and other areas of admiralty and maritime law.
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Rankings
National
Regional
Miami
Practice Areas
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Cruise Ship Accident and Sexual Assault
- Cruise Ship rape
- Seaman's Claims
- Cruise Passenger Disappearances
- Cruise Ship Overboard Accidents
- Cruise Ship Drowning Accidents
- Cruise Ship Water Side Accidents
- Shore Excursion Accidents
- Flowrider Accidents
- Cruise Ship Video Voyeurism
- Cruise Ship Medical Malpractice
- Cruise Ship Asbestos Claims
- Tender Boat Accidents
- Gangway Accident Attorney
- Class Action Lawsuits
- Personal Injury
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