Best Law Firms in the United States for Admiralty and Maritime Law

About Brown Sims

For over 50 years, Brown Sims has dedicated itself to providing its clients with experienced based solutions tailored to their specific legal problems. In the courtroom, the boardroom, and the community, Brown Sims represents and counsels clients in virtually every major industry.

Representing and Counseling Industry Leaders

Brown Sims’ clients include industry leaders and businesses in the construction, energy, environmental, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, maritime, products manufacturing and design, professional services, retail, and transportation industries.Through its experienced and talented practice groups, Brown Sims offers legal counseling and focus in appellate, arbitration, business, insurance, transactional, trial, and workers’ compensation issues.

Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Many legal problems are susceptible to recurrence or may have more than one solution. Without an adequate understanding of what gives rise to a specific legal issue or an appreciation of the ramifications of a particular solution, what seems like a quick fix solution can become a long term problem.At its inception, Brown Sims recognized that its clients desired more than excellent results—they also desired excellent counseling. Brown Sims helps its clients put their legal issues into context while escaping cycles of repetitive problems. Brown Sims also offers its clients insightful analysis of the larger impact that alternative resolutions can have and assists them in picking the best course.

Jones Walker LLP is among the largest 145 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.

Since 2012, The BTI Consulting Group has named Jones Walker to its Client Service A-Team, which identifies the top client service firms in the nation. The firm has previously been named to both the A-Team and BTI's Client Service 30, a list of top 30 firms in the country for dedication to client service. Clients have recognized Jones Walker for consistent excellence in areas such as client focus, anticipating the client's needs, and understanding the client's business.

Rethink. Refine. Rediscover.

With more than 235 attorneys in Louisiana and Texas, Kean Miller serves as legal counsel to the people and industries that drive the energy-belt economy. Fortune 500 companies, national businesses, and local companies rely on Kean Miller for efficient legal services and practical advice, always provided in a cost-efficient manner. In the courtroom and the boardroom, Kean Miller attorneys create unique solutions, pragmatic strategies, and unparalleled value that allow our clients to perform at the highest level.

Leaders in Energy and Petrochemical Refining

Kean Miller has long been known as a go-to law firm for the energy and petrochemical industries throughout the energy belt region. Our legal acumen spans every aspect of upstream, midstream, and downstream activity and the myriad businesses and service providers that support them.

Uncommon Breadth

Kean Miller’s expertise has evolved to encompass virtually every legal discipline inherent to sectors as diverse as maritime, construction, manufacturing, tax, hospitality, financial services, healthcare and beyond. Regardless of industry, we provide businesses and individuals with the legal tools they need to build lasting success.

People First

Kean Miller attorneys are more than just quality practitioners; they are down-to-earth people who genuinely enjoy working with others, both in the firm and in the community. Their personal investment in each client’s goals, framed by the firm’s long-standing culture of integrity and value, is a core component of the Kean Miller experience.

Rediscover Service

Being there for our clients, wherever and whenever we are needed, is our passion and purpose. We prepare ourselves to be at our best when our clients need us the most, ready to answer every call with sound strategy and pragmatic solutions – no matter the urgency.

Rethink Your ROI

Our clients cite the superior return on investment that Kean Miller provides as an important contributor to their long-term success. Our attorneys possess exceptional business skills and strive to produce legal work of the highest quality while never losing sight of the business objective and bottom line.

Diversity in Action

Practical experience has proven that diverse teams consistently make better decisions. Our inclusive culture is key to attracting individuals with diverse experiences to join our team. We have one of the highest percentages of women attorneys and partners of any major law firm, and rank among firms having the highest percentages of minority attorneys.

Future Proof Relationships

Kean Miller’s intentional focus on building long-term collaborative relationships internally and externally ensures that our clients’ interests are not dependent on any single attorney. A discerning recruitment process, integrated team approach, and commitment to outstanding culture position us to support our clients – and each other – across generations.

• Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A. was founded in 1971 and is a preeminent maritime and admiralty law firm with a full-time team of 18 maritime lawyers and a complete support staff. The firm continues to have an international reputation for integrity, compassion and excellence with 250 years of combined experience in maritime and admiralty law. The firm's focus is to serve passengers and crew who have been injured while at sea.
  
  AWARDS & RECOGNITION: We have received the highest forms of recognition in the industry including the“Top Law Firm Protecting Seafarer Rights” by industry leaders and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. Many of our lawyers have been nominated for various awards such as SuperLawyers and are among the highest rated maritime lawyers on Avvo.com. Additional recognitions include membership with the Million Dollar Associates Forum, the Multi-Million Dollar Associates Forum and the American Association for Justice.
  
  CRUISE SHIP RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: We also routinely represent cruise ship sexual assault, rape and statutory rape cruise ship cases. We regularly represent both minors and adults who have been sexually assaulted aboard cruise ships by either crew or other passengers. Additionally, our attorneys are at the forefront of overboard accidents and cruise ship negligence cases, including cases involving the over-service of alcohol to cruise ship passengers.
  
  FEATURED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION OVER 1,000 TIMES: Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A., has been featured on over 1,000 nationally broadcasted television programs covering cruise ships disasters, cruise ship rape and sexual assaults as well as other cruise ship crimes. When major media outlets seek a cruise accident lawyer or cruise ship sexual assault attorney to interview as an analyst, they frequently rely upon our firm. We have been on the go-to list for a number of major news programs including: CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, ABC, Court TV, and more.
  
  EXPERIENCE HANDLING MATTERS WORLDWIDE: Our local office is located in Florida, but we represent passengers and crew injured anywhere in the world. Our maritime law firm serves international clientele from countries around the globe, including North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. We have made appearances in courtrooms worldwide and are equipped to assist clients who speak any language.
  
  CASES WE HANDLE:
  
• Admiralty & Maritime
• Cruise Ship Accidents & Claims
• Cruise Ship Sexual Assault
• Cruise Passenger Disappearances
• Seaman's Claims
• Jones Act
• Shore Excursions
• Boating Accidents
• Parasailing Accidents
• Jet Ski Accidents
• Limitation of Liability
• Hotel, Resort & Vacation Accidents
  
• Hotel Sexual Assault
• Hotel Video Voyeurism
• Uber/ Lyft Sexual Assault
• Brightline Train Accidents
• AirBnB/ Vrbo/ Short Term Rentals

Lundy LLP is a leading law firm with 3 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 4 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2008. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Lundy LLP has on their team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs.

Lundy LLP is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 4 practice areas. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Lundy LLP has 4 rankings in 4 practices. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.

Turkel Cuva Barrios is a premier litigation boutique with a national presence. Our talented and specialized lawyers handle high-stakes litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Clients throughout the country retain us to handle their most challenging and important cases. We prepare a case from the start with one goal in mind—to win at trial. And we have trial and litigation victories against some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world.

We’re Winning Battles and Righting Wrongs in the Fields of Employment, Personal Injury and Business Litigation.

With a proven track record in personal injury, business litigation, and employment law, Venardi Zurada, LLP is a leading California law firm with offices in Oakland & Walnut Creek.

We’re so confident that we can win, that we operate on a contingency fee basis in many instances — meaning if we do not make a recovery for you, we will not collect a fee.

Founded by attorney Mark Venardi and then later joined by Martin Zurada, the California law firm of Venardi Zurada capitalizes on the insight and experience our attorneys bring from past work both on behalf of and against Fortune 500 companies. Our ability to see both perspectives allows us to provide the kind of aggressive representation typically reserved for major corporations.

While we will negotiate and settle claims if that is in your best interest, we are a litigation firm that doesn’t hesitate to take matters to court when appropriate. That tenacity has resulted in:

• A success rate at trial of over 99 percent
• The confidence to operate on a contingency fee basis in many instances — meaning if we do not make a recovery for you, we will not collect a fee
• The trust of a long list of clients
• The respect of our peers — for example, Mark has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell review rating every year since 2004

We make a difference in everything we do because:

We have earned a leading reputation. Our lawyers have earned top honors, including Northern California Superlawyers (top 5 percent), National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Attorneys, AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (attorneys that have obtained multi-million dollar trial verdicts).

We care and we show it. When you hire us you will get to know us, and we will get to know you. We will learn your story and live your story so we can help decision makers (jurors, claims handlers, judges, and opposing counsel) feel your story.

We get results. We have recovered in excess of a hundred million dollars for our clients and pride ourselves on leveraging our experience, reputation, case development, client story, and technology to get top results

Committed, Connected & Available

“Their dedication, caring, believing and execution are the best that I have ever seen.”
Ray Bellefeuille, President Phoenix Logistics, Inc.

We’re also committed to being available to you to answer questions that help alleviate the stress of being part of a legal action. That includes:

• Giving you your attorney’s direct dial office, cell, and home phone numbers
• Meeting with you outside of normal business hours
• Traveling to a location that’s convenient for you such as your home or the hospital

Mark left the corporate world to provide legal services to individuals and smaller companies in Oakland, San Jose, and surrounding areas because he truly values making personal connections with our clients. Martin moved from Poland to Libya to Germany to the U.S. during his school years, and overcame language and other barriers every step of the way, so he identifies with people who face significant challenges. Both attorneys — and the teams that support them — are committed to providing outstanding legal representation to people who have been wronged.

Founded in 2007 by Bobby Saadian, Esq., JD/MBA, Wilshire Law Firm is a nationally recognized personal injury, employment, and consumer class action law firm that has recovered more than $2 billion in settlements and verdicts for its clients. Recognized by Best Lawyers® as one of the nation’s “Best Law Firms” for seven consecutive years, Wilshire Law Firm has secured some of the largest settlements in the country, including a record-breaking $36 million settlement, the largest single-plaintiff settlement in Fresno County history, and a $28.7 million settlement that was ranked by TopVerdict.com as the Number 1 Pedestrian Accident Settlement for Single-Plaintiff Cases in the U.S. in 2019. Additionally, Wilshire Law Firm secured 59 of the top 100 Personal Injury settlements in California in 2024, per TopVerdict.

With more than 100 attorneys, 500 team members, and an extensive network of medical and forensic experts, Wilshire Law Firm has the resources needed to go up against any insurance company or corporation. The firm’s award-winning attorneys stand for justice, fighting to ensure that its clients are fully and fairly compensated for their losses.

Wilshire Law Firm is available 24/7, provides free consultations, and takes no fees unless you win.