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CaliforniaAdmiralty and Maritime Law Lawyers in Ventura County, California

Find an admiralty or maritime law attorney in Ventura County, California for personal injury or wrongful death cases involving a cruise ship or recreational boating accidents in state or federal court.


Applicable laws for admiralty and maritime law cases include the Jones Act, the Death on the High Seas Act and the Long Shore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.


Maritime law covers seamen, sailors, merchant marines, dock workers, crane operators at harbors, passengers and others on the water, both in and out of U.S. territorial jurisdiction.

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Matthew Hixon

Matthew Hixon
3645 Saviers Rd Ste 10
Oxnard, CA 93033
Licensed for 10 years, Matthew Hixon is a Admiralty and Maritime Law lawyer who attended Ventura College of Law... read more >

Brett Burke McMurdo

Brett Burke McMurdo
Hathaway Perrett Webster Powers
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93009
Licensed for 11 years, Brett Burke McMurdo is a Bankruptcy and Workers Compensation lawyer who attended UC Davis School of Law... read more >

Gary Mark Schumacher

Gary Mark Schumacher
770 County Square Dr Ste 200
Ventura, CA 93003
Licensed for 43 years, Gary Mark Schumacher is a Personal Injury and Products Liability lawyer who attended California Western School of La... read more >
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Admiralty & Maritime Law Certification

CBLS Board Certification in Admiralty and Maritime Law - Lawyers certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization have demonstrated substantial involvement in this area of practice.

The CBLS defines admiralty and maritime law as the "practice of law dealing with substantive and procedural aspects of the law that governs vessels, navigation and shipping."

Admiralty and maritime law also includes "injury and other claims by maritime workers and passengers, debts and torts of vessels, marine insurance, vessel charters, marine casualties, salvage and wreck removal, marine pollution, carriage of goods and cargo damage or loss, piracy, pilotage and towage."

Admiralty and maritime law also includes the "statutes and regulations that govern the operation of vessels, piers, marinas, and the impact of pollution upon navigable waters and, under certain circumstances, may include these activities on the high seas."


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Maritime Law Association of the United States

Established in 1899, the Maritime Law Association (MLA) seeks appropriate reforms and uniform interpretation in maritime law, which is the body of law that governs legal controversies and criminal offenses on the high seas.


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