Admiralty and Maritime

Litigation experience in defending maritime and admiralty litigation

Harman Claytor’s experienced attorneys have offices in both Virginia and the Washington, DC area handling matters involving a broad spectrum of maritime litigation in the federal, state and appellate courts from Baltimore through Wilmington, North Carolina, and everywhere in between, as well as in arbitration and mediation.  Our team has represented domestic and international interests in virtually all aspects of maritime litigation.  We have handled vessel-related litigation and rapid-response matters for ship owners, pleasure craft operators and P & I clubs, including death and personal injury cases, collision and allison cases, and stevedore and marine contractor claims, arrests, attachments, and limitation petitions under the Limitation of Liability Act.  We also handle salvage claims, charterparty disputes, marine insurance coverage disputes, and other maritime commercial disputes.

Our maritime and admiralty team is equipped to handle the full spectrum of litigation issues that arise.