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Mr Jonathan K Waldron
Work Department
Maritime
Position
Partner. Maritime, Maritime – Government Relations, Policy & Political Law, Maritime – Environmental, Maritime – Regulatory Compliance.
Career
Jonathan Waldron is a member of our Maritime Emergency Response Team (“MERT”).
Jonathan Waldron is the former chair of Blank Rome’s Maritime & International Trade Practice Group and concentrates his practice in maritime, international, and environmental law. Jon counsels clients, both domestically and internationally, in areas such as:
* Environmental maritime compliance and pollution response
* Vessel/facility operations and legislative and regulatory affairs
* Jones Act including citizenship, U.S. Build and Rebuild requirements
* Coastwise trade
* Maritime security compliance
* Citizenship and crewing issues, including outer continental shelf exemptions
* Criminal defense
* Offshore wind farm permitting and compliance
* LNG licensing
* Customs compliance
* Fisheries industry compliance.
Jon served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 20 years, attaining the rank of commander, and was senior counsel to the Marine Spill Response Corporation, where he provided on-scene legal advice at major spill events.
Memberships
MEMBERSHIPS
Maritime Law Association of the United States
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jon is a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where he teaches legal issues related to pollution response and spill management teams. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association and frequently speaks and writes on maritime issues, including liability analyses to operate ships in U.S. waters. Jon was selected to serve on the National Committee for the United Seamen’s Service (“USS”) 2018 Admiral of the Ocean Sea (“AOTOS”) Awards. The AOTOS Award is given in recognition of individuals and organizations who have shown outstanding support for American seafarers and the maritime industry of the United States.
Education
U.S. Coast Guard Academy, BS
University of Miami School of Law, JD, cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Real estate > Real estate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Commercial lending