Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP

Representing P&I clubs, insurance companies, shipowners, marine operators, New York harbor ferry operators, and marine construction and dredging operators, Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP‘s team includes attorneys who attended the US’ merchant marine academies or served in the US Navy. The New York-based practice fields experts in major casualties, while the firm’s personal injury defense practice covers maritime personal injury claims, occupational disease cases, workmen’s compensation claims, Defense Base Act cases, and premises liability matters. Peter Gutowski’s workload encompasses charter party disputes, casualties, cargo loss and damage claims, and the exercise of provisional remedies such as arrest and attachment; Don Murnane maintains an extensive maritime litigation and arbitration practice; Wayne Meehan specializes in major casualties; and John Karpousis is a maritime personal injury law specialist. The firm further showcases marine casualty experts Michael Fernandez and Daniel Fitzgerald; Thomas Canevari, who concentrates on marine personal injury and death cases; William Pallas, an adviser on intermodal cargo loss and damage cases; and Justin Nastro, an expert in admiralty, personal injury, insurance defense, cargo and Jones Act claims. Other key practitioners are Eric Matheson, Will Yost, Michael Tucker, Tanner Honea and Yaakov Adler, along with Michael Dehart, Mathew Pallay and Ryan Byrnes.