Admiralty & Maritime · Port of New Orleans
Jones Act injuries, offshore accidents, vessel arrests, and cargo disputes. Our office overlooks the river our clients work on — and our practice never leaves it.
29°57′N 90°03′W — 365 CANAL STREET, SUITE 2200
The Charts
Admiralty is its own ocean of law — federal courts, ancient doctrines, and deadlines that don't forgive. General practitioners visit; we live here.
Deckhands, tankermen, and crew hurt in service of a vessel. Maintenance and cure enforced; negligence proven.
Chart No. 2Rig and platform injuries across the Gulf — where the Jones Act, LHWCA, and state law collide, we find the best route.
Chart No. 3LHWCA claims for stevedores, shipbuilders, and terminal workers — plus third-party vessel negligence suits.
Chart No. 4Rule C arrests, maritime liens, and emergency bonds — enforced or dissolved, often within days.
Chart No. 5COGSA claims, charter party fights, and demurrage battles for owners, operators, and shippers.
Chart No. 6Allisions, collisions, limitation actions, and salvage awards — the oldest law there is, argued fresh.
Taking Soundings
Maritime cases sink on details landside lawyers never see. Four fathoms of difference:
Seaman, longshoreman, or passenger? The same injury pays wildly differently under each. We fight the classification battle first — it's worth more than the liability one.
Vessels leave. Logs get "updated." Crews scatter across three continents. Our investigators board fast, and Rule B attachments hold what needs holding.
Admiralty lives in federal court, with its own rules and its own judges. We've appeared before every section of the Eastern District — for thirty years.
Tow wires, load lines, stability letters — depositions go differently when your lawyer doesn't need the glossary. One of ours holds a 100-ton master's license.
The Manifest
Winch failure on a push boat cost a deckhand his hand. The "independent contractor" defense didn't survive discovery.
Crane operator crushed during a lift gone wrong. Recovered against the platform owner and the crane contractor.
Steel coils ruined by seawater ingress. The "peril of the sea" defense met our weather-routing expert.
Illustrative results; maritime recoveries depend on status, facts, and law. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
The Wheelhouse
Two proctors in admiralty, one licensed mariner, thirty years of Gulf Coast water between them.
Founding Partner · Seaman & Offshore Claims
Granddaughter of a Lafitte shrimper, Célestine has tried Jones Act cases in four federal districts and holds a 100-ton master's license she renews out of stubbornness. Insurers know her maintenance-and-cure demands arrive certified.
Proctor in Admiralty, MLA · J.D., Tulane · USCG 100-ton Master
Partner · Commercial Admiralty
Vessel arrests, charter disputes, and limitation actions for owners and P&I clubs — and against them when the cause is right. Elias has arrested more tonnage than most ports clear in a month.
Proctor in Admiralty, MLA · J.D., Tulane · Lloyd's arbitration experience
The Logbook
"The company stopped my maintenance checks two weeks after the injury. One letter from Ms. Landry and they restarted — with back pay and an apology."
Tankerman · Jones Act claim"Our charterer refused to pay demurrage on six voyages. Elias arrested their newbuild in Fourchon. Payment arrived within the week."
Vessel owner · Charter dispute"Three law firms told me my platform case was 'complicated.' Harbor & Tide told me what it was worth — then went and got it."
Crane operator · Offshore injuryAll Hands
Maritime deadlines run fast — some in months, not years — and vessels don't wait in port. The first conversation is free, wherever you're moored.