Maritime law governs accidents that occur on the water or are connected with the water.  This area of the law requires specialized knowledge and skill to successfully represent those people who have maritime accidents.  For the residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, this knowledge is extremely important because of the amount of people that work in the offshore oil business in these states.

The McKernan Law Firm has had success in representing people affiliated with the maritime and/or offshore business.  The firm has represented the following types of maritime workers: seamen, roustabouts, roughnecks, derrickmen, drillers, boat captains, motormen, boatswains, toolpushers, crane operators, floormen, rig mechanics and others.  Of importance is the fact that we have over a 95 percent success rate in establishing that the people we represented were Jones Act Seamen.

In addition to the wide variety of workers that the firm has represented, we have also had the opportunity to represent people who have worked on or used the following types of watercraft or vessels: jack-up rigs, submersible rigs, semi-submersible rigs, fixed platforms, tugboats, crewboats, pleasure boats and ferry boats.  The firm understands all of the complexities and issues that will surface during the litigation regarding which person works or uses a particular vessel or watercraft.

The maritime law presents challenges and issues that are different from those that a lawyer usually encounters.  The McKernan Law Firm is fully equipped to handle and successfully overcome any obstacle in the maritime arena.