William Baldwin

Practice Areas

Will regularly advises and represents clients on a wide range maritime law topics, including marine finance, ship mortgages, purchase and sale of marine assets, enforcement of ship mortgages, vessel seizures and attachments, maritime lien disputes, charterparty and master service agreement negotiation and drafting, contractual and indemnity disputes, arbitration, vessel construction and flagging, Jones Act and coastwise compliance, collisions/allisions, property damage, pollution, piracy, mass tort claims, multi-district litigation, NTSB, USCG and onboard investigations, personal injury, stevedoring accidents, and cargo disputes.

Career

Will is co-leader of Jones Walker's Maritime Industry Team, where he focuses on maritime transactions and litigation. Will also serves as co-chair of the firm’s offshore wind initiative.

Professional Memberships

The Maritime Law Association of the United States, Proctor;

Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute;

American Bar Association;

Federal Bar Association;

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel;

Louisiana State Bar Association;

New Orleans Bar Association