Ranking tables
Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York) | USA
USA - Nationwide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Blank Rome LLP 19 Years Ranked
- Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP
Band 3
- Cozen O'Connor 2 Years Ranked
- Floyd Zadkovich 6 Years Ranked
- Seward & Kissel LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Hill Rivkins LLP
- Hill, Betts & Nash LLP
- Lennon, Murphy & Phillips LLC
- Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP
Senior Statespeople
- Vincent M DeOrchisMontgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP
Eminent Practitioners
- Wayne D MeehanFreehill Hogan & Mahar LLP
Band 1
- John D Kimball Blank Rome LLP23 Years Ranked
- John Woods Clyde & Co LLP21 Years Ranked
- Peter GutowskiFreehill Hogan & Mahar LLP
Band 2
- Bruce G. Paulsen Seward & Kissel LLP14 Years Ranked
- Christopher R Nolan Holland & Knight LLP10 Years Ranked
- Thomas H Belknap Jr Blank Rome LLP17 Years Ranked
- William R. Bennett Blank Rome LLP8 Years Ranked
- David MazaroliDavid L Mazaroli
- Don P Murnane, Jr.Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP
- Keith W HeardLennon, Murphy & Phillips LLC
- Patrick F LennonLennon, Murphy & Phillips LLC
Band 3
- Corey Greenwald Clyde & Co LLP4 Years Ranked
- George Kontakis K&L Gates9 Years Ranked
- John Keough Clyde & Co LLP6 Years Ranked
- Michael Fernandez Liskow9 Years Ranked
- Michael J Frevola Holland & Knight LLP17 Years Ranked
- Armand M Paré JrMcLaughlin & Stern LLP
- Eugene J O'ConnorMontgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP
Band 4
- Brian Maloney Seward & Kissel LLP1 Years Ranked
- Ed Floyd Floyd Zadkovich7 Years Ranked
- Luke Zadkovich Floyd Zadkovich7 Years Ranked
- Neil A Quartaro Cozen O'Connor3 Years Ranked
- Richard Singleton Blank Rome LLP11 Years Ranked
- Vincent J Foley Holland & Knight LLP4 Years Ranked
- Daniel FitzgeraldFreehill Hogan & Mahar LLP
- David LohKMA Zuckert LLC
- Gregory W O'NeillHill, Betts & Nash LLP
- James A Saville JrHill Rivkins LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Blank Rome LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years RankedBlank Rome LLP has an esteemed practice with significant experience handling high profile maritime litigation for national and international clients, including P&I clubs, shipping companies and owners. The firm is highly regarded for crisis response and offering additional expertise in alternative dispute resolution. It maintains an excellent reputation for advising maritime industry entities in federal investigations arising from intentional misconduct allegations and casualty events, as well as in a host of cybersecurity issues. The firm has been recently active on a range of fuel contamination, cargo loss, salvage and collision cases.
- Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 1
Band 2
2 Clyde & Co LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedClyde & Co LLP is a global firm with a notable marine insurance practice in New York. It is well placed to handle cargo and insolvency-related litigation, as well as casualty, trade sanctions and environmental cases. The team regularly acts for domestic and international insurers, vessel operators and fuel companies.2 Holland & Knight LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 2 | 19 Years RankedHolland & Knight LLP is a full-service national firm with good geographic spread and experience in a swath of litigation matters in the shipping industry. The team is well known for representing domestic and international clients in dispute arbitrations. It also had a noted concentration on insolvency and bankruptcy-related litigation in the maritime context. Additionally, the firm handles cargo, casualty, charter party and personal injury cases.
Band 3
3 Cozen O'ConnorTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedCozen O'Connor houses a comprehensive litigation practice in the shipping space, frequently advising an array of clients, including ocean carriers, P&I clubs and terminal operators. The group offers expertise in all manner of marine casualty, personal injury and wrongful death matters. The firm is further noted for its experience advising on commercial disputes arising from construction, shipbuilding contracts and charter parties.3 Floyd ZadkovichTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedFloyd Zadkovich is a boutique firm with specialist expertise in maritime and admiralty law. The firm is developing its strengths across a variety of shipping disputes including charter party, cargo damage and maritime collisions. It stands out in the market for its combined focus on English and US maritime logistics and trading cases.
3 Seward & Kissel LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedSeward & Kissel LLP has extensive and wide ranging expertise in representing clients in contentious shipping and maritime disputes. Its maritime and transportation team is adept at handling cases involving litigation arising from accidents and collisions, and in commercial disputes relating to contracts and charterparty agreements. The team is also experienced in supporting shipping industry clients in arbitration and bankruptcy matters.
- Hill, Betts & Nash LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3
- Lennon, Murphy & Phillips LLCTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3
- Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLPTransportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (New York)2025 | Band 3