Sedgwick LLP Adds Five Maritime Lawyers

Eric Danoff, Andrew Port, James Tamulski, Cheryl Morris and Katharine Essick have joined Sedgwick as partners in the firm’s growing maritime practice. The group joined Sedgwick from Emard Danoff Port Tamulski & Walovich LLP, a San Francisco boutique.

The new Sedgwick partners bring with them a breadth of knowledge and experience in maritime law ranging from the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims by seamen, longshoremen and passengers to casualty work including collisions, pollution and groundings. Collectively, the group has represented more than 50 shipowners in asbestos, benzene, hearing loss and other occupational disease litigation. In addition, they have handled charter party disputes, vessel finance, cargo claims, sexual assault matters, Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act issues, stowaways, employment actions, defense of passenger claims, Customs work, drafting of bills of lading and charter parties, and a variety of transactional work.

The new partners have experience in representing numerous shipping interests and marine insurers. They have represented both insurers and their insureds in maritime and non-maritime matters, which will further strengthen Sedgwick’s internationally recognized insurance capabilities. In addition to their maritime clients, the attorneys have represented a variety of other clients, including product manufacturers, small businesses, individuals and governmental entities, in many shore-based areas of the law.