Northern and Southern California Maritime Litigation Attorneys
Banning Micklow & Bull LLP - San Diego - San Francisco

For experienced advice from deeply knowledgeable California fishermen attorneys or maritime personal injury lawyers, contact a San Diego or San Francisco boating accident lawyer at Banning Micklow & Bull. We can help you with a wide range of maritime claims, including:

• Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure claims for injured working seamen.
• Personal injury litigation for accidents suffered on passenger cruise ships.
• Recreational boating and personal watercraft accidents.

Our thorough familiarity with federal admiralty jurisdiction, maritime law, and the practices of marine insurers can make a significant difference in your maritime personal injury claim.

WILLIAM L. BANNING, born Los Angeles, California, November 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A. 1973); University of Southern California (J.D., with honors, 1977).  Recipient, U.S.C. Law School Legion Lex Alumni Association Scholarship.  Member, Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1976-77.  Speaker, American trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 1993, “Maritime Personal Injury Claims.”  Member: Best lawyers in America, 1991-1996.  Member: The State Bar of California; San Diego County Bar Association; Proctor Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States; America’s Leading Lawyers; Consumer Attorneys of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America

KURT MICKLOW, born Marquette, Michigan, February 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (B.A., with high distinction, 1979); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983).  Member: The State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco; San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of California; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar Association.

EDWARD M. BULL, III, born Boston, Massachusetts, April 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1985); University of San Francisco (J.D., cum laude, 1989).  Member, McAuliffe Honor Society.  Editor-in-Chief, USF Maritime Law Journal, 1988-1989.  Author, “Seaman’s Status Revised: A Practical Guide to Seaman Status,” 6 USF Mar. L.J., Vol. 2 (1994). Vice Chair and Chair to subcommittee of San Francisco Barristers Club.  Steering Committee, Session Chair on Marine Pollution Section (1994), Session Chair on Procedure Section (2000), and Chair (2004), Bar Association subcommittee.  Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco.  Member: The State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco; Consumer Attorneys of California, San Francisco Trial Lawyer’s Association and Maritime Law Association of the United States.

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EUGENE A. BRODSKY, born New York, New York, September 28, 1935; admitted to bar, 1959, New York, 1965, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court.  Education: City College of New York (A.B., 1956); Columbia University (J.D. 1959), Phi Beta Kappa.  Author: “From Subsistence to Starvation: A Call for Judicial Reexamination of Gardiner v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.,” 9 USF Mar. L.J. 71 (Fall 1996).  Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2001-, Assistant Counsel, Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 1960-1961.  Member: The State Bar of California.

AMY JO BULL, born Boston, Massachusetts, July 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  Education: College of William & Mary (B.B.A., 1985); Washington University (J.D., 1988).  Court Appointed Arbitrator, 1994-1998.  Member: State Bar of California.

KARLA ISHINO BANNING, born Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, September 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1984, Mexico (Not admitted in the United States); (Not admitted in California).  Education: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Tijuana B.C., Mexico (J.D., with honors, 1984; M.A., Labor, 1993).  Former Deputy District Attorney, Tijuana B.C.