Alaska - California - Hawaii - Marine Insurance Lawyers for Plaintiffs
Banning Micklow & Bull LLP - San Francisco - San Diego

To get an idea of the impact that years of dedicated maritime law experience can mean to your marine injury, death, or insurance claim, call the skilled San Francisco-San Diego maritime trial attorneys at Banning Micklow & Bull LLP.

Our Jones Act lawyers and our marine insurance lawyers learned a lot while they represented marine insurers. First, we saw for ourselves the importance of preparing every case for trial. Too many plaintiffs' attorneys failed to put in the work necessary to make the threat of a trial credible to a good marine insurance defense lawyer.

Unless counsel for the plaintiff make an emphatic demonstration of their willingness and ability to try the claim, the insurance lawyers will have no incentive to make settlement offers that reflect their full exposure on the claim. That's why we prepare every client file for trial, whether you're a luxury cruise passenger or a Jones Act working seaman, no matter how sure we may be that the case will likely settle beforehand.

Our Opponents Never Outwork Us

Next, we learned the importance of hustle and hard work. We saw many attorneys who never left town. To us, that's unthinkable. The key witnesses in a shipboard personal injury or maritime wrongful death case could be anywhere in the world. We use experienced international investigators to find them. Then we go wherever we need to go, and use international process to compel and preserve their testimony - practically anywhere on earth. The San Diego-San Francisco maritime law attorneys of Banning Micklow will never tell you that the testimony you need to prove your case is unavailable because the witness is out of the country without making our best efforts to obtain the testimony.

Many of our cases have international aspects with respect to the law as well as to the facts. We know how to use international treaties and conventions to develop your claim and enforce your personal injury judgment. We know how to unravel the tangled threads of ownership, registration, and nationality of foreign flag vessels so that your judgment will be worth its full value to you.

Contact the California maritime personal injury attorneys at Banning Micklow & Bull LLP, and find out the difference our methods can make for you in your specific situation.

Banning Micklow & Bull - California Marine Insurance Settlements

One Market Street
Steuart Tower, Suite 1440
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone: (415) 399-9191
Fax: (415) 399-9192

501 West Broadway, Suite 2090
San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: (619) 230-0030
Fax: (619) 230-1350

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California marine insurance settlement attorneys Banning Micklow & Bull represent working seamen, recreational boaters, cruise passengers, longshore and harbor workers, sport and commercial fishermen, offshore oil and gas workers, and anyone else injured on the high seas, coastal waterways, or inland navigable waters of the Pacific Basin, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Tijuana, Mexico, Ensenada, Puget Sound, San Francisco, San Diego, Mission Bay, Santa Barbara, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Ventura, Moss Landing, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton, San Pedro, Crescent City, Wilmington, Bodega Bay, Pillar Point, Oxnard, Eureka, Half Moon Bay, Guam, Honolulu, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Saipan, Coos Bay, Los Angeles Harbor, and the San Francisco Bay Area and Delta.