Seamen's Wage Claims

California Seamen Wage and Hour Claims Attorneys
Banning Micklow & Bull LLP - San Francisco Overtime Pay Lawyers

Most working seamen enjoy preferred status under federal maritime law when it comes to payment of their wages. If you're a seaman with an unpaid wage claim, or any other type of maritime worker with a dispute concerning overtime or unpaid wages, contact the Northern and Southern California unpaid maritime wage claim attorneys at Banning Micklow & Bull.

Our skilled San Diego and San Francisco maritime lawyers know how to enforce your claim to unpaid wages. We've arrested vessels in distant ports and enforced maritime liens. We know that unpaid seamen enjoy a higher priority on their wage claims than even a bank that holds a perfected purchase money security interest in a vessel.

Different rules apply to the unpaid wage claims of various classes of seaman and each of the following are treated somewhat differently under the statutes:

• Seamen and merchant mariners on international voyages.
• Coastwise mariners, who sail between United States ports.
• Commercial fishermen and fishing crews working on certain vessels.
• Jones Act seamen who work within a particular state, such as pilots and mates, barge workers, tug operators, and workers in various harbor craft.

The last-mentioned class of seamen may need to enforce their claims for unpaid wages in state courts under state wage and hour laws, including those relating to overtime and maximum work hours. The first three classes will usually have federal maritime wage claims.

In the event of a bankrupt or insolvent shipper, we know how to enforce failure to pay claims in Bankruptcy Court, and in certain situations, we can obtain relief from the automatic stay in order to arrest a ship or enforce a lien against a vessel.

If you're a seaman, or other maritime employee looking for help with your unpaid wage claim, contact the San Diego and San Francisco maritime wage claim lawyers at Banning Micklow & Bull.

Banning Micklow & Bull - California Seaman Unpaid Wages Attorneys

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 seamen wage and hour claims attorneys Banning Micklow & Bull represent merchant mariners, coastwise seamen, commercial fishermen, barge workers, tug and pilot boat workers, and other maritime professionals in unpaid wage claims, vessel arrests, maritime liens, and bankruptcy proceedings involving unpaid and late wages in the Pacific Basin, including 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.