Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, LLP

One of the most experienced maritime and admiralty law groups in the United States, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, LLP, possess a vast amount of knowledge and experience that few other law firms possess. The full-service admiralty and maritime law firm has lawyers admitted to practice in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Our attorneys are skilled in claims, transactions, and casualties unique to Admiralty Law and Maritime Law. Many of our lawyers are graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and New York Maritime College and hold U.S. Coast Guard pilotage and master licenses. This practical maritime knowledge and experience allow us to handle any case in a practical manner that can alleviate the need for experts. Our attorneys, who earned their degrees from Tulane University School of Law, focused their studies on Admiralty Law and Maritime Law. For more than three decades, our firm has had the privilege of being designated local correspondents to the world's largest Protection and Indemnity Insurance Associations in Pennsylvania. Delaware and New Jersey. Currently, the firm serves as the local correspondent for 12 P&I Clubs within the International Group of P&I Clubs as well as independent P&I Associations around the world. As correspondents, our lawyers have appeared for charterers and shipowners on thousands of occasions concerning all types of maritime incidents and disputes that can arise in the context of ocean commercial shipping and are often instructed by domestic and foreign marine insurance companies to defend and represent the insured in relation to marine casualties of recreational and commercial vessels. Our team of experienced attorneys is always prepared to respond in an emergency situation as we have a full team available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week ready to provide the necessary legal expertise for a client who has been in a catastrophic maritime accident.