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Maritime Law

12150 SW 128th Ct, Suite 225, MIAMI, FL 33186

John H. (Jack) Hickey started his career at a large law firm representing cruise lines, railroads, and other self- insured corporations. He switched sides and for the last 22 years has represented only Plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Hickey is a member of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, the body which licenses and regulates all lawyers who practice in Florida. He is a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in Florida. Hickey is Board Certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law (by The Florida Bar) and Civil Trial (by The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy). He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Florida Justice Association (FJA) and a State Delegate of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Jack is also the Chair of the Motor Vehicle, Highway Safety, and Premises Liability Section of AAJ.

Maritime Law

9300 S Dadeland Blvd suite 101, Miami, FL 33156, USA

With over 70 years of combined trial experience and a unique background of experience in both the maritime industry and maritime law, the team at Brais Law Firm is a force to be reckoned with. We use our considerable skill to provide personalized, client-centric representation to those who have been injured and need to see the liable party held accountable. Having graduated with a B.S. degree in Marine Engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, acquired three U.S. Coast Guard licenses and worked on offshore oil drilling platforms for more than seven years, Keith Brais brings an uncommon degree of real world experience to his clients’ personal injury and wrongful death claims. His engineering degree, licenses, marine experience, legal expertise and trial skills provide invaluable benefit to clients when describing to a judge or jury the unsafe and hazardous conditions giving rise to an injury or death. Keith S. Brais is one of a very specialized group of lawyers in the State of Florida that is Board Certified in Maritime and Admiralty Law by the Florida Bar (1996-present). His additional peer reviewed credentials and awards include: “AV” Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (2001-present – top 10% of all attorneys), the highest rating attainable, Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Society (2015-present – top 1% of all lawyers), Florida’s Legal Elite (2015-present – top 1.7% of all lawyers), Best Lawyers (2020-present), U.S. News “Best Lawyers” (2020-present), Super Lawyer (2008-present – top 5% of all lawyers), America’s Top 100 High States Litigator (2020-present), U.S. News “Best Law Firms – Maritime” (2020-present – top 5% of all lawyers) and recipient of the 2016 Top 100 Verdicts Awards and Top Florida Maritime Verdict Award.

Maritime Law

401 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

Marcus Spagnoletti has extensive experience in maritime law, general personal injury matters, international business matters, and general corporate matters. Marcus graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California where he was a History major. While at USC, he also studied Italian and Chinese. Marcus moved to Miami, Florida, to attend the University of Miami to focus on maritime and international law. Marcus has successfully represented hundreds of injured offshore workers. He has successfully made thousands of claims for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and currently represents clients in domestic and foreign energy transactions, as well as European and Asian clients in various business matters, while also serving has general counsel to several private individuals and international corporations. It is with this breadth of experience and lifetime in the legal business, that Marcus represents clients at Spagnoletti & Co., fighting for and guiding them daily.

Maritime Law

29 Broadway, 2400, New York, NY 10465

Ralph J. Mellusi is an experienced and highly effective Maritime Personal Injury attorney who is certified as a "Proctor in Admiralty" by the Maritime Law Association of the United States. As a founding partner of Tabak, Mellusi & Shisha, LLP, Attorney Mellusi has represented Maritime Personal Injury claimants in New York and throughout the United States for over forty years. Since 1991, he has held the distinguished Martindale Hubbell rating of "AV Preeminent", which is given to attorneys evidencing the "Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal and Ethical Standards" and since 2008 has consistently been named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers List. The field of maritime personal injury is a complex blend of law and maritime operations. Mr. Mellusi has extensive professional knowledge of the maritime industry which derives from a Degree in Marine Engineer¬ing, from SUNY Maritime College, deep sea experience as a ship's engineering officer during the Viet Nam Conflict and research undertaken at the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. A significant part of professional career has involved academia. From 1979 to 1981 he was an Adjunct Professor at New York University Graduate School of Continuing Education and from 1983 to 1989 was Adjunct Professor of Maritime Law at his Alma Mata. His combination of practical maritime and legal competence have made him a driving force in the industry and have enabled him and his team to successfully recover large verdicts for their clients, which in the main, consist of vessels crewmembers, pilots, passengers, dock-workers and harbor workers.

Maritime Law

424 N. Causeway Blvd., A, Mandeville, LA 70471