At Lamothe Law Firm, we know maritime, offshore accident and river boat injuries law. We have represented numerous claimants who were injured while working offshore. Please see our Maritime & Offshore and our River Boat Injuries website pages for lots of useful information.
Frank Lamothe has over 40 years experience in representing maritime and offshore workers. He knows every aspect of maritime law. He has lectured to national audiences of lawyers on maritime and offshore law. Recently, he gave a presentation to other attorneys entitled “Offshore Litigation Primer” at the Annual Conference of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association.
As a maritime personal injury trial lawyer, Richard Martin has had substantial success in “brown and blue water” maritime cases. His understanding of how to try and win these cases is enhanced by his personal work experience as a deckhand on towboats and offshore boats, a roustabout worker on rigs and platforms, and as a U.S. Navy bridge watchstanding officer on an aircraft carrier. His maritime litigation experience includes claims under the Jones Act, Section 905b of the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, the Extension of Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Death on the High Seas Act, the Public Vessels Act, and the Suits in Admiralty Act. He has also litigated claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act and the Alien Tort Claims Act. Richard writes articles for lawyers for publications in the area of maritime and offshore law.