 | Max Lee Kelley
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Mr. Max Lee Kelley joined Cox, Wootton, Griffin, Hansen & Poulos, LLP as an associate in 2002 and is the Senior Associate at the Firm. Mr. Kelley has a wide range of experience in diverse practice areas, including maritime law (e.g., Jones Act personal injury and death, collision, LHWCA claims, vessel sales and finance, maritime liens, vessel arrests and ship mortgage foreclosures, and maritime bankruptcy), insurance defense, asbestos defense, contract claims, creditors rights and debt collection, product liability, construction defect and premises liability.
Prior to joining the firm Mr. Kelley served as a licensed United States Merchant Marine officer aboard a variety of brown and blue water vessels, including tug boats, crew boats, dredges, oil rigs and fishing vessels, in both foreign and domestic trade for over 10 years. Just prior to embarking on a career in law, he was the Master of an 80,000 DWT American-flagged crude carrier.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial, Maritime, Creditors' Rights, Employment, Ship Finance Law and Litigation
Admitted
- State of California
- All state and federal courts of California
Education
- J.D., Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana (1998)
- Managing Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal (1997-98)
- B.A., California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California (1984)
Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- Council of American Master Mariners
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
Licenses
- USCG Unlimited Master's License (Inactive)
Reported Decisions
- Chiariello v. I.N.G. Groupe NV, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48831 (N.D. Cal. 2006)