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HANDLING:

• Jones Act Seaman cases occurring on drilling rigs, production platforms, crewboat and supply vessels and aircraft servicing oil and gas production operations worldwide.
  
  
• Jones Act Seaman cases on tugs and towing vessels on the intracoastal waterway and other inland waterways through America.
  
  
• Injuries to crew members of ocean-going vessels of all types.
  
  
• Injury and death cases involving the cruise line industry including passengers and crew members.
  
  
• Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA)
  
  
• Private pleasure boat cases from personal water craft (jet ski, ski-doo, etc.) to houseboats, sport fishermen and luxury yachts.
  
  
• Unseaworthiness claims
  
  
• Collision cases
  
  
• Limitation of liability cases
  
  
• Fishing vessel cases
  
  
• Sport utility vehicle accidents including SUV rollover and roof-crush cases.
  
  
• Defective tires

Gerald A. McGill Attorney Profile

Gerald A. McGill is Board Certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law by the Florida Bar and heads up the maritime law section of the firm. Click here to view additional information about Board Certification in Admiralty and Maritime Law by The Florida Bar.

He is licensed to practice in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. He frequently associates with Louisiana and Texas attorneys as well as attorneys in other states when a client’s case requires court appearances in other jurisdictions.

Mr. McGill is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Mr. McGill was a U. S. Coast Guard line officer, commanding vessels patrolling the Florida Keys and the coast of Vietnam. He also served as a law specialist at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Following his release from the Coast Guard, Mr. McGill accepted a position as an Assistant State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, as a Felony Prosecutor.

After two years in the State Attorney’s Office, he entered private practice. He joined a large firm in West Palm Beach and represented doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases and Ford Motor Company and General Motors in product liability cases.

For the past 20 years Mr. McGill has devoted his practice solely to representing injured victims in personal injury cases, with an emphasis on maritime claims.

Mr. McGill is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, and the Trial Lawyers Associations for Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

Mr. McGill is a published author, having published professional articles in The Florida Bar Journal, The Journal of the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, and the Journal of the Escambia County Bar Association. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor on the faculty of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, teaching forensic science.


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