Christopher E. Carey

Special Partner

Mr. Carey is engaged in general admiralty trial and appellate practice, with particular emphasis in cargo subrogation, personal injury defense, limitation of liability, LHWCA defense, charter party disputes, collisions, sinkings, strandings, fire cases, vessel breakaways, pollution cases, marine coverage disputes, ADA matters, drug testing policies, and general maritime litigation. He is also experienced in products liability litigation, including maritime and aviation casualties. Mr. Carey served as vice-chairman of the Younger Lawyer’s Section of the Maritime Law Association (“MLA”) 1990 - 1994; and was the founding Chair of the MLA’s “Our Oceans Committee” 2020 - 2022. He has been a speaker at the MLA meeting in Orlando 1990 on “Recent Developments in the Fifth Circuit” 1990; at the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association Seminar 1994 on “Emotional Injury”; at Tulane’s Fall Maritime Law Seminars on “Recent Developments” 1999, “Professionalism and Codes of Conduct” 2000, “Investigation, Statements and Evidentiary Issues” 2002, and “Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Potential Civil Liabilities and Defenses) 2002. He moderated a Panel Discussion at the MLA’s 2019 Scottsdale Meeting addressing responding to a major marine casualty “When Everything Goes Wrong.” He has served as a Member of the Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar’s Advisory Board, and as an Instructor at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Trial Academies for the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel in 1997, 1999, and 2003. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for the MLA 2013-2016.

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504-799-4548

Fax:

504-799-4520

Education:

Franklin & Marshall College (Bachelor of Arts 1980)
Tulane University School of Law (Juris Doctor 1983)

Admissions:

United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
U.S District Court for the Southern District of Houston
Louisiana Supreme Court and all Louisiana state courts

Representative Cases:

St. Romain v. Industrial Fabrication & Repair Service, 203 F.3d 376 (5^th Cir. 2000)
Steel Coils, Inc. v. M/V Lake Marion, 331 F.3d 422 (5th Cir. 2003)

Lectures, Panels & Presentations:

Speaker, “Recent Developments in the Fifth Circuit”, Maritime Law Association Meeting, 1990
Speaker, “Emotional Injury”, Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, 1994
Advisory Board, Tulane Maritime Seminar, 1996-Present
Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Trial Academy, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, 1997
Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Trial Academy, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, 1999
Speaker, “Recent Developments”, Tulane Law School 8th Fall Maritime Law Program, 1999
Speaker, “Professionalism and Codes of Conduct”, Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, 2000
Speaker, “Investigation, Statements and Evidentiary Issues”, Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, 2002 – Present
Speaker and Author, “Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Potential Civil Liabilities and Defenses)”, Tulane Fall Maritime Law Seminar, 2002 – Present
Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Trial Academy, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:

The New Orleans Bar Association
The Louisiana State Bar Association
The Federal Bar Association
The Maritime Law Association of the United States
The Mariner’s Club for the Port of New Orleans

Articles:

The Jones Act – Vessel In Navigation
The Jones Act – Seaman Status
Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002