An inland marine client was involved in a multi-party, multi-vessel fleeting incident that resulted in a Jones Act seaman’s personal injuries including allegations of traumatic brain injury.  The court granted summary judgment on all claims of unseaworthiness against the client, and after a weeklong bench trial in the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, the client’s Complaint for Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability was granted exonerating the client and dismissing all claims against the client with prejudice. The trial team consisted of Liskow maritime lawyers Michael Golemi, Lauren Bridges, and Jody Schisel-Meslin.

The firm is proud to establish the Liskow & Lewis Pro Bono Award, an award that recognizes attorneys who go above and beyond in their efforts to provide their services to those who are historically underserved in our communities. The 2020 recipient is Trinity Morale for volunteering over 400 hours of her time last year providing legal services to those unable to pay for representation. 

Our Liskow team members are working to stay abreast of the latest legal, regulatory, and program developments relating to COVID-19. We are counseling clients on a number of fronts related to the outbreak, including issues related to business interruption, insurance, federal, state and local tax issues, SEC regulatory issues, banking, SBA and Treasury loan programs, force majeure clauses, labor and employment, bankruptcy, state and local regulation, and maritime issues.  We have established a COVID-19 Team composed of leading lawyers from our practice areas to share information and to coordinate our responses and have launched a special COVID-19 Resource Center.