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Jessie Elizabeth Shifalo
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JESSIE ELIZABETH SHIFALO

Associate

,
New Orleans
T  504.556.4015
jshifalo@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Maritime Litigation & Casualty Response
  • Maritime Transactions
  • Maritime Liens & Vessel Arrests
  • Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
  • Emergency and Incident Response

Assistant

Anna Jackson

504.556.4045

Overview

Jessie Shifalo is a member of the firm’s Maritime, Oilfield, & Insurance practice group. She is also an experienced mariner, holding a USCG Unlimited Tonnage Master’s license.  

Prior to joining the firm, Jessie had an eight-year seagoing career and has experience sailing on oil and chemical tankers, container ships, car carriers, and salvage vessels both domestically and internationally. She spent half of her sailing career working as senior management on vessels and truly understands the day-to-day operations and what happens onboard.  

Jessie received her Juris Doctor from Tulane Law, where she earned the Admiralty and Maritime Law Certificate and served as the Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. While in law school, Jessie also served as an intern to the Honorable James L. Dennis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.    

Talks about

#USsupremecourt #energylitigation #FERC #royaltylitigation #gasplantexplosions

Involvement

Professional

  • Women Offshore MentorShip Program – Mentor, 2018-Present

Community

  • Junior League of New Orleans, 2021-Present

Recognition

  • ABA TIPS Admiralty & Maritime Law & Gard P&I Law Student Writing Competition Winner, 2021
  • CALI Excellence Award for Highest Grade in Collision Law & Limitation of Liability, Marine Pollution, and Carriage of Goods by Sea

Credentials

Education

  • Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2022)
    • Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Senior Managing Editor
  • U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., Maritime Operations and Technology, cum laude, 2011)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2022

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 2022

Publications

  • Including Non-Mineral Energy Sources: The Garamendi Amendment and the Four Words That Changed the Entire Offshore Wind Industry in America, 46 Tul. Mar. L.J. 133 (2022) 
  • The Garamendi Amendment: How Four Words Changed The Entire Offshore Wind Industry In America, ABA Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee & Gard AS 
  • Gard OnWatch Podcast: Episode 8, See It to Be It – Increasing Gender Diversity on Board 
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