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Sam represents clients in litigation and transactional matters with a focus on admiralty and maritime law and environmental law. He represents vessel owners and operators, charterers, construction and dredging firms, bunker suppliers, freight forwarders, inland carriers, lenders, marina operators, marine surveyors, marine trades providers, stevedores, offshore wind interests, and terminal operators in maritime litigation, as well as in marine-related commercial and corporate transactions. Sam’s practice covers an array of maritime disputes, including maritime collisions and casualties, charter party and marine services agreements, personal injury/death claims, Admiralty Rules B, C, and D actions, and insurance coverage disputes. He serves as outside general counsel to a marine insurers. Sam handles maritime financing, purchase and charter, documentation, and registration matters in connection with both commercial vessels and private yachts. Sam also has extensive experience in claims involving the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act as well as challenging government regulations and overreach in connection with same. Prior to joining Eckland & Blando, LLP, Sam was a partner and Chair of the Admiralty and Maritime Group at a leading New England law firm.Sam received his J.D. and Maritime Law Certificate from Tulane University Law School, where he was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal, and received a CALI Award in marine insurance. Before law school, Sam graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a Bachelor of Arts in History, with honors, and Political Science, with distinction, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.Sam is designated as a Proctor in Admiralty by the Maritime Law Association of the United States, served as Chairman of the Association’s Practice and Procedure Committee, and is a member of its Board of Directors. He has also been designated as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, Transportation and Maritime Law from 2013-2022, a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Transportation and Maritime Law for 2023, and as one of the 2024 Best Lawyers in America® for Admiralty and Maritime Law.Licensure: Admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Rhode Island. Sam is also admitted to practice in the First & DC Circuits and the United States District Court for the Districts of Columbia, Connecticut, Vermont, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, and Eastern New York.

Listed skills include Maritime Law, Litigation, Maritime, Civil Litigation, and 32 others.