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Oakland, California, Maritime Law and Personal Injury Attorney

Over the course of more than 40 years, the attorneys of Lyle C. Cavin, Jr. & Associates have earned recognition for vigorously and effectively representing clients with lawsuits in numerous West Coast courts, as well as almost every major port city in the United States. Under the direction of attorney Lyle C. Cavin, Jr., the firm's attorneys have earned honors from peers and legal professionals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 2010 for Admiralty/Maritime Attorneys

We invite you to learn more about the maritime law and personal injury litigation experience of the attorneys on our team by visiting the links to their attorney profile pages below.

From our offices in Oakland, we represent clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and port cities nationwide. Contact us today for a free consultation.

Admiralty/Maritime Law Practice
  • Firm Overview Admiralty/Maritime Law
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury - Seaman fell from ladder on tug boat.
    Result - Judge awarded plaintiff $832,236
  • Personal Injury - Sexual assault of a developmentally disabled minor by school bus driver.
    Result – Settled for $645,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident.
    Result – Settled for $4,250,000
  • Fishing boat accident – Fisherman suffered traumatic head injury after being hit by a metal float.
    Result – Settled for $5,000,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Fall from ladder aboard ship.
    Result – Settled for $1,400,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Crewmember committed suicide.
    Result – Settled for $820,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Seaman injured while moving between tug boats.
    Result – Settled for $800,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident.
    Result – Settled for $3,500,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Repetitive stress injury.
    Result – Settled for $1,525,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury.
    Result – Settled for $1,075,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Slip and fall on the deck of a tanker.
    Result – Settled for $2,300,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Seaman fell from top of crane cab.
    Result – Jury awarded $3,170,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident.
    Result – Settled for $1,925,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Benzene exposure.
    Result – Settled for $670,000
  • Jones Act/Maritime Personal Injury – Catastrophic container ship accident.
    Result – Settled for $1,500,000
Companies We've Successfully Litigated Against
  • Alaska Steamship Co.
  • American Export Lines
  • American Hawaii Cruises
  • American Hawaiian Steamship Co.
  • American Mail Lines
  • American Navigation
  • American President Lines
  • American Seafoods Co.,
  • American Ship Management, LLC
  • American Steamship Co.
  • AMNAV
  • Apex Maine Corp.
  • Atlantic Richfield Co.
  • Atlas Steam
  • BAE Systems
  • Bangor Trading Company
  • Bann Ocean Towing
  • Blue & Gold Fleet
  • Boston Ocean Carriers
  • Brinkerhoff Marine
  • Brown & Root
  • Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Celebrity Cruises, Inc.,
  • Central Gulf Lines
  • Chevron Oil Co.
  • Chevron Shipping, Chevron U.S.A.,
  • China Ocean Shipping Co. Dba COSCO
  • Commodore Cruises
  • CONOCO Phillips
  • Cove Companies Cove Shipping, Inc.
  • Crest Tankers, Inc.
  • Crowley Maritime Corporation
  • CS Marine
  • Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd.
  • Diamond M, Diamond M. Offshore, Inc.
  • Dutra Construction Co
  • Esso Shipping Co.
  • Evergreen
  • EXXON Shipping Co.
  • Farrell Lines, Inc
  • Faust
  • Fishing Company Of Alaska
  • Foss Maritime Co.
  • Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District
  • Golden Gate Ferry
  • Grace Lines
  • Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co ILL
  • Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. CA
  • Harbor Bay Ferry
  • Harbor Marine
  • Harbor Tug & Barge
  • Hellenic Lines
  • Holland America Line Holland America N.V,
  • Horizon Lines
  • Horizon Tug & Barge
  • Interocean Management
  • International Marine Carriers NY
  • Isthmian Lines, Isthmian S.S. Co.
  • Keystone Shipping Co.
  • Kloster Cruise Ltd
  • Liberty Maritime
  • Luckenbach S. S. Co.
  • Luckenbach Overseas Corp., 400 U.S. 494, 1971 AMC 277 (1971).
  • Lykes Bros. Steamship Co Lykes Bros. S.S. Co.
  • Maersk Lines
  • MARAD
  • Marine Transport Lines
  • Maritime Overseas Corporation R. G. Naggiar MOC,
  • Matson Navigation Co.
  • Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.,
  • Murphy Pacific Tug
  • Nicholas Bachko Co. Inc.
  • Norquest Seafoods
  • North American Trailing Co
  • Norwegian American Line
  • Norwegian Cruise Line NCL
  • Ocean Shipholdings, Inc
  • Ocean Ships, Inc.
  • Omi Bulk Management Co.
  • Oscar Neimath Towing
  • Pacific Far East Lines Inc.
  • Pacific Gulf Marine
  • Pacific Long Lines
  • Patriot Contract Services
  • PM&O Lines
  • Polar Tankers
  • Royal Cruise Line
  • Princess Cruises, Inc., Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd.
  • PRONAV
  • Prudential Lines
  • Puglia
  • Red & White
  • Red & White Fleet
  • Reynolds Metals Marine Division
  • SF Bar Pilots Ass'n
  • Sargent Marine
  • Sause Bros
  • Sea-Land Service, Inc.
  • Seariver Maritime, Inc.
  • Signature Seafoods, Inc.
  • Standard Oil Of California
  • Star Cruises
  • Star Shipping (USWC), Inc.
  • States Line
  • States Marine Corp.
  • Texaco, Inc.,
  • TOSCO
  • Tidewater, Inc.,
  • Tide Water Sand & Gravel
  • Transport Mutual Services, Inc.
  • Trinidad Corporation
  • Triple Star, Inc
  • Tudor -Saliba
  • U.S. Coast Guard
  • U.S. Dept. Of Justice, Torts Branch
  • United States Lines U.S. Lines, Inc.
  • Union Oil Co.
  • Victory Carriers
  • Vulcan Carriers
  • Waterman Steamship Corp.
  • Watters Marine Inc.
  • Westar Marine Services
  • World Explorer Cruises
  • Zim Container Line