As a maritime attorney, the Glow in the Dark Lawyer™ can help with your maritime legal needs, both here in Hampton Roads and at any other U.S. port of call.

Glow in the Dark Law® knows how vitally important the sea is both to Hampton Roads and the Nation for economic trade, national defense, and for citizen’s enjoyment.

 

From the world’s largest naval base located in Norfolk, the various Ports of Virginia located along our waters (NIT, PMT, PCY, NNMT, and RMT), the beaches and harbors of all Seven Cities, and all the waterfront properties in Hampton Roads, the Admiralty is vitally important to Hampton Roads and her residents.

Whether you are a freight forwarder dealing with lost cargo; a shipyard or bunker supplier seeking to recover on a maritime lien; a vacationer injured on a jet ski; a beach or riverfront property owner; a sailor or longshoreman injured on the job; a salvor who rescued another’s vessel either freed from its moorings or succumbing to the perils of the sea; seeking to lay claim to an abandoned or derelict vessel; or you want to stake a claim to long lost treasure, you need a lawyer who knows the law of the sea and who is ready to see to your interests. 

 

Admiralty & Maritime Areas of Practice

General Maritime Law, Seaman, and Longshoremen

 

Maintenance & Cure
Seaman’s Wages
Maritime Labour Convention
Crew Repatriation (COVID)
Maritime Labour and Coronavirus (ILO)

 

Jones Act and LHWCA Claims

 

Shipboard Injuries
Longshoreman Injuries

 

 Death on the High Seas

 

Survivor’s Rights

Logistics, Freight, Loss, and Limitation of Liability

 

Ocean and Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA)
COGSA
Guidelines for Cyber Security Aboard Ships

Ship Finance & Marine Insurance

 

Ship liens
Vessel Arrest
Insurance Claims
Uberrimae Fides

 

 

Employment-Related Injuries

 

Non-Jones Act or LHWCA

 

Charterparties, Maritime Liens, and Vessel Arrest

 

Demise (bareboat)
Time Charter
Voyage Charter
Flags of Convenience
Mortgages & Liens
Charter Fishing and Charter Boat Captaincy

Towage, Pilotage, Collision & Allision, Salvage, and General Average

 

Military Vessels and Sovereign Immunity
Groundings
Shipwrecks
Salvor Rights
Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

Riparian Rights

 

Riparian Property Boundaries
Submerged Lands
Leases & Assignments
Accretion & Reliction
Avulsions
Alluvium & Colluvium
Riparian Surveys & Waterfront Development
Trespass
Upstream and Downstream water rights

 

MARITIME RESOURCES

National and International Maritime Resources

 

 

Hampton Roads Virginia Local Maritime Resources

Alternative Harbors (Extra Resources)

Glow In The Dark Law® appreciates the service and sacrifice of all current and former maritime servicemembers serving in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Coast Guard. If you are currently serving or are the family member of a sailor, soldier, or airmen with a service-related legal concern, we can help you! Please see the Military Law & Veterans Issues section of our website for more information.