Tim Akpinar

Maritime Attorney Tim Akpinar represents commercial mariners and recreational boaters throughout the entire United States, including inland rivers. As a former merchant marine officer, Tim understands the operation of commercial vessels and the legal rights of people who serve aboard them. Such rights can materialize under the Jones Act, Longshore & Harbor Workers’s Compensation Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Defense Base Act, War Hazards Compensation Act, and other federal and state legislation.

Tim handles matters involving maritime collision, maritime salvage, complex property losses, and maritime injuries involving boating accidents, cruise ship accidents, commercial fishing accidents and other Jones Act settings. He represents commercial mariners, recreational boaters, and passengers. Tim taught law at a state maritime academy.

For a free consultation, contact Tim at (718) 224-9824 or [email protected] fights hard for the legal rights his clients who have sustained injury or other damages involving admiralty jurisdiction and maritime law.

Tim’s work is referenced in Wikipedia, and also appears in the Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

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