Miami Maritime Law is a resource website and group of experts containing Florida’s best Lawyers, Maritime and Marine Documentation & Registration Consultants and Marine Surveyors and Experts who are devoted to representing vessel owners, Captains, crew and companies and individuals working in the marine industries and passengers and seamen harmed at sea and under Admiralty jurisdiction. Miami Maritime Law is a growing network of top professionals including Florida’s best and most influential Admiralty Attorneys that aggressively represent clients throughout Florida and around the world.

David Avellar Neblett, Esq., B.S.C. was founding partner of Perry and Neblett P.A., and the Neblett Law Group and has been Board Certified in Maritime & Admiralty law since 2013 and has had offices above Monty’s in the Grove for almost twenty (20) years.   Mr. Neblett assembled this resource website and group of maritime experts and resources more than twenty years ago.  Please use the resources and articles provided in this site and/or contact the industry leaders and experts listed herein, but do note that this site is not providing legal advice and experts, consultants and lawyers must be engaged separately. 

David Avellar Neblett, Esq., B.C.S. is a Florida Bar Board Certified lawyer and is the managing partner and founder of the Neblett Law Group, a full service admiralty and insurance dispute law firm with a Florida Bar Board Certified attorney that offers litigation and transactional expertise to its clients in both complex and routine legal matters including, but not limited to, marine insurance claims, denials and bad faith, boat claims, boat fires, hurricane and storm damage claims, boat sinking, salvage, damage and warranty claims, collisions and allisions, cruise ship passenger injury cases, crew, seaman and Jones Act cases,  personal injury and wrongful death, yacht finance and transactions, offshore corporate formation, recreational and commercial boating injuries, recreational boating injuries and issues, commercial maritime matters, salvage, hurricane and storm damage claims, boat sinking and warranty claims, yacht finance and transactions, offshore corporate formation, limitations of liability, products liability, commercial maritime matters, land based and water-based Construction, Seawall, Marina and Dock disputes and claims pursuant to Florida Statutes 558 and all types of insurance disputes.

The Neblett Law Group is attuned to the needs of all types of clients and its Florida Bar Board Certified attorney has experience representing a wide range of clients from vessel owners to yacht brokers, ship builders and yards. Sorting out and asserting the applicable law is a very precise specialty in this very active venue. Thus, whether you are a boat owner dealing with an insurance claim dispute, claim denial or underpayment or a boat owner who has issues with his or her yacht, David Avellar Neblett, Esq., B.C.S. and the attorneys of the Neblett Law Group have the experience and know how to protect and assert the proper defense or remedy as each case may require.

As the State of Florida is almost surrounded by water, it is not difficult to understand how the Law of the Sea collides with all types of litigation in Florida. Florida has more recreational boats and yachts registered than the other 50 states combined, and its seaports account for the largest tonnage of cargo and have more cruise ship passengers than any other state. 

Thus, weather you are a cruise ship passenger injured by the unseaworthy condition of the vessel, a recreational boat owner injured when another vessel’s captain is boating under the influence, a yacht club, association or marina with disputes or seawall issues, if you received a citation for a manatee violation or got a BUI, or are or a vessel owner who is being sued by a seamen for injuries under the Jones Act, Florida’s courts and the experts and attorneys of Miami Maritime Law have experience litigating these claims.

In addition to litigation and dispute resolution, the attorneys and experts of Miami Maritime Law offers transactional expertise and advice to its clients for both complex and routine legal matters including, but not limited to, business advice and formation, yacht purchase and sales, captain and crew contracts, purchase and sale of art, watches, and luxury goods, warranty issues, authenticity disputes, artist and gallery representation, marine claims, seawall, construction and vessel arbitration, shipbroking and chartering, vessel acquisition, registration and documentation.

There are very specialized laws and limitations which pertain to Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction, transactions and casualties, thus sorting out and asserting the applicable law is a very precise specialty in this very active venue. The attorneys and experts of Miami Maritime Law have the experience and know how to properly represent your interests and assert the proper remedy or defense as each case may require.

Give David Avellar Neblett, Esq., B.C.S. a call or contact us today and we will happily provide a fee consultation or put you in touch with the expert or resource to help you.