Adam Davis

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About

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Adam Davis was a harbor tug pilot. He graduated from Texas A&M Maritime Academy and went to work on towing vessels and dredges on the Mississippi River. Adam is proud of his deep connection to our nation’s marine transportation system. He attended law school at Loyola College of Law in New Orleans, where he excelled academically while also working the weekends on the Mississippi River.

Adam was selected to be the Managing Editor of the Loyola Maritime Law Journal, and the brief writer and oralist for the Loyola Admiralty Moot Court team. He also completed an internship with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, where he focused on legal issues arising under the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. Adam graduated with honors and finished in the top 11% of his class. Following graduation, he was hired as an attorney by one of Louisiana’s oldest and most prestigious “big law” firms.

Adam spent almost a decade accruing thousands of hours of experience investigating, defending and litigating claims arising out of virtually every type of marine casualty. He also defended vessel owners and mariners with investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Adam was selected by Super Lawyers to the 2022 Louisiana Rising Star List for exhibiting excellence in the practice of law. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Louisiana receive this distinction.

Education

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., cum laude,
- Managing Editor, Loyola Maritime Law Journal, 2014
Texas A&M Maritime Academy, B.A., 2010

Admissions

Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Memberships & Affiliations

Louisiana Bar Association
New Orleans Federal Bar Association
The Maritime Law Association

Previous Cases

CGG Marine (Norway) AS v. M/V GUO TOU, 105 2:14-cv-00770, USDC-EDLA
Multi-million dollar seismic streamer damage claim arising out of ship colliding with seismic streamers being towed in the Gulf of Mexico.

IN RE: The Matter of Settoon Towing, LLC 2:14-cv-00770, USDC-EDLA
Oil pollution claims arising out of collision between two inland tows on the Mississippi River near College Point.

Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland, LLC v M/V CHEMBULK WESTPORT, ET AL 2:13-cv-06216, USDC-EDLA
Vessel damages and personal injury claims arising out of the capsizing of a vessel due to wheel wash from a downbound ship on the Mississippi River near New Orleans.

In the matter of the complaint of Swift Energy Company, 2:13-cv-05552, USDC-EDLA
Pollution claims arising out of a crew boat running into a well in Lake Washington.

John Gary Miller v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC 2:15-cv-00091,
USDC-EDLA
Leg injury claim for alleged slip and fall accident.

E. Ward Sudderth v. Mariner Electric Company, Inc., 715-431, USDC-EDLA
Products liability claim against fire extinguisher manufacturer for damages arising from a vessel fire.

Coastal Cargo Company, LLC v. TMK Ipsco International, LLC,
2:14-cv-02476, USDC-EDLA
Cargo and hull damage claims arising from improper stowage of steel coils in a hopper barge.

In the matter of the complaint of Marquette Transportation Company
Gulf-Inland, LLC 2:15-cv-0082, USDC-EDLA
Leg amputation claim arising out of a mooring incident on an inland tow.

Ergon-St. James, Inc. v. M/V PRIVOCEAN, 2:15-cv-01121, USDC-EDLA
Dock damage, ship damage and personal injury claims arising out of ship breakaway during high river ship hold-in operation on the Mississippi River.

Harold Richards v XT Management, 2:15-cv-01126, USDC-EDLA
Personal injury claim for alleged slip and fall from a ship’s gangway.

In the matter of the complaint of Marquette Transportation Company
Gulf-Inland, LLC 2:13-CV-05114, USDC-EDLA
Wrongful death claim arising out of a collision between an inland tow and crabbing boat.

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Marquette Transportation
Company, LLC, 2:15-cv-05029, USDC-EDLA
Subrogation claim for damaged cargo.

SCF Waxler Marine, LLC v. M/V ARIS T, 2:16-cv-00902, USDC-EDLA
Dock damage and personal injury claims arising out of a ship allision on the Mississippi River.

In the matter of the complaint of Tidewater Dock, Inc., 2:16-cv-12734,
USDC-EDLA
Well damage claim arising out of vessel allision on Lake Raccourci.

Deloach Marine Services, LLC v Marquette Transportation Company, LLC,
2:17-cv-02970, USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage claims arising out of collision between two inland tows on the Mississippi River.

M/V Q JAKE v United Bulk Terminals Davant, LLC, 2:16-cv-016215,
USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage and wave wash claims arising out of barge breakaway and subsequent vessel collisions on the Mississippi River near Davant, Louisiana.

M/V Q JAKE v United Bulk Terminals Davant, LLC, 2:16-cv-016215,USDC-EDLAVessel damage and wave wash claims arising out of barge breakaway and subsequent vessel collisions on the Mississippi River near Davant, Louisiana.

Schifffahrtsgesellschaft MS “N Schelde” MBH & Co. v. Pola Maritime
Limited, 2:16-cv-10726, USDC-EDLA
Alter ego Rule B attachment dispute arising out of foreign arbitration.

Norton Lilly International Inc. v. M/V KINATSI, 2:16-cv-04118, USDC-EDLA
Vessel arrest for failure to pay ship agency, as well as fees and expenses.

Lexington Insurance Company v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC,
2:18-cv-04259, USDC-EDLA
Subrogation claim for dolphin damages sustained after two inland tows collided on the Mississippi River.

In the matter of the complaint of River Ventures, 2:18-cv-08750, USDC-EDLA
Vessel damages and personal injury claims arising out of collision caused by a ship’s failure to anchor properly.

In the matter of the complaint of GATX Third Aircraft Corporation,
2:16-cv-13095
Personal injury claims arising out of inland tow running into an anchored ship on Mississippi River.

In the matter of Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland,
4:17-cv-01510, USDC-SDTX
Vessel damage claims arising out of a collision between inland tow and ship on the Houston Ship Channel.

In the matter of Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland,
6:18-cv-01222, USDC-WDLA
Personal injury and dry dock damages arising out of allision between dry dock and inland tow during a top-around maneuver.

Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans v Nordbay Shipping CV,
2:19-cv-00821, USDC-EDLA
Water intake damage claim arising out of ship allision on the Mississippi
River near New Orleans.

River Transport Services, LLC v. Nordbay Shipping CV, 2:17-cv-00589,
USDC-EDLA
Dock damage claim arising out of ship allision on the Mississippi River near New Orleans.

Ugland Marine Services AS v. Iolocos Hellenic Maritime, 2:19-cv-01850,
USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage claim arising out of ship allision at Southwest Pass Anchorage.

Argos Ports (Houston) LLC v. Kirby Inland Marine, LP, 4:18-cv-00327,
USDC-SDTX
Vessel damage, dock damage and salvage claims arising out of massive barge breakaway in Greens Bayou during Hurricane Harvey.

In the matter of Madere & Sons Marine Rental, LLC, 2:19-cv-10610,
USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage and personal injury claims arising out of collision between offshore crew boat and lugger tug on the Lower Mississippi River between Baptiste Collette and Venice.

Rigel Trading Corp. v. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC,
2:19-cv-10601, USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage claim arising out of inland tow allision with anchored ship.

Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland, LLC v. Navigation Maritime
Bulgarea, 2:19-cv-10927, USDC-EDLA
Vessel damage claims arising from a ship swinging out into the starboard side of a downbound inland tow near General Anchorage on the Mississippi River.

Impala Terminals Burnside, LLC v. Marquette Transportation Company,
LLC, 2:19-cv-12584, USDC-EDLA
Dock damage claim arising out of inland tow allision on the Mississippi River near Burnside, Louisiana.

State of Louisiana v. M/V DANK SILVER, 2:20-cv-01517, USDC-EDLA
Bridge damage claim arising out ship running into the Sunshine Bridge’s fendering system.

In Addition:

Defended vessel owners and mariners in the U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board with investigations into serious marine casualties involving collisions, allisions, breakaways, shipboard explosions, well allisions and oil pollution claims.

Assisted in the defense of vessel owners in contraband, magic pipe and missing crew member investigations brought by the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Department of Justice.

Assisted the U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board with their investigations into serious marine casualties and enforcement actions against adverse mariners and vessel owners.

Consulted with mariners on the defense of enforcement actions brought against their licenses by the U.S. Coast Guard.