Hawaii Maritime Accident Lawyer

Hawaii Maritime Lawyer Preston Easley Represents Seamen & Shipyard Workers

Attorney Preston Easley

The Law Offices Of Preston Easley APC is a premier maritime law firm serving all of Hawaii from our Honolulu office. 

Our Hawaii maritime lawyers represent seamen and longshoremen in maritime accident claims and wrongful death cases involving crew, passengers, and union and non-union maritime workers and employees.

Maritime accident lawyer Preston Easley is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. You can rely on his expertise in maritime law to protect your rights. Contact us today or call our local Honolulu Harbor office on the corner of Ala Moana and Bishop at (808) 922-2383 to schedule a free consultation about your claim (open in Google Maps).

You can learn more about our practice areas on our website by clicking the links below, or, email or call a Hawaii maritime law attorney to discuss your case for free.  If we do not recover for you, there is no fee.

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Longshoremen Accident Attorney in Honolulu and Throughout Hawai’i 

If you earn your living working on the docks, piers or aboard vessels serving Hawaii’s busy ports – including Honolulu Harbor, Kahului, Hilo, Nawiliwili, and Kawaihae and you’ve been injured on the job you may be entitled to compensation under the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA).

Strict deadlines govern these claims, so its critical to act quickly to protect your rights and secure the benefits you deserve for medical treatment, wage losses and disability.

At the Law Offices of Preston Easley, APC, we provide skilled, experienced legal representation for injured longshore and harbor workers throughout Hawaii from our office in Honolulu. Our firm understands the unique nature of waterfront work, the complexities of federal maritime law, and the aggressive strategies that employers and their insurance companies often use to reduce or deny valid claims.

Whether your injury occurred at Honolulu Harbor, while loading or unloading cargo, working on dry docks, or performing maintenance on vessels, we are prepared to fight for your full benefits. Contact a Hawaii longshore accident lawyer who knows waterfront, the law and how to protect injured workers.

We take cases involving the following practice areas, as well as other types of cases involving maritime law:

Cases We Handle

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Longshoremen & Shipyard Workers

Longshoring and shipyard work are very dangerous occupations. Workers in these fields, along with marine construction workers, are covered by the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, a very generous no-fault workers’ compensation system. It covers medical expenses, temporary disability, permanent disability and vocational rehabilitation.

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Jones Act Seamen

Jones Act Seamen

A seaman is a member of the crew of a vessel or group of vessels under common ownership or control. The vessel can be anything from a raft to a cargo ship. We represent seamen who work aboard recreational vessels, tugboats, dredges, barges, skiffs, workboats and cargo ships. We also represent seamen who are marine construction workers.

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Diving

Diving

We represent people who have been injured in SCUBA diving accidents and Commercial diving accidents. We also handle diving boat accidents. Diving can be very dangerous. We successfully represented a commercial diver who was seriously injured while cleaning the propeller of a U.S. Navy ship at Pearl Harbor

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Construction & Industrial Accidents

Construction & Industrial Accidents

Construction and industrial sites can be very dangerous. Although you generally cannot sue your own employer for a construction site or industrial accident (generally workers’ compensation is your exclusive remedy against your employer) there are many circumstances in which you can file a third party lawsuit against an entity other than your employer for an unsafe condition at a work site which causes you to be injured

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Crane & Forklift Accidents

Crane & Forklift Accidents

The Easley firm has extensive experience with crane and forklift accidents and workplace accidents involving dangerous equipment and machinery. These accidents can be caused by operator error and they can be caused by the unsafe and defective condition of the equipment

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Motor Vehicle & Truck Accidents

Motor Vehicle & Truck Accidents

Motor vehicle accidents can result in serious injury and death. These kinds of accidents can involve automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians and unsafe road design and unsafe road conditions

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Passenger Vessel Accidents

Passenger Vessel Accidents

Passenger accidents are common on recreational vessels, catamarans, tour boats and cruise ships.  They are frequently caused by rough sea conditions and unsafe conditions aboard the vessels.  The Easley firm has extensive experience in the field of maritime law.  We have made new law in the field of maritime law with numerous precedent setting decisions in the State Appellate Courts, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court

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Defense Base Act

The Defense Base Act is an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act which covers civilian employees of U.S. defense contractors injured overseas, including war zones. The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensations Act as extended by the Defense Base Act is a very generous no fault workers’ compensation system

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Areas Where We Practice

Preston Easley is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He served five years of active duty as a Naval officer — three years as a deck officer on a fast frigate and two years as a patrol boat skipper. Mr. Easley also served aboard a tank landing ship in the reserves.

California
  • LOS ANGELES
  • LONG BEACH
  • SAN PEDRO
  • WILMINGTON
  • SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
  • SAN DIEGO
  • CHULA VISTA
  • NATIONAL CITY
  • IMPERIAL BEACH
  • RIVERSIDE COUNTY
  • VENTURA
  • OXNARD
  • SANTA BARBARA
  • PORT HUENEME
  • ORANGE COUNTY
  • OAKLAND
  • SAN FRANCISCO
  • STOCKTON
  • SACRAMENTO
  • NEWPORT BEACH
  • MORRO BAY
  • CARPINTERIA
  • RICHMOND
  • SAN RAFAEL
  • SAN LUIS OBISPO
  • MONTEREY
  • VALLEJO
  • MARE ISLAND
  • LAKE HAVASU
  • DANA POINT
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Hawaii
  • HONOLULU
  • BARBERS POINT
  • NAWILIWILI
  • PEARL HARBOR
  • MAUI
  • HILO
  • KONA
  • LAHAINA
  • SAND ISLAND
  • KAUAI
  • KAHULUI
  • KAWAIHAE
  • KIKIAOLA
  • KAILUA
  • OAHU
  • LIHUE
  • PORT ALLEN
  • NA PALI COAST
  • KANEOHE
  • BIG ISLAND

Let Us Get You The Compensation You Deserve

Preston Easley is an experienced lawyer with considerable expertise in handling federal and state personal injury cases. He will aggressively seek the maximum amount of compensation you are entitled to receive. Attorney Easley represents victims of serious and fatal accidents involving cars, trucks, construction projects and maritime work.

Construction Workers We Help
  • Crane and Forklift Operators
  • Pile Drivers
  • Scaffold Workers
  • Iron Workers
  • Carpenters
  • Electricians
  • Operating Engineers
  • Electricians
Maritime Workers We Help
  • National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Shipyard Workers
  • Manson Construction Company Workers
  • Manson Dredging Workers
  • Dutra Dredging Workers
  • Commercial Divers
  • Scuba Divers
  • Commercial Fisherman
  • Government Maritime Claims Against the Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, or the US Coast Guard, etc.
  • Marine Construction Workers
  • Offshore Oil and Gas Workers
  • Seamen
  • Shipyard Workers
  • YYK Enterprises, Inc.
  • Pacific Tugboat Service
  • Long Beach Container Terminal
  • Tugboat, Dredge, Longshoremen, and Ferry Workers
  • Barge Crews and Barge Workers
  • Marisco Limited
  • HL Welding
  • SSA Marine
  • Catalina Express
  • R.E. State Engineering
  • Shimmick Construction
  • Nova Group
  • American Scaffolding
  • Safway Scaffolding
  • Kirby Tugs
  • Crowley Tugboats
  • P&R Water Taxi
  • Continental Maritime
  • Pacific Ship Repair
  • Seaward Marine
  • Healy Tibbitts
  • General Construction
  • BAE Shipyards
  • South Coast Welding
  • Matson
  • Pasha
  • Hawaii Stevedores, Inc.
  • McCabe, Hamilton & Renny
  • Young Brothers
  • Sause Bros.
  • Foss Maritime
  • Fenix Marine Services
  • ITS
  • Total Terminals
  • TraPac
  • PCMC
  • Maersk
  • Yang Ming
  • China Overseas Shipping
  • Evergreen
Boating Accidents
  • Catamaran Accidents
  • Charter and Tour Boats
  • Cruise Ship Accidents
  • Passenger Accidents
  • Jet Ski and Personal Watercraft
  • Motorboat Accidents
  • Recreational Accidents
  • Scuba Diving Accidents
  • Speed Boat Accidents
  • Yachts and Sail Boat Accidents
  • Repair Accidents
  • Crew Accidents