Jones Walker LLP is pleased to announce that its Maritime Practice Group received national rankings in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA by Chambers and Partners and in the 2025 Legal 500 United States guide.

The Maritime Practice Group was awarded national rankings in all three maritime categories in Chambers USA, including Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York), and Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory. The group was also recognized as a “Top Tier” firm in the Legal 500 United States Transport – Shipping: Finance category and ranked in the Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation category.

One client remarked to Legal 500, “The Jones Walker LLP attorneys are thorough, efficient, and results oriented. Their advice also often includes a recommendation rather than simply stating applicable laws. They take the time to understand a client's business, which makes their advice practicable.”

The following Jones Walker maritime partners were listed individually as nationally recognized attorneys in Chambers USA:

• William C. Baldwin, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance
• George J. Fowler, III, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• Grady S. Hurley, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Litigation (outside New York)
• R. Scott Jenkins, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory
• Cindy Matherne Muller, Offshore Energy

The following Jones Walker maritime partners, special counsel, and associates were listed as nationally recommended attorneys in the Legal 500 United States:

• William C. Baldwin, Transport – Shipping: Finance (Leading Partners)
• Richard D. Bertram, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Leading Partners)
• J. Kelly Duncan, Transport – Shipping: Finance (Leading Partners)
• George J. Fowler, III, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Hall of Fame)
• Grady S. Hurley, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Leading Partners)
• R. Scott Jenkins, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Leading Partners)
• Sara B. Kuebel, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Leading Associates)
• Jefferson R. Tillery, Transport – Shipping: Litigation and Regulation (Leading Partners)
• Christopher K. Ulfers, Transport – Shipping: Finance (Next Generation Partners)

About the Jones Walker Maritime Practice Group
Jones Walker’s Maritime Practice Group provides cross-spectrum transactional, regulatory, and dispute-resolution counsel to domestic and international clients in foreign jurisdictions and across the United States, in state and federal courts, and before US and international arbitral bodies. Jones Walker represents clients engaged in domestic and international shipping and offshore drilling, transport, production activities, and onshore and port-related activities. With one of the largest groups of maritime-focused attorneys in the United States, Jones Walker is nationally ranked and recognized in marine finance, litigation, and regulatory as a leading law firm by national and international publications.