Hailey

Dennis

Hailey counsels transportation shipping clients throughout the Gulf region, and is admitted to practice in both Florida and California. Prior to attending law school, she worked for Carnival Cruise Line onboard the Carnival Miracle and Victory and flagships Horizon and Mardi Gras. As a seafarer, Hailey is uniquely positioned to understand the inner workings of the cruise industry, building on her experiences at sea to better serve her clients.

Hailey received her juris doctor from Tulane Law School, where she earned the Admiralty and Maritime Law Certificate and served as president of the Maritime Law Society. While earning her law degree, Hailey completed a legal internship with the US Coast Guard, District 8, where she researched and drafted white papers on topics spanning maritime and international law, regulatory compliance, intergovernmental collaboration, and policy enforcement. Hailey also spent a summer interning with Carnival Australia’s legal department in Sydney, where she worked with external counsel, shipboard teams, shoreside management, and shareholders across six global cruise brands to mitigate corporate and environmental risks, conduct claims investigations, prepare for litigation, and create and manage contracts.

During her law school summers, Hailey served as a law clerk and research assistant at various maritime law firms both in New Orleans and Miami, where she worked on various maritime cases involving issues such as the Jones Act, maintenance and cure, COGSA, unseaworthiness, towage, salvage, international conventions, and limitation of liability. In connection with the Tulane Maritime Law Center, Hailey was an assistant editor for Chinese Maritime Cases under the supervision of Professor Martin Davies. She has also served as a speaker, panelist, and moderator at a variety of maritime law-related conferences and CLEs, presenting on topics such as the Safer Seas Act, the intersection of maritime and environmental law, and the consequences of the international litigation following the 2019 Whakaari volcanic eruption in New Zealand.