Our Areas Of Practice

Banker Lopez Gassler is organized under the following Areas of Practice. For more specific information regarding our legal services, please click onto the links below.

The Admiralty attorneys offer a full range of services to clients concerning virtually all maritime related matters. Listed below are some of the specific areas covered by our practice.

  • Cargo loss and damage claims
  • Charters and charter party disputes
  • Coast Guard hearings and administrative proceedings
  • Collisions and allisions
  • Customs litigation, fines, and penalties
  • Foreclosure of maritime liens
  • Maritime insurance
  • Maritime administrative law
  • Oil Pollution and hazardous materials cleanup, litigation, and penalties
  • Personal injury claims including claims of seamen, longshoremen, passengers, and ship repairers
  • Pleasure Boat Claims
  • Registration, purchase, and sale of vessels
  • Salvage
  • Ship mortgaging
  • Yacht construction contracts
  • Yacht warranty claims


Our Insurance attorneys provide a broad range of legal services to insurers, insured, and self-insured entities involving insurance litigation, appeals, regulatory, and arbitration matters. We also offer advice and counsel regarding risk management and preventative measures. Listed below are some of the specific areas covered by our practice.

  • Advertising and broadcaster’s coverage
  • Agency matters
  • Agent negligence or malpractice
  • Automobile insurance (liability, comprehensive, collision, uninsured motorists and PIP coverage)
  • Aviation policies
  • Bad faith and extra contractual exposure
  • Comprehensive general liability and all commercial claims policies
  • Director’s and officer’s liability coverage
  • Employer’s liability and workers’ compensation coverage
  • Environmental coverage
  • Errors and omissions & all professional malpractice coverage
  • Excess coverage
  • Farm and dairy coverage
  • Homeowners, condominium, and renter’s coverage
  • Insurance company formation
  • Insurance coverage
  • Insurance defense
  • Insurance fraud
  • Insurance guarantee associations
  • Interstate Commerce Commission and trucker’s coverage
  • Joint underwriting associations
  • Life insurance
  • Personal liability policies
  • Pleasure boat insurance
  • Products and completed operations coverage
  • Property coverage (first party)
  • Regulatory matters
  • Reinsurance, procurement, and interpretation
  • Self-insurance
  • Special multi-peril coverage
  • Surplus lines

Our Litigation attorneys offer a full range of trial and appellate services related to state and federal litigation proceedings. We also represent clients in dispute matters in alternative dispute resolutions forums. Listed below are some of the specific areas covered by our practice.

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appeals
  • Arson claims
  • Civil rights
  • Civil Litigation
  • Class action
  • Commercial matters
  • Computer law
  • Construction
  • Contract and tort law
  • Environmental litigation
  • Health care litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Mediation
  • Municipal and governmental liability
  • Personal injury and wrongful death
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability (See the Products Liability Group)
  • Medical, legal and other professional malpractice claims
  • Sports and recreation law

The Products Liability attorneys handle all matters relating to Products Liability defense. We provide a full range of trial services relating to both state and federal litigation proceedings. Listed below are some of the specific areas covered by our practice.

  • Products Liability Litigation
  • Toxic Tort / Mold / Asbestos / Benzene
  • Construction Litigation
  • Aviation Litigation
  • Technology and E-Commerce
  • Intellectual Property Protection

Our Workers’ Compensation attorneys represent insurance carriers, self-insured employers, associations, and claims service companies in Florida Workers’ Compensation and Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claims. Listed below are some of the specific areas covered by our practice.

  • Florida Workers’ Compensation Act claims
  • Litigation and Appeals
  • Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
  • Claims
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