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Andrew B. Saunders

Saunders & Saunders, LLP
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Andrew is a member of the US Maritime Law Association (Proctor Status) and the New Bedford Port Society. 

Andrew has practiced law since 1991 with a concentration primarily in the commercial marine industry. He is the founding member of Saunders & Saunders, LLP where he practices with his wife Sandra and brother Christopher. Over the course of his career he has handled matters both large and small in the areas of civil litigation, commercial and residential real estate and admiralty.

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He provides advice to owners, Charterers, Insurers and lenders primarily in the areas of: 

  • Vessel sales and brokerage
  • Vessel construction, and repair agreements
  • Charter parties, Affreightment, and BIMCO agreements
  • Marine offshore construction and dredging
  • Salvage disputes
  • Vessels documentation, and class certification
  • Coastwise trade laws
  • Cabotage laws
  • Oil pollution response & recovery
  • Finance and foreclosure priority
  • Double tax treaties
  • Other trade-related agreements

His litigation practice emphasizes traditional areas of admiralty practice involving.

  • Allison and collision
  • Arrest and attachment
  • Bankruptcy and creditor’s rights
  • Cargo, casualty and insurance claims
  • Fisheries violations
  • Jones Act personal injury claims
  • Unseaworthiness claims
  • Maintenance & Cure claims
  • Maritime liens
  • Possessory actions
  • Salvage, and surety claims.   

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