Charles Douglas Naylor
Law Offices of Charles D. NaylorThe Law Offices of Charles D. Naylor are located in San Pedro, California, at the center of the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. We provide expert legal representation for cruise ship passengers, maritime workers and offshore oil workers. Our practice areas include maritime personal injury, Jones Act and injured seamen, cruise ship accidents and injuries, commercial fishing accidents, recreational boating accidents, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LWHCA), Defense Base Act (DBA), shipyard accidents, maritime trucking accidents, Death on the High Seas Act, catastrophic injury and maritime wrongful death. With more than 100 years of combined experience, our attorneys possess high academic credentials, maintain strong community ties and are committed to helping injured people get the help and compensation they deserve. Visit us online at http://naylorlaw.com, or call us at 310-514-1200.
- Maritime Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation
- Cruise Ship Injury
- Jones Act
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- California
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Principal Attorney
- Law Offices of Charles D. Naylor
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- Naylor & Nizich
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- Marin, Naylor & Ryan
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- Law Offices of Conrad Lopes
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- Buck & Smith
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- Santa Clara University School of Law
- J.D. (1974) | Law
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- California State University - Long Beach
- B.S. (1970) | Criminology Corrections
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- AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Since 1999
- Super Lawyers
- Southern California Super Lawyers
- Since 2007
- Best Lawyers, Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Best Lawyers
- Since 2015
- California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, Personal Injury
- California Lawyer Magazine
- Consumer Attorney of the Year (finalist)
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler
- Chapman University School of Law
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Maritime and Admiralty Law
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- State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Admiralty & Maritime Consulting Group
- Commissioner
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- Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group
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- Long Beach Bar Association, Admiralty Section
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- American Association for Justice, Admiralty Law Section
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- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
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- American Association for Justice
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- Maritime Law Association of the United States
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- Long Beach Bar Association
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- California State Bar # 62243
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- Joseph A. Ball/Clarence S. Hunt Inn of Court
- "Bencher" Member
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- Admiralty & Maritime Law Specialist
- State Bar of California
Commercial Fishing Accidents: The Law and Your Rights
Whether you’re working on the crab boats of the Bering Sea, the tuna fleet of the Western Pacific, or in one of the local fisheries on the West Coast, Alaska or Hawaii, commercial fishing offers high-paying job opportunities that are hard to match ashore. But there can be a price to pay, and unfortunately the price can be very high because commercial fishing is still one of the most dangerous occupations in the country.
Cruise Ship Injuries and Your Rights l Cruise Ship Accident Injury Attorney Lawyer
When a passenger’s injured, the law that will ordinarily apply is the General Maritime Law of the United States. This is true for most of the cruise lines that you’ll sail on. For example, a Princess, Cunard, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise lines, Holland America. Even though many of these names have foreign sounding names, the cruise lines are based in the United States. So the law that applies is the Federal Maritime Law of the United States.
What is the Jones Act?
The Jones Act is a federal law, passed in the 1920s, to help seamen recover damages when they are injured. What the Jones Act actually did was to provide seamen with the right to sue their employer when their employer’s negligence causes injury. But it has come to mean much more than that. Today, when we refer to the Jones Act rights, to a seaman’s Jones Act rights, we’re really referring to the whole package of rights a seaman has when he is injured.
