David Sharpe
Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & HubbardDavid Sharpe focuses on marine insurance coverage; marine finance and vessel documentation; bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; admiralty and maritime; and international and cross-border law. He represents clients that own, operate, charter, or employ vessels, and helps them understand and manage their risks in the United States, Gulf of Mexico, and worldwide offshore maritime oilfield and alternative-energy markets. Mr. Sharpe services clients in the area of concentration on maritime contracts (time and bareboat charter parties, master service contracts, insurance and indemnity agreements, marine-insurance coverage, and ship sale and finance) and related commercial litigation (maritime liens, vessel arrest and attachment, and mortgage foreclosure).
- The National Law Center, GW Law School
- J.D. (1990) | Law Degree
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- Honors: with Honors, Juris Doctor
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- Tulane University
- B.S. (1985) | Electrical Engineering
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- Shareholder
- Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard
- Current
- ADMIRALTY: CASES & MATERIALS (6th Ed. – scheduled for publication in 2017)
- West Academic
- "What is a Vessel?: Implications for Marine Finance, Marine Insurance, and Admiralty Jurisdiction," 89 Tul. L. Rev. 1103 (June 2015)
- Tulane Law Review
- ADMIRALTY: CASES & MATERIALS (5th Ed. 2012)
- American Casebook Series 5th Edition
- HANDBOOK OF MARITIME LAWS & FORMS (2007 Edition)
- American Casebook Series
- ADMIRALTY: CASES & MATERIALS (4th Ed. 2006)
- American Casebook Series 4th Edition
- Super Lawyer
- Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Top Lawyer
- New Orleans Magazine
- Super Lawyer
- Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Continuously every year until present.
- Board of Directors
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Fleur de Lis Leader
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar
- Member
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- Tulane Admiralty Law Institute
- Chair, Program Committee
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- Tulane University School of Law
- Adjunct Professor of Law
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- Activities: Teaching Towage and Offshore Law
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- Mairtime Law Association of the US
- Proctor
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- Louisiana
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Maritime Law
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
- Insurance Defense
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration