Practice Areas

Admiralty & Maritime Advisory

Strategic guidance and evaluation in:

• Coverage and risk assessment

• Casualty analysis (collisions, pollution, cargo, machinery failures)

• Salvage, general average, and recovery

• Vessel arrests, maritime liens, and limitation issues

• Fraud and scuttling investigations

• Monitoring and strategic assessment of active litigation

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Insurance Coverage Consulting

Advisory support for insurers, reinsurers, corporate counsel, and litigation teams, including:

• Coverage opinions and case-assessment strategy

• Policy and endorsement analysis

• Claims evaluation and fraud review

• Monitoring counsel and litigation-strategy support

• Subrogation and recovery assessment

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Yacht & Pleasure Craft Advisory

Consultation and evaluation involving:

• Product-liability and exposure assessment

• Casualty and claims strategy

• Longshore Act / § 905(b) issues

• Arrests, liens, warranty, and limitation issues

• Risk-management and claims-handling guidance

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Litigation Support

Hughes Law Firm provides litigation support informed by decades of trial, evaluation, and coverage experience.

The Firm assists trial counsel with:

• Case-theme development and jury-selection strategy

• Opening and closing argument strategy

• Evaluation of commercial contingent-fee matters

• Nationwide remote focus-group review

• Local-counsel services in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

These services are offered on a selective, consultation-based basis to law firms, insurers, and litigation teams seeking experienced strategic perspective.

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Contact

Hughes Law Firm

2241 Pine Street

San Diego, California 92103

Email: whughes@hugheslawfirm.com

Phone: (858) 695-4400