McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky opened its doors in 1974 and has since built a reputation of excellence on the West Coast. Not corporations or insurers, but people. We represent clients in State and Federal Courts from Seattle to San Diego, Honolulu, to Fort Lauderdale, in cases of marine injury, pollution, product liability, wrongful deaths, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Our maritime clients include marine construction workers and dredgermen as well as divers, merchant seamen, tugboat crews, fishermen, longshoremen, cruise ship passengers, and shipyard employees. Our clients are represented at all levels of court, including the U.S. Supreme Court. We have also helped to shape maritime law through the handling of cutting-edge cases, participation in important appeals, and the writing and publication of topical articles for law reviews. Our firm has led on groundbreaking issues such as "brown-water" seaman coverage, non-traditional Longshore coverage, and the question of punitive maritime damages. We are first and foremost trial lawyers. We have received recognition for our decades of trial experience from a number of national publications and organizations, including Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America.