Frank DeGiulio
190 N. Independence Mall West, Suite 401 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
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Overview
After completing his undergraduate degree at the United States Merchant Marine
Academy Mr. DeGiulio obtained a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited tonnage Third Officer’s license and a First
Class Pilot license for the Great Lakes and served on numerous merchant and
naval vessels. He then returned to school and obtained
his law degree and a master’s degree in business administration. Throughout his
legal career Mr. DeGiulio has handled all types of maritime casualty and
commercial disputes primarily on behalf of shipowners, charterers and their insurers. His
litigation practice focuses primarily on collision, oil pollution liability,
charter party and commercial disputes, cargo and property damage claims,
recreational boating casualties, Coast Guard violations and proceedings, marine
finance and foreclosure, maritime liens, vessel arrest and attachment, general
average and salvage and the defense of Jones Act seamen and longshoremen personal injury and death claims. On the transactional side he also has extensive experience
in the drafting of customized charter parties, contracts of affreightment, commodity
supply contracts and vessel construction contracts, and regularly represents
lenders and vessel owners in marine financing transactions. He is a leading
member of the firm’s oil pollution response team and has represented
shipowners, charterers and terminal operators in administrative proceedings and
litigation arising out of a number of major marine pollution incidents
including the spills caused by the tankers GRAND EAGLE and ATHOS I . Mr.
DeGiulio also has extensive experience in marine insurance coverage disputes
and litigation and for seven years of his career represented insurers from
around the world in connection with insurance disputes arising out of the EXXON
VALDEZ oil spill. He has published articles on a variety of maritime law
subjects including admiralty jurisdiction and shipowner’s limitation of
liability. Mr. DeGiulio is a former member of the board of directors of the
Maritime Law Association of the United States and is a former chairman of the
Association’s Recreational Boating Committee. He also serves on the board of
directors of the S.S. UNITED STATES Conservancy. He formerly served as an
officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, achieving the rank of Lt. Commander.
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Education
University of Pittsburgh, J.D.
Graduated 1984
United States Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., summa cum laude
Graduated 1979
University of Pittsburgh, M.B.A
Graduated 1981
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (215) 625-9900
190 N. Independence Mall West, Suite 401
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
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