Mike McGlone is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He is the senior-most Admiralty and Maritime lawyer in the firm. He has extensive experience in admiralty and maritime law, maritime litigation, marine insurance, personal injury defense, collissions, allissions and federal and state appeals.

Mr. McGlone has more than 30 years of trial and appellate court experience before a wide variety of state and federal courts throughout the United States. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and was a recipient of the 2005 City Business Inaugural Leadership in Law Award – The Top 50 New Orleans Lawyers.

Education

Mike received his J.D. from Loyola University Law School in 1975 where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review. He earned his B.B.A. in Business Administration, cum laude, from Loyola University in 1972. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Herbert W. Christenberry of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
• Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

Memberships

• Louisiana State (Bench Bar Committee, 2007-2009), American and Federal Bar Associations
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

Community Service

• Law Visiting Committee, Loyola College of Law
  
• Board of Directors, President (1995-1996), Federal Bar Association - New Orleans Chapter.
• Chair, Offshore Facilities and OCS Operations Subcommittee, Offshore Industries Committee, The Maritime Law Association of the United States.
  
• Proctor in Admiralty, Committee on Marine Salvage, General Average, and Salvage, Subcommittee on Salvage, Committee on Professional Conduct, The Maritime Law Association of the United States.
  
• Master Barrister, St. Thomas More Inn of Court
• Delegate, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-99).
• Former member, Tulane University Law School Maritime Planning Committee.
• Former member, Seminar Planning Committee, Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (GNOBFA).
• Chairman, President's Advisory Council, Parents' Annual Giving Drive, Jesuit High School.
• Chairman, Parents' Annual Giving Drive (1998-1999), Member, Board of Directors, Member, Capital Campaign Committee, St. Mary's Dominican High School.

Reported Cases

• Quality Marine Services, Inc., Limitation Proceedings, M/V MR. JASON, 2005 WL 1155854 (E.D.La.), 2005 A.M.C. 1438.
  
• Adkins v. Burris Mill & Feed, Inc., 644 So. 2d 839 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
• Alamo Chemical Transp. Co. v. M/V OVERSEAS VALDES, 726 F.2d 1073 (5th Cir. 1984), and 744 F.2d 22, 1985 A.M.C. 911 (5th Cir. 1984).
• Anders v. Ormet Corp., 874 F. Supp. 738 (M.D. La. 1994).
• Bridgett v. Odeco, Inc., 646 So. 2d 1249 (La. Ct. App. 1994), writ denied, 651 So. 2d 840 (La. 1995).
• Cities Service Co. v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., 813 F.2d 679 (5th Cir. 1987).
• Clements v. Chotin Transp., Inc., 496 F. Supp. 163, 1983 A.M.C. 2402 (M.D. La. 1980).
• Conner v. ContiCarriers and Terminals, 944 S.W.2d 405 (Tex. Ct. App. 1997).
• Guillory v. North Bank Towing Corp., 1994 A.M.C. 1071 (W.D. La. 1993).
• De Centeno v. Gulf Fleet Crews, Inc., 798 F.2d 138, 1987 A.M.C. 2462 (5th Cir. 1986).
• Dominguez v. Marine Transport Management Co., 1992 A.M.C. 2862 (E.D. La. 1992).
• Favorite v. Marine Personnel and Provisioning, Inc., 955 F.2d 382, 1993 A.M.C. 1377 (5th Cir. 1992).
• Goff v. Apex Towing Co., 1982 A.M.C. 551 (E.D. La. 1980).
• Hall v. Noble Drilling (U.S.) Inc., 242 F.3d 582 (5th Cir. 2001).
• Harper v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 741 F.2d 87, 1985 A.M.C. 979 (5th Cir. 1984).
• Hebert v. Exxon Corp., 953 F.2d 936, 22 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 91 (5th Cir. 1992); see also 659 F. Supp. 130, 1991 A.M.C. 946 (E.D. La. 1987); 674 F. Supp. 1234 (E.D. La. 1987); 770 F. Supp. 314, 1992 A.M.C. 222 (E.D. La. 1991); 1992 A.M.C. 908 (E.D. La.. 1991).
• Hovis v. Marine Drilling Co., 541 So. 2d 416 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
• In Re Incident Aboard D/B OCEAN KING, 758 F.2d 1063, 1987 A.M.C. 910 (5th Cir. 1985); see also 813 F.2d 679, 1988 A.M.C. 606 (5th Cir. 1987); 877 F.2d 322, 1990 A.M.C. 1518 (5th Cir. 1989).
• In Re OCEAN RANGER Sinking Off Newfoundland on Feb. 15, 1982, 589 F. Supp. 302, 1985 A.M.C. 1293 (E.D. La. 1985); see also 632 F. Supp. 72 (E.D. La. 1985); 617 F. Supp. 435 (E.D. La. 1985).
• Offshore Transport Services, L.L.C, et al, Limitation Proceedings M/V GREG DANOS, 2005 AMC 2253.
• In re Puget Sound Tug & Barge, Mission Viking, Inc. and Northwestern Construction Co., 9 OSHC 1764, 1981 OSHD P25,373 (Occupational Safety & Health Rev. Comm'n 1981).
• Kelly v. Bass Enterprises Production Co., 17 F. Supp. 2d 591, 1999 A.M.C. 173 (E.D. La. 1998).
• Marine Transport Lines v. M/V TAKO INVADER, 37 F.3d 1138, 1995 A.M.C. 622, (5th Cir. 1994).
• Odeco, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc., 663 F.2d 650 (5th Cir. 1981).
• Odeco Oil & Gas Co. v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., 857 F. Supp. 29 (E.D. La. 1994).
• Robert v. ContiCarriers & Terminals, Inc., 692 F.2d 22, 12 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 162 (5th Cir. 1982).
• Roche v. U. S., 1990 A.M.C. 2696 (E.D. La.);
• Simms v. Valley Line Co., 709 F.2d 409, 1984 A.M.C. 2986, 15 BRB 178 (5th Cir. 1983).
• Slocum v. Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers, Inc., 1996 A.M.C. 1425 (E.D. La. 1995).
• St. Philip Offshore Towing Co. v. Wisconsin Barge Line, 466 F. Supp. 403 (E.D. La. 1979).
• Tschirn v. Secor Bank, 691 So. 2d 1290 (La. Ct. App. 1997).
• Valley Line v. S/S AM. WHEAT, 618 F.2d 341 (5th Cir. 1980).
• Williams v. General Motors Corp., 639 So. 2d 275 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
• Wright v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., 444 So. 2d 129 (La. Ct. App. 1983).

Lecturer

• Navigating the Labyrinth of a Complex Maritime Case - From the Defendant's Perspective, 6th Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Conference on Martitime Personal Injury Law, LSU Law Center, March 7, 2008.
  
• Marine Index Bureau's MIB Update.
• Recent Developments: Death & Personal Injury, Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association.
• Coast Guard Drug Testing: Rules for Marine Personnel Compliance, Marine Index Bureau.
• Anatomy of a Federal Trial, 5th Federal Law Institute.
• ADA and Personal Injury/Illness Claims by Employees: How Claims and Litigation Are Affected by ADA and How Employers Can Avoid Losses, Marine Index Bureau, Annual Membership Meeting.
• Punitive Damages & Maritime Law, Marine Index Bureau, Annual Membership Meeting.
• Trying a Case in Louisiana and All that Jazz, Louisiana State Bar Association.

Authorships

• The Judgment of Possession and Acquisitive Prescription: Good Faith as an Element, 20 Loyola L. Rev. 377.
• Marine Insurance and the Implied Warranty of Seaworthiness, 21 Loyola L. Rev. 960.
• Coast Guard Drug Testing: Rules for Marine Personnel Compliance, New York Journal of Commerce.