Where Maritime Experience Informs Legal Strategy

Practical Maritime Counsel Backed by Real-World Industry Experience Supporting, Litigation,
Claims, Legal Disputes, Marine Insurance, Maritime Casualties and Contract Matters

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Maritime Experience That Strengthens Legal Strategy

A Practical Advantage in Maritime Matters

The Law Office of Andrew E. Madden, P.C. offers a rare combination of legal counsel and substantial maritime technical experience. This dual-qualified background provides clients with a broader and more practical perspective in claims, disputes, marine insurance, and contract matters.

Andrew E. Madden’s professional background includes service as a UK licensed Chief Engineer, Senior Surveyor and Senior Maritime Auditor with Lloyd’s Register, and President of an independent maritime consultancy serving major marine insurers, P&I Clubs, Hull & Machinery underwriters, and shipping companies.

This experience brings added value where matters involve technical causation, vessel operations, maritime regulations, casualty response, insurance issues, contractual allocation of risk, or industry practice. We understand not only the legal issues, but also the factual, operational, and commercial context in which maritime disputes arise.

Why Clients Value This Perspective

  • Industry Grounded
    Counsel informed by over 40 years of practical maritime and technical experience.

  • Technically Credible
    Experience with vessel operations, engineering, casualty investigation, audits, and maritime risk.

  • Commercially Aware
    Support shaped by the realities of the shipping, insurance, and maritime services sectors.

Representative Experience

  • Attorney at Law, California
  • UK Chief Engineer’s license, unlimited tonnage
  • Former Senior Surveyor and Senior Maritime Auditor, Lloyd’s Register
  • President, A.M. Marine Surveys LLC
  • Extensive experience advising and acting for major P&I Club and Hull & Machinery interest across a broad range of marine casualties, claims, and investigation.
  • Advanced degrees in Maritime Law, U.S. Law, Engineering, and Management

Discuss your matter with maritime counsel backed by real-world technical and industry experience.

Proven Maritime Experience. Practical Legal Insight.

  • California Attorney at Law with advanced legal and engineering qualifications
  • 40 years of maritime industry experience
  • Former UK licensed Chief Engineer
  • Former Senior Surveyor and Senior Maritime Auditor, Lloyd’s Register
  • President, A.M. Marine Surveys LLC
  • Extensive experience advising and acting for major P&I Club and Hull & Machinery interest across a broad range of marine casualties, claims, and investigation.
  • Gard Hull & Machinery correspondent for Long Beach and Los Angeles
  • Extensive background in casualty investigations, project management, technical surveys, audits, and marine consultancy
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Practical Maritime Legal Support, Informed by Real-world Technical and Industry Experience

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We work with attorneys and law firms on a no-conflict, contract counsel basis, providing focused support in matters where maritime industry knowledge, practical technical insight, and real-world operational experience can add strategic value.

No-Conflict Contract Counsel Support

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Review of maritime and commercial contracts with a practical, commercially grounded focus on risk allocation, responsibility, indemnity exposure, and business implications

Contract Review and Risk Allocation

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Maritime casualty investigations, including development of the factual record, identification of technical and operational issues, incident analysis, and early strategic case support.

Maritime Casualty Investigation Support

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We support maritime claims and disputes through legal review, technical evaluation, and organized development of the key facts, documents, and issues needed to move the matter forward.

Maritime Claims and Dispute Support

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We organize, and preserve relevant evidence, including records, communications, photographs, and technical documentation, to support efficient case preparation and informed dispute strategy.

Evidence Gathering and Preservation

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Andrew E. Madden Esq.
LL.M, LL.M (U.S. Law), LL.B (Hons), MSc, CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST, FRINA
Attorney at Law | Maritime Consultant

 

About Andrew E. Madden, Esq.

A Dual-Qualified Maritime and Legal Professional

Andrew E. Madden is a California attorney, maritime consultant, Chartered Engineer, and Chartered Marine Engineer with over 40 years of maritime industry experience. His background includes service as a UK licensed Chief Engineer, Senior Surveyor and Senior Maritime Auditor with Lloyd’s Register, and President of A.M. Marine Surveys LLC, where he has supported major P&I Clubs, Hull & Machinery underwriters, and commercial shipping interests.

He holds advanced qualifications in U.S. Law, Maritime Law, Engineering and Management, Marine Engineering, and Marine Insurance, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

This dual professional background provides clients with the benefit of legal counsel informed by real-world technical maritime experience, particularly in matters involving claims, disputes, marine insurance, casualty investigations, contracts, and commercial maritime operations.

Mr. Madden is also the founder of A.M. Marine Surveys LLC , based in Long Beach, where he has provided technical marine surveying and consulting services on behalf of vessel interests, P&I Clubs, H&M underwriters, and shipping companies. His work has encompassed marine casualties, hull and machinery matters, cargo and container damage claims, port-related investigations, and complex technical maritime disputes.

In addition, Mr. Madden is recognized as Gard's Hull & Machinery Correspondent for Long Beach and Los Angeles , reflecting his standing as a trusted technical resource within the international marine insurance community.

His academic and professional credentials include:

  • UK Chief Engineer's License, unlimited tonnage
  • Chartered Engineer and Chartered Marine Engineer
  • MSc in Engineering and Management
  • LL.M in Maritime Law
  • LL.M in U.S. Law
  • LL.B (Hons) in English Law

This rare combination of seagoing experience, classification society expertise, and advanced legal training positions the firm to deliver practical, evidence-driven counsel grounded in a deep understanding of how maritime incidents and shipping disputes unfold in the real world.

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Where We Add Value

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No-Conflict Contract Counsel Support

Law firms do not always need a full-time addition to the team. Sometimes the better solution is dependable outside counsel who can step in quickly, work efficiently, and add practical value to the matter. I am available to work with other attorneys and law firms on a no-conflict, contract counsel basis, particularly where maritime industry knowledge, technical perspective, and factual development may strengthen the file.

My background offers a combination that is unusual in legal practice. I am a California lawyer, and I also bring decades of real-world maritime and technical experience developed through service at sea, senior surveying and auditing work, marine casualty investigations, and ongoing maritime consultancy. That perspective can be particularly valuable in matters involving vessel operations, marine insurance, technical causation, casualty facts, contracts, and evidence-sensitive disputes.

Why Work With Me?

Practical Maritime Perspective
Support informed by real-world experience in ship operations, marine engineering, surveying, casualty response, and maritime industry practice.

Technically Informed Case Support
Assistance with fact development, technical materials, causation issues, and early identification of operational and evidentiary themes.

Flexible Support for Your Team
Available to work in a way that complements your existing team, strategy, and client relationship on a project, overflow, or matter-specific basis.

Representative Support

  • Contract counsel support for maritime and related matters
  • Contract and document review
  • Maritime casualty investigation support
  • Maritime claims and dispute support
  • Evidence gathering and preservation strategy
  • Early factual development and case organization
  • Review of marine insurance and shipping-related materials
  • Coordination with surveyors, experts, and industry personnel

Practical contract counsel support for law firms seeking maritime industry insight, technical perspective, and dependable legal assistance.

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Cost-Effective Maritime Legal Support

Our combined legal and maritime technical background allows us to provide practical, cost-effective legal support from the outset. In many matters, this can reduce the need for separate initial legal and technical reviews, helping clients identify key issues earlier, control costs, and move forward with greater clarity

Evidence First. Practical Support When Time Matters.

Early factual development, evidence preservation, and practical maritime support when prompt action matters.