Criminal Law

• Money Laundering
  Identification and other background verification data such as a copy of passports or utility bills or evidence of beneficial ownership or the source of funds to comply with client due diligence/”know your client”/anti-money laundering laws and collected as part of our client acceptance and ongoing monitoring procedures;

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  HBN can be traced back to the height of New York City’s rise as an internationally recognized sea port. In an effort to take advantage of the ever expanding seaport of New York, lawyers, Leavitt Hunt, Charles Hill, and George W. Betts developed a law firm specializing in maritime and general corporate and business law, officially establishing Hunt, Hill, & Betts in 1898. Through a series of mergers acquisitions, HBN, was officially formed in 1956 and continues to represent the maritime community from the heart of the financial district in New York City.
• Business Disputes

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Not everyone that works in the maritime industry works onboard a vessel for extended periods of time. Many maritime works simply load and/or unload a vessel, come aboard to assist in repairs, or for transport purposes. Because not all maritime workers are employed onboard ships, and the specific Jones Act requirements generally exclude dock-workers, the LHWCA was born to protect maritime workers, such as longshoreman, stevedores, harbor workers, ship-repairers, and ship builders. As with seaman, a harbor worker is not entitled to federal or state workers compensation schemes, however the LHWCA requires that maritime employers purchase a workers compensation/self-insurance scheme to provide for medical/disability benefits to their covered employees who fall sick or injured while in its employ.
• Employment Litigation
  HBN attorneys have represented and continue to represent some of the largest shipowners in the United States. Since its founding in 1898, HBN attorneys have represented shipowners, terminal operators, and transportation companies in proceedings both domestically and internationally. HBN, as one of the oldest maritime law firms in the country, was already established at the earliest stages of the implementation of federal statutes for the protection of shipping companies and maritime works. HBN has in depth knowledge of the ancient principles and statutory laws used in court proceedings to this day, and seeks to preemptively gain an upper hand in defending claims primarily through strategically investigating, intervening, and minimizing liability post-incident.

Property Law

• Property Damage
  HBN represents clients in many different areas of law other than maritime law, such as commodity and international trade, product liability, trucking, environmental and property damage.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Maritime Products Liability is a maritime tort which has the potential to affect all manners of maritime claims for personal injury, including but not limited to, the Jones Act, LHWCA, passenger injuries, and even persons in the water. As with many land based product liability actions, maritime products liability is not very different but revolves around various marine specific equipment failure and ship designs or ships construction that may not be known to persons who are not familiar with the maritime industry.

Finance Law

• Debt Collection
  To ensure that we are paid – to recover any payments due to us and where necessary to enforce such recovery through the engagement of debt collection agencies or taking other legal action (including the commencement and carrying out of legal and court proceedings);