Grady S. Hurley

Grady S. Hurley has broad-ranging dispute resolution and transactional experience at the intersection of energy and maritime law, including in areas such as offshore energy exploration, production, and distribution, where a range of complex legal, regulatory, and business issues collide. He regularly counsels clients on matters involving cargo, collision, allision, product liability, toxic tort, insurance, indemnity, death, personal injury, property damage, lease cancellation, right-of-way disputes, explosions, and multi-party complex and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. Grady has engaged in brown water, offshore, blue water litigation, and transactional. As part of his oilfield practice, Grady has represented pipeline companies, offshore platform operators, crew boats, drilling companies, exploration and production companies, seismic operators, catering companies, and other oilfield service concerns in transactional matters, torts, and commercial disputes. He has authored numerous publications on issues such as contracts, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) jurisdiction, and regulatory matters, and is co-author of the chapter on admiralty and maritime law in the highly regarded publication, Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts, which is updated and published annually by Thomson Reuters. He serves as a vice chair of the American Bar Association Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee and as Secretary of the Maritime Law Association. A past president of the Tulane Alumni Association, he is a member of the advisory council of Tulane’s Admiralty Law Institute and the Tulane Maritime Law Journal board.