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Charles D. Naylor has been a personal injury trial lawyer in the State and federal courts of Southern California for more than 30 years. During his career, Mr. Naylor has successfully settled or tried hundreds of cases arising from injuries occurring in the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and around the world. Mr. Naylor enjoys a national reputation among his peers for his strict adherence to the highest standards of ethics, quality of work, and successful prosecution of injury cases. In 2007 he was a finalist for the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award presented by the Consumer Attorneys of California and in 2008 was a recipient of California Lawyer Magazine's prestigious CLAY Award. Mr. Naylor has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible from the most respected national legal rating service, and has been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers as one of the "top attorneys in southern California" for 2007-2011. Among his recent jury trial verdicts, in a 2007 wrongful death case Mr. Naylor obtained a verdict of more than $55 million for the family of a deceased longshoreman and a settlement agreement of $3.2 million for an injured longshore woman. Mr. Naylor has been a lecturer for the State of California, Continuing Education of the Bar program and serves as a Neutral Evaluator for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts for maritime injury cases. He is a commissioner of the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Admiralty & Maritime Consulting Group, where he has played a vital role in the development of criteria for certification in California as a specialist in Admiralty and Maritime Law. Mr. Naylor is also an adjunct Professor of Law, teaching Admiralty and Maritime Law at Chapman University School of Law. He is a member and Past-President of the Maritime Section of the Long Beach Bar Association, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the American Association For Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association) Admiralty section, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, WILG and is a "Bencher" member of the Joseph A. Ball/Clarence S. Hunt Inn of Court.

Arthur A. Leonard is a 1981 graduate of Tulane University Law School (cum laude), and has since then been primarily engaged in the practice of admiralty and maritime law and related areas, including personal injury and the claims under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. He is a member of the bars of the states of Louisiana and California.   Mr. Leonard has been a proctor member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States since 1982 and is a past member of the Association’s Stevedoring and Terminal Operations Committee. He has been in private practice throughout his career with the exception of several years during which he was in house counsel for a petroleum refining company and marine fuel terminal company. Mr. Leonard has served as lead counsel in jury and non jury trials in the State and federal courts of California, has participated in jury trials in the federal courts of Louisiana, and is a past participant of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Trial Attorney Project. He has also handled a number of cases before the appellate courts of California, Louisiana and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Reported cases include: Sanborn v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc., 448 So.2d 91 (La. 1984); Mori Seiki USA, Inc. v. M.V. Alligator Triumph, 990 F.2d 444 (9th Cir. 1993); Freeman & Mills, Inc. v. Belcher Oil Co., 11 85 (1995); Motorola, Inc. v. MSAS Cargo Intern., Inc., 42 F.Supp. 2d. 952 (N.D.Cal. 1998); Dependable Highway Exp., Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 498 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2007); and City of Long Beach v. Stevedoring Services of America, 157 672 (2007). Mr. Leonard is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating from the primary national legal rating service.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Admiralty & Maritime attorney serving clients in Long Beach and surrounding areas.