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M. Kathleen Miller 
Mobile, Alabama
Managing Partner
phone (251) 405-1220
fax 251-432-6843
251-433-3821

Admiralty and maritime law has been a major part of Ms. Miller's practice since she was admitted to the bar in 1980. Ms. Miller has extensive experience in representing vessel owners, stevedores, towers, underwriters and ship's agents and freight forwarders in personal injury, cargo, limitation of liability, marine insurance, towage, collision and allision cases, vessel financing, maritime liens and maritime commercial disputes. Ms. Miller's trial practice also includes the defense of medical malpractice, professional liability, insurance coverage and commercial cases. Ms. Miller practices in the federal and state trial courts, the Alabama Supreme Court, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit United States Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Miller also represents insurers and corporate clients in insurance coverage disputes involving various types of both maritime and non maritime policies, including hull & P&I, stevedore's legal liability, longshore coverages, maritime employer's liability, cargo liabilities, commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, property and excess coverages. Ms. Miller presently serves as Chancellor for Alabama for the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast.

Ms. Miller has been recognized for 2010 by Alabama Super Lawyers.

Areas of Practice:
Admiralty and Maritime
Insurance Coverage
Medical Malpractice
Professional Liability
Insurance and General Liability Defense
Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1980
Supreme Court of Alabama, 1980
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1980
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2002
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
U.S. Tax Court, 2000
Education:
Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
J.D.
Honors: Director, Tulane Legal Assistance Program


Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1978
B.A.
Major:  English


Published Works:
Recent Developments in Admiralty Law in the Eleventh, Eighth and Sixth Circuits, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 2003


Recent Developments in Admiralty Law in the Eleventh Circuit and the Supreme Court, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 1994


Cargo Legal Liabilities: A Comparison of the Liabilities of Carriers, Stevedores, Terminal Operators and others for Cargo, 17 Cum. L. Rev. 763, 1987


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Alabama State Bar
Member


Mobile Bar Association
President 2007


Mobile Bar Association
Member


Paul W. Brock Chapter, American Inn of Court
Member & Past President


Maritime Law Association for the United States
Member


Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
Member


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