R. Ethan Zubic
Gordon Arata
201 St. Charles Avenue, 40th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70170
United States
Ethan Zubic serves as Assistant Chair of the Admiralty & Maritime Section of the Firm and focuses his practice on commercial litigation in a wide range of practice areas, from cooperative purchasing enterprises to property damage to legacy litigation, as well as admiralty and maritime law, insurance coverage and defense, real estate litigation and commercial transactions. He has handled cases involving property insurance, ocean marine insurance coverage disputes, subrogation claims, marine pollution insurance defense, commercial transactions and general litigation in Louisiana state and federal courts.
In law school, Ethan served as President of the Maritime Law Society and co-authored “A Navigational Chart through Wrongful Death in Admiralty” a graphic illustration of the proper beneficiaries and their rights, remedies and damages for a wrongful death claim of Jones Act Seamen and Longshore & Harbor workers.
Practices:
- Appellate
- Admiralty and Maritime
- Commercial Litigation
- Oil, Gas and Energy Litigation and Arbitration
- Oil, Gas and Energy Transactions
- Environmental and Toxic Torts
- Real Estate and Commercial Leasing
- Trusts and Estates
- Banking
- Insurance
Industries:
- Banking
- Construction
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Industrial, Chemical and Manufacturing
- Insurance
- Maritime
- Real Estate
- Transportation
Admissions:
- Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of LA
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of LA
- U.S. District Court, Western District of LA
Education:
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D. 2012
- Millsaps College, M.B.A.
- Millsaps College, B.S.
Affiliations:
- New Orleans Bar Association – Executive Council Member of and Bar Ambassador for the Young Lawyers Section
- New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court – Member
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute – Port Director, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Propeller Club of New Orleans
- Maritime Law Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Professional Landmen’s Association of New Orleans (PLANO)
Recognition:
- Charles A. Sewell Award
- Louisiana Super Lawyers – Named Rising Star in Transportation/Maritime (2017-2020)
- Arthur Crais Family Award
- “One To Watch” – New Orleans CityBusiness (April 2017)
Publications:
- U.S. 5th Circuit Holds Tug to be “Operator” of Dumb Barges under OPA 90 Drill Deeper Blog, November 2018
- U.S. 5th Circuit Affirms Fuel Supplier Does Not Have Maritime Lien for Bunkers Drill Deeper Blog, July 2018
- United States Coast Guard Issues Marine Safety Alert and Strongly Recommends Inspection of Personal Flotation Devices Drill Deeper Blog, June 2018
- Don’t Get Caught in a Covfefe: Social Media Traps Presenter, Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett Annual Duck Lunch and Seminar, October 2017
- A Primer on Consent-To-Assignment Clauses Under Louisiana Law Drill Deeper Blog, August 7, 2017
- Pure Versus Contract Salvage – Narrowing the Scope of an ‘Agreement to Volunteer’ Bar to Pure Salvag, 10 Loy. Mar. L.J. 145, 2011
- A Navigational Chart Through Wrongful Death in Admiralty, 11 Loy. Mar. L.J. 327, 2013