News and Events

NBAF is celebrating its one-year anniversary of opening its California office and welcoming the wonderful team of Forrest Booth, Pamela Schultz, Jonathan Thames, Brad Pace, Deniz Tuncer (Perkowski), Camille Zuber and Juli Carter as colleagues. It has been a remarkable year and the future is bright. 

NBAF attorny Camille Zuber will be co-presenting at the upcoming MLA Fall Meeting on the topic of Charting risk: Navigating regulatory challenges and vessel-owner liability in the shift to alternative marine fuels — ammonia, hydrogen, LNG, nuclear, and biofuels at the IMO and US regulatory helm.

NBAF attorneys Camille Zuber and Jonathan Thames spent the week of September 14th in London, meeting with P&I clubs, Lloyd’s market underwriters, and brokers at the heart of the international marine insurance market. Over a full week of coffees, lunches, office visits, and dinners, they reconnected with longtime friends of the Firm and made many new ones.

Camille’s and Jonathan’s numerous meetings addressed an array of topics relevant to their audiences. Clubs were especially interested in a U.S. perspective on the regulatory and liability landscape, including for nuclear-powered vessels, a topic Camille will take up at the upcoming MLA Fall Meeting. Underwriters continued to be interested in the US jurisdictions’ various treatments of stock throughput policy wordings, and gained further understanding of the differences in taking evidence in US versus UK proceedings, such as the need for oral depositions.

Camille then continued on to Paris, where she met with fellow maritime and transportation lawyers, strengthening NBAF’s ties with our European counterparts.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who welcomed Camille and Jonathan so warmly. NBAF looks forward to keeping the conversations going, and to being back in London next year!

NBAF attorney Rod Fonda has been recognized by the Washington State Bar Association for his 50 years as a member. Lest one get the wrong impression, we should point out that Rod is a spry 75 and a forceful advocate. Congrats Rod!!!!!