Office:
Palmer Biezup & Henderson LLP
190 N Independence Mall West SUITE 401, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Specialties:
Admiralty Law, Personal Injury Law, Product Liability Law, Insurance Law, Maritime Law, International Law, Insurance, Reinsurance, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy, Finance, Yachts, Recreational Craft, Aviation Law, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Transportation, Casualty Defense, Civil Litigation, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Jones Act, Long shore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, Marine Environmental Law, Cargo Claims, Marine Insurance, Marine Insurance Defense, Marine Pollution, Marine Subrogation, Maritime Accidents, Maritime Contracts, Maritime Finance, Maritime Liens, Maritime Personal Injury, Maritime Products Liability, Maritime Property Damage, Recreational Boating Law, Ship Documentation, Ship Foreclosure, Ship Sales and Mortgages, Shipyard Litigation, Clean Water Act, Environmental Cleanup, Commercial Foreclosure, Creditor Bankruptcy, Excess and Reinsurance, Excess Coverage, Insurance Coverage, Boating Accidents, Personal Injury Defense, Bills of Lading
Memberships:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York State and American Bar Associations, Association of Average Adjusters of the United States, Association of Average Adjusters of the United Kingdom, Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Committee on Fisheries in the United States, 1988—, , Member, Carrier Security Committee, 1998—, ).
Admitted:
1981, Pennsylvania, 1989, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
University:
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1978
Law School:
Tulane University, J.D., 1981
Biography:
Mr. Whelan joined the firm in 1981 after obtaining his law degree from Tulane University. Mr. Whelan has devoted his practice to the handling of a broad spectrum of maritime cases primarily on behalf ...