James Madison Walker

About James Madison Walker

James Walker is a maritime lawyer with 31 years experience who handles cases only against the cruise lines. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association and has successfully handled hundreds of injury, death, and sexual assault cases. The majority of his clients reside outside of the state of Florida and need assistance and guidance filing suit here in Miami. He is available for an intial, free, no obligation consulation. Please feel free to call . James Walker is a maritime lawyer who focuses on representing passengers and crew members injured or assaulted on cruise ships.  Mr. Walker is a 1980 cum laude graduate of Duke University and a 1983 graduate of Tulane University School of Law where he pursued a maritime curriculum.  He practices maritime law with his partner, Lisa O'Neill, also a Duke University cum laude graduate and a cum laude graduate of the Univeristy of Florida School of Law. The firm has represented many hundreds of passengers and crew members in cases against Carnival, Celebrity, Norwegian, Princess, and Royal Caribbean cruise lines.  Mr. Walker has represented seventy-five cruise crime victims, including five passengers before the United States Congress during hearings on the issue of cruise ship crime. The firm obtained the highest multi million dollar recovery for a sexual assault victim in the history of the cruise industry.  Mr. Walker represents passengers throughout the United States and crew members around the world. ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, FOXNews, DATELINE, 48 HOURS, 20/20, Larry King Live, A & E Investigative Reports, Hannity & Colmes, Greta Van Sustern, Nancy Grace, Inside Edition, Julie Banderas, Big Story Weekend, CourtTV, Catherine Crier, Montel Williams, Joe Scarborough, Rita Cosby, Mike & Juliet, Geraldo Rivera, Nancy Bloom, Dan Abrams, UK’s BBC-Radio 4, Heartland w/John Kasich, E! Entertainment, TruTV, Canada’s CATV-5, Good Morning America, TIME Magazine, National Law Journal, RADAR Magazine, Lawyer’s Weekly USA, Miami Herald, American Law Media, Tradewinds, Fort Lauderdale’s Sun-Sentinel, Miami Business Review, LA Times, NY Times, Salt Lake Tribune, Florida Today, Daytona Beach Journal, Sacramento Bee, Washington Post, Greenwich Times, Greenwich Citizen, Greenwich Post, San Francisco Chronicle, U.K.'s Telegraph, St. Petersburg Times, Miami’s New Times, U.K. Mirror, London’s Guardian, Edmonton Post, Chicago Sun-Times, Bahamas Journal, Italy's "Chi l'ha Visto?" television show, Germany's Wunderwelt Wisen, CruiseCritic, South Florida Business Journal, Open Secrets organization, Queerty, Baltimore Sun, Bahamas Tribune, National Public Radio (NPR), USA Today, Gadling, FOX Business, Slate Magazine, ABA Journal, Australia's The Age, Attorney at Law Magazine, Huffington Post, U.K.'s Daily Mail, BBC, Freeport (Bahamas) News, Haaretz, Trip Advisor, Wikipedia, Palm Beach Post, India Times, E Turbo News, Global Travel News, Comunidade News (Brazil), Canada's CTV, OutFront with CNN's Erin Burnett, Slate, The Daily, London's Financial Times, Newsweek Magazine, Newsweek's The Daily Beast Blog, Fund Web, Reuters, Consumer Affairs, Australia's Herald Sun, Canada's NewsTalk 1010 Radio, Houston Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Tampa Bay Business Journal, Perez Hilton, Business Insider, Greenwich Magazine, CNN Money and the Associated Press have all covered Jim’s cases and his client's causes. Mr. Walker is a member of the Florida and Lousiana Bar Associations, a thiry year member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, and a member of the Multi-Million Dollars Advocacy Forum.

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