The New York Maritime and Admiralty Law Firm of Tabak, Mellusi & Shisha

Providing Legal Remedies for Maritime Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims

Established in 1970, Tabak, Mellusi & Shisha LLP. is a highly respected Admiralty and Maritime Law Firm. The focus of our practice is Maritime Personal injury and Wrongful Death Claims. Our firm is unique in this field because partners Ralph Mellusi & Jacob Shisha are graduates of “Fort Schuyler” – the oldest Maritime College in the United States which not only awards degrees in Marine engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Transportation but also Coast Guard Licenses as Deck and Engineering Officers. Following graduation, Ralph and Jake went to sea as ship’s officers in the US Merchant Marine allowing them to obtain a wealth of professional and practical maritime experience.

The bottom line is that we understand ships, the business of shipping, and the key regulatory agencies such as the Coast Guard, Maritime Administration and Military Sealift Command. Our maritime library, which is the culmination of thousands of cases handled over the past 40 years contains one of the most extensive collections of maritime texts, ship manuals, ship models, vessel plans and ship photographs to be found. Our office is located along lower Broadway at the tip of Manhattan, in walking distance to the Coast Guard Office, the Custom House, Battery Park and the entrance to New York Harbor. Our law practice is Nationwide because all Federal Courts in the Nation are invested with Admiralty & Maritime jurisdiction, thereby affording us the option to file your claim in a convenient Federal court.

Practice Areas

• Seaman Jones Act, Unseaworthiness, Maintenance & Cure, Wage Claims
• Tug /Barge and Off shore Supply vessels
• Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
• Claims involving Cruise / Passenger /Ferry vessels
• Recreational Boating & Marina Claims
• Asbestos and other Maritime Toxic Exposures
• Automobile and Shoreside General Negligence Claims