Marc I. Kunkin

Mr. Kunkin received his bachelor’s degree in Marine Transportation, with a minor in International Business, from State University of New York - Maritime College in 1993.  In 1993 he also obtained a U.S. Coast Guard Unlimited Third Mate’s license. 

After obtaining his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1996, he was admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars, as well as the Federal Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.  He is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and has published articles on Seaman’s Rights and Charter Party disputes.

Practice Areas: Transportation – Inland, Aviation, Maritime and Admiralty; Marine Insurance Litigation; Inland Marine Insurance Litigation; Warehousing; and Personal Injury Claims.

Reported Cases: NII Brokerage, L.L.C. v. Roadway Exp., Inc., 2008 WL 2810160, (D.N.J. 2008); U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. American Auto. Ins. Co., 2007 WL 2238532, (N.J.Super.A.D. 2007); Shiuh Chu Lu v. Conlon, 5 A.D.3d 142, 772 N.Y.S.2d 508, 2004 N.Y. Slip Op. 01468 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dep’t, 2004); Mosca v. Explorer Charters, Ltd., 194 Misc.2d 360, 754 N.Y.S.2d 823, 2002 N.Y. Slip Op. 22230 (N.Y.Sup. Ct. 2002); American Home Assur. Co. v. M.V. TABUK, 45 Fed.Appx. 12, 2002 WL 1902633, (2^nd Cir. 2002); In re Complaint of Rationis Enterprises, Inc. of Panama, 210 F.Supp.2d 421, 2002 A.M.C. 1848, (S.D.N.Y. 2002); SMT Shipmanagement & Transport Ltd. v. Maritima Ordaz C.A., 2001 WL 930837, (S.D.N.Y. 2001); Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A. Geneva v. POL-Atlantic, 229 F.3d 397, 2001 A.M.C. 1, (2^nd Cir. 2000); In re Complaint of Rationis Enterprises, Inc. of Panama, 2000 WL 420553 (S.D.N.Y. 2000); Greenidge v. Mundo Shipping Corp., 60 F.Supp.2d 10 (E.D.N.Y. 1999); Classic Fashions, Inc. v. Navieras N.P.R., Inc., 71 F.Supp.2d 1241, Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,123 (S.D.Fla. 1999); Greenidge v. Mundo Shipping Corp., 41 F.Supp.2d 354 (E.D.N.Y. 1999); Daewoo Intern. (America) Corp. v. Sea-Land Orient Ltd., 32 F.Supp.2d 705, 1998 A.M.C. 2718 (D.N.J. 1998).

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