Attorney Profiles

Since 1979, Ed Radzik has been involved almost exclusively in the litigation of admiralty and maritime claims.  These matters have included claims for cargo loss and damage, ship collisions, allisions, groundings, shipboard fires and explosions, hull and machinery failures, shipyard repair, pollution, stevedore damage, particular and general average, marine insurance disputes, personal injury and other maritime claims.
 
Prior to law school, Ed had a brief three-year career in the merchant marine sailing as an engineering officer on break bulk vessels, tankers and container ships and calling at ports throughout Asia, the Far East, Northern Europe, East Africa and coastwise in the United States.  As a marine engineer and graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Ed acquired skills in a variety of disciplines, including propulsion systems and mechanical engineering, strength of materials and structures, shipboard electricity and marine refrigeration.  Drawing from his seagoing experience in the every-day practice of maritime law, Ed has been able to utilize these skills to better analyze the myriad of technical questions that arise in marine casualty litigations.
 
Ed has been an active member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and serves as Vice Chair of the Carriage of Goods Committee, Chair of the sub-committee on Cargo Liability and is an associate Editor of the MLA Cargo Newsletter.  Ed is currently a member of the Carriage of Goods Committee Working Group studying the United States' anticipated ratification of the UNCITRAL Convention for a new regime for cargo liability that will become known as the Rotterdam Rules.

Ed is recognized in Chambers USA 2010 as a leading lawyer in shipping litigation. As reported to Chambers by peers and clients, they note Ed "is by far and away one of the best choices for cargo litigation" with a leading reputation in cargo recovery, Ed's years of experience include collisions, groundings, personal injury and insurance disputes. Clients add "talented and knowledgeable....always 100% committed to the case."
 
Ed has taught admiralty law at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire and is presently an Adjunct Professor teaching Business Law at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.