Steven M. Stancliff
Name: Steven M. Stancliff
Firm Name: Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C.
Jurisdiction: USA - Virginia
Practice Area: Maritime Law

Telephone: 757-623-3000
Fax: 757-623-5735
Email: sstancliff@cwm-law.com
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Professional Biography:

Steve advises commercial ship owners, salvors, ship repairers and their insurers in responding to collisions, groundings, marine pollution, machinery failures, governmental investigations, and other incidents and disputes in federal and state courts in Virginia and North Carolina, including vessel arrests, attachments, limitation actions, and salvage proceedings.

Practice Areas

ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW

Practice Group Chair

Business & Industries

Dredging Companies

Vessel Owners and Operators

Shipyard and Waterfront Facilities

U.S. and International Marine Insurers

Marina Owners and Operators

Marine Salvage

General Maritime Companies

Railroads

Honors & Awards

AV® PREEMINENT™ PEER REVIEW RATING BY LEXISNEXIS MARTINDALE-HUBBELL

LISTED IN VIRGINIA SUPER LAWYERS, TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME, 2013-2017

Education

Case Western Reserve University, J.D. 1996

University of Rhode Island, M.M.A. (Marine Affairs) 1992

United States Coast Guard Academy, B.S. (Marine Engineering) 1984

Bar/Court Admissions

Virginia State Bar

North Carolina State Bar

Ohio State Bar

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Memberships

MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES (PROCTOR; SECRETARY, COMMITTEE ON REGULATION OF VESSEL OPERATIONS, SAFETY, SECURITY AND NAVIGATION, 2016-2017)

SOUTHEASTERN ADMIRALTY LAW INSTITUTE (BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2010-2011; CHAIRMAN, LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE, 2013; EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, 2014; EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 2016)

VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION

VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION

NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION

NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH BAR ASSOCIATION

James Kent American Inn of Court

Community Involvement

The Propeller Club of Norfolk

TIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH (PRESIDENT, 2016-2017; BOARD MEMBER, 2015-PRESENT)

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