Brad Gandrup
Attorney
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Practice Areas
Attorney Gandrup has represented clients for over 35 years in civil litigation and arbitration matters, with a focus on admiralty and maritime law. Attorney Gandrup's clients have included oil, technology and insurance companies, marine classification societies, vessel owners and charterers, cargo interests, marine construction and dredging companies, and salvage companies.
Experience
Attorney Gandrup represented the petitioner in Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., 500 U.S. 603 (1991), in which the United States Supreme Court overruled its own 135-year-old precedent and expanded federal admiralty jurisdiction in favor of his client. Attorney Gandrup also has substantial experience defending marine classification societies in major malpractice cases, including the $1 billion suit brought by the Kingdom of Spain against the American Bureau of Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M/T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M/V STAR OF ALEXANDRIA. Attorney Gandrup obtained the first federal maritime decision to clearly hold that, under the Federal Arbitration Act, to be enforceable, an arbitration provision in an international commercial agreement must be in a writing signed by the parties, or evidenced by an exchange of correspondence.
In addition to his litigation work, Attorney Gandrup assists clients in concluding various types of maritime transactions, including the purchase and sale of vessels and charter parties. Attorney Gandrup has also advised clients concerning the coastwise trading provisions of the Jones Act, and federal and state marine environmental law.
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts
New York
Other Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the
District of Massachusetts
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
Northern District of California
Eastern District of Louisiana
Middle District of Louisiana
Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1983
University of Connecticut, B.A., cum laude, 1978
Professional Associations and Memberships
Maritime Law Association of the United States
Connecticut Maritime Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
E-mail Me
Practice Areas
Attorney Gandrup has represented clients for over 35 years in civil litigation and arbitration matters, with a focus on admiralty and maritime law. Attorney Gandrup's clients have included oil, technology and insurance companies, marine classification societies, vessel owners and charterers, cargo interests, marine construction and dredging companies, and salvage companies.
Experience
Attorney Gandrup represented the petitioner in Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., 500 U.S. 603 (1991), in which the United States Supreme Court overruled its own 135-year-old precedent and expanded federal admiralty jurisdiction in favor of his client. Attorney Gandrup also has substantial experience defending marine classification societies in major malpractice cases, including the $1 billion suit brought by the Kingdom of Spain against the American Bureau of Shipping concerning the massive oil spill from the M/T PRESTIGE off the coast of Spain, and another brought by cargo interests against Bureau Veritas concerning the catastrophic failure and sinking of the M/V STAR OF ALEXANDRIA. Attorney Gandrup obtained the first federal maritime decision to clearly hold that, under the Federal Arbitration Act, to be enforceable, an arbitration provision in an international commercial agreement must be in a writing signed by the parties, or evidenced by an exchange of correspondence.
In addition to his litigation work, Attorney Gandrup assists clients in concluding various types of maritime transactions, including the purchase and sale of vessels and charter parties. Attorney Gandrup has also advised clients concerning the coastwise trading provisions of the Jones Act, and federal and state marine environmental law.
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts
New York
Other Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the
District of Massachusetts
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
Northern District of California
Eastern District of Louisiana
Middle District of Louisiana
Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1983
University of Connecticut, B.A., cum laude, 1978
Professional Associations and Memberships
Maritime Law Association of the United States
Connecticut Maritime Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association