Elena Oguiza is Of Counsel in the Seattle office of GRSM.

Elena started out working in maritime law defending shipowners and underwriters in claims involving the Jones Act, Maintenance and Cure, Seaworthiness and the Longshore and Harborworkers’ Compensation Act. From there she started defending claims brought under the Defense Base Act. She also spent two years working in insurance subrogation law on cases involving property loss and products liability. Elena is also a professor of maritime law.

Admissions

• Washington

Presentations

• Maritime Law Forum, Deusto University School of Law (May, 2018).
• Ninth Annual International Conference on Maritime Law, Athens, Greece (Oct., 2016). 

Publications

• The New Regime for U.S. Port Security: Legal Implications for Ships Calling on U.S. Ports, Athanasiou, Lia I., MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS TO SHIPS, CARGO AND THE HUMAN ELEMENT 65-85 (Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2016). 

Pre-Publishing Review

• Professor Thomas J. Schoenbaum, ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW, 6th ed., Thomas Reuters, Washington, D.C. (Nov., 2018).