William (Bill) Milliken is a partner in the Fowler Rodriguez Miami office. He focuses his practice in admiralty and maritime law, including insured and non-insured matters. He handles personal injury matters for the industry and has handled issues including passengers, crew, longshoremen, repairers, and shoreside workers. He also handles property damage and loss, hull losses, collisions, environmental matters, various marine commercial matters, including charter party and other contractual disputes. He also handles administrative penalties and insurance coverage issues.

He also hanldes general commercial, litigation and transactional issues for clients. His practice also includes drafting bills of lading, charter parties, agency agreements, passenger contracts, employment contracts, leases, and other commercial agreements. He defends shipowners/operators/ insurers with respect to a variety of natural resource claims including damage to coral reefs, sea grass, and damages arising from oil spills and waste discharges. He is also frequently called upon to supervise litigation outside the State of Florida; in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

His clients include insurers, corporations, and individuals in or related to the maritime industry. He represents domestic and foreign insurers which include hull and machinery underwriters, protection and indemnity clubs, fixed premium facilities, charterers liability insurers, cargo insurers, yacht underwriters, marine operators/ship repairers insurers. He has represented ship owners, ship operators, ship managers, charterers, terminal operators, recovery agents, and overseas law firms.

Publications

• Author, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death of Passengers Chapter, Maritime Law and Practice (3rd and 4th Editions)
• Co-author, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Chapter, Maritime Law and Practice Manual (1st and 2nd Editions)
• Board of Editors, Southern District Digest (Past Chairman)
• Ethics: The Tripartite Relationship Among the Insurer, the Insured, and the Attorney, 2004, 11.1-22, SEALI

Speaker

Mr. Milliken is a frequent lecturer to various groups, including attorney associations, claims organizations, and underwriters on a variety of topics. He speaks on subjects such as personal injury defense, crew defense, passenger defense, longshore defense, maintenance and cure, cruise ship issues, insurance issues inclusive of bad faith and the ethical obligation of underwriters appointed attorneys, marina operators liabilities, and the carriage of goods by sea.