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    • Jon Werner

    Partner

    212-551-7755

    jwerner@mmwr.com

    New York

    Jon Werner is a partner in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Maritime and Transportation Industry Group, Jon has significant experience representing clients in a broad range of maritime and non-maritime matters, with a particular focus on high-profile maritime casualties. He has been involved in major incidents involving vessel collisions, sinkings, fires and explosions, hazardous cargoes, and container stack collapses. His clients include ocean carriers, vessel owners, charterers, P&I Clubs, and hull insurers in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings.

    In addition to his casualty work, Jon advises clients on maritime attachment and arrest procedures, enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, and related cross-border litigation issues.

    Before joining Montgomery McCracken, Jon practiced at a small maritime and admiralty law firm based in New York. He also brings a strong background in information technology, having worked in the IT industry prior to his legal career. This experience has informed his approach to e-discovery, particularly in matters involving large-scale data processing and litigation support.

    Jon earned his J.D. degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as a member of the Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal. He earned his B.B.A. degree, cum laude, from Western Connecticut State University.

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    Credentials

    Selected Representations
    • M/V MSC ANTONIA: Represented client in 2024 stack collapse.
    • M/V DALI: Represented client in 2024 allision.
    • M/V MADRID BRIDGE: Represented client in 2022 stack collapse.
    • M/V ARCHIMIDIS: Represented client in 2021 engine breakdown.
    • M/V MSC ELMA: Represented client in 2021 fire.
    • M/V MAERSK EINDHOVEN: Represented client in 2021 stack collapse.
    • M/V MAERSK ESSEN: Represented client in 2021 stack collapse.
    • M/V ONE APUS: : Represented client in 2020 stack collapse.
    • M/V ONE AQUILA: : Represented client in 2020 stack collapse.
    • M/V YANTIAN EXPRESS: Represented client in 2019 fire.
    • M/V THORCO CLOUD: Represented client in 2015 collision.
    • M/V ATLANTIC CARTIER: Represented client in 2013 fire.
    • M/V MSC FLAMINIA: Represented client in 2012 fire.
    • M/V MSC CHITRA: Represented client in 2010 collision.
    • M/V ANGELN: Represented client in 2010 capsizing.
    • M/V SEALAND EXPRESS: Represented client in 2004 grounding.
    Professional Activities
    • Member, Maritime Lawyers Association of the United States
    • Member, New York County Lawyers’ Association
    Education

    Law School

    • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

    Undergraduate School

    • Western Connecticut State University

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