Gregory C. Buffalow 251.415.9235 (direct); 251.610.8945 (cell) gcb@AlfordClausen.com Secretary: Brenda Stapleton

Education LL.M. (general), New York University, 1980. J.D., The University of Alabama School of Law, 1979 B.A. (cum laude), University of Alabama, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976 Practice Areas Admiralty and Maritime Aviation and Transportation Law Catastrophic Property Claims Environmental Claims and Toxic Torts Administrative Law Petroleum Dealer Relations Commercial Diving Litigation Occupational Injury and Asbestos Litigation Oil Spill and Remediation Background/Professional Achievements Correspondent for American P&I Club and Shipowners Protection Ltd Led trial team that obtained defense verdict in seaman’s asbestos case Led trial team in Pascagoula River allision case Led trial team in Theodore turning basin grounding case Negotiated Hurricane Katrina wreck removal awards Handled over 100 asbestos and hearing loss claims Obtained summary judgment in convenience store shooting case Admitted in Alabama, Texas and Southern District of Mississippi Martindale Hubbell Rating:AV Memberships Alabama and Texas Bar Associations Maritime Law Association of the United States Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute U. S. Supreme Court U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Mobile Bar Association Cases FGDI LLC v. MV LORELAY (S.D. Ala. 2005)    (Oil spill litigation)  Osprey Ship Mgt. v. Foster (S.D. Miss. 2008)   (Trial decision involving allision, compulsory pilotage) Kuithe v. Gulf Caribe Maritime, Inc. (S.D. Ala. 2009)    (Motion to Compel Maintenance and Cure denied) Broadus v. Chevron USA Inc. (Ala. 1996) (Summary judgment in premises liability) Publications Maritime: Letters of Undertaking in the Courts The Annotated Rules B and C of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Case note: United States v. Wolfgang Schroder (prosecution of Captain of MV ZIM MEXICO for criminal negligence)