Attorney Biography

S. Scott Bluestein

Bluestein Law Firm, P.A. has a boutique practice that handles almost exclusively admiralty, maritime, personal injury, transportation, and international matters with an emphasis on strong attorney client relationships.

Being represented by an attorney who specializes in land based injuries may be detrimental to someone with a boat injury because the land based lawyer might not fully understand the intricacies of maritime law, harming your chances for a full recovery. 

It is important to have an attorney who fully understands the federal laws and regulations and the general maritime law that applies to your situation.

Areas of Practice

• Admiralty Law
• Maritime Law
• Personal Injury
• Workers Compensation
• Boat Manufacturing Liability
• Carriage of Goods by Sea
• Charter Parties
• Diving and Offshore Injuries
• International Maritime Law
• Jones Act
• Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act;
• Marine Cargo
• Marine Environmental Law
• Marine Insurance
• Marine Insurance Salvage
• Marine Oil Spills
• Marine Pollution
• Marine Subrogation
• Maritime Accidents
• Maritime Commercial Law
• Maritime Contracts
• Maritime Finance; Maritime Liens
• Maritime Negligence
• Maritime Personal Injury
• Maritime Products Liability
• Maritime Property Damage
• Recreational Boating Law
• Seamens Claims
• Ship Documentation
• Ship Finance
• Ship Foreclosure
• Ship Registration
• Ship Sales and Mortgages
• Shipbuilding and Repair

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1992
• Louisiana, 1993
• U.S. District Court, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1993
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1993
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004

Education

• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993
  LL.M., Master in Law
  Major: Admiralty
  
  
• University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1992
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• University of Florida, 1989
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• South Carolina Bar
  
  
• Louisiana State Bar Association
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  Chairman, Admiralty Law Section
  
  
• Maritime Law Association of the United States
  Member, Committees on: Practice and Procedure; Cargo
  
  
• Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
  Port Director, 2002-2003
  
  

Birth Information

• 1967, Charleston, South Carolina