| Practice Description - Throughout the nation, Tim represents commercial mariners, commercial fishermen, recreational boaters, cruise ship passengers, and others injured on navigable waters and ashore. Education - St. John’s University School of Law 1993, SUNY Maritime College - Marine Engineering 1981, Third Asst Engineer - Steam & Motor Vessels - Unlimited Horsepower Tim Akpinar Contact Information: Telephone: E-mail: Street Address: Mailing Address: Website: |
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(718) 224-9824
timakpinarlawoffice@verizon.net
250-02 Northern Blvd
Little Neck, New York 11363
P.O. Box 620766
Little Neck, New York 11362
www.mycounsel.us
timakpinarlawoffice@verizon.net
250-02 Northern Blvd
Little Neck, New York 11363
P.O. Box 620766
Little Neck, New York 11362
www.mycounsel.us
Legal - More than twenty years of
experience with injury, medical,
property, cargo, and collision claims
Engineering - Eleven years experience
in steam turbine power plant operations
and engineering, including power plant
shift supervisor, maintenance engineer,
and environmental engineer
experience with injury, medical,
property, cargo, and collision claims
Engineering - Eleven years experience
in steam turbine power plant operations
and engineering, including power plant
shift supervisor, maintenance engineer,
and environmental engineer
Professor Anthony DiLernia
and maritime lawyer Tim
Akpinar at Kingsborough
Community College.
Professor DiLernia is
Program Director for the
Maritime Technology
Program at KCC and holds
USCG master's license.
and maritime lawyer Tim
Akpinar at Kingsborough
Community College.
Professor DiLernia is
Program Director for the
Maritime Technology
Program at KCC and holds
USCG master's license.
The program offers an
Associate Degree. Tim
addressed the Maritime
Technology class on legal
issues facing mariners
today. These included legal
rights of vessel crews,
criminal liability, the Jones
Act, limitation of liability,
salvage law, recent
developments in Coast
Guard regs for alcohol
testing, and other maritime
law topics.
Associate Degree. Tim
addressed the Maritime
Technology class on legal
issues facing mariners
today. These included legal
rights of vessel crews,
criminal liability, the Jones
Act, limitation of liability,
salvage law, recent
developments in Coast
Guard regs for alcohol
testing, and other maritime
law topics.
International piracy
incidents have
become more
prevalent in recent
years. After the
Maersk Alabama
incident, the crew
filed a federal law-
suit involving a
number of maritime
law issues and
causes of action -
incidents have
become more
prevalent in recent
years. After the
Maersk Alabama
incident, the crew
filed a federal law-
suit involving a
number of maritime
law issues and
causes of action -
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Academic - Tim taught law at SUNY
Maritime College and the MBA Program
of Southern New Hampshire University.
Maritime College and the MBA Program
of Southern New Hampshire University.
Training - U.S. Military Sealift
Command Firefighting School. Trained
power plant personnel in hazardous
waste management. Trained N.Y.C.
firefighters in electric generating
station hazards in an orientation
program for emergency response
workers, hazards including 138,000
volt equipment, chemical storage, fuel
oil storage
Affiliations - Gulf Coast Mariner's
Association, Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, Maritime Law
Association of the United States,
Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers
Command Firefighting School. Trained
power plant personnel in hazardous
waste management. Trained N.Y.C.
firefighters in electric generating
station hazards in an orientation
program for emergency response
workers, hazards including 138,000
volt equipment, chemical storage, fuel
oil storage
Affiliations - Gulf Coast Mariner's
Association, Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, Maritime Law
Association of the United States,
Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers
See The Law of
Maritime Collision,
by Tim Akpinar;
reprinted with the
permission of
WorkBoat. Use the
menu bar to the left
to go to the page
Commercial Ves-
sels. There is a link
to the article there
Maritime Collision,
by Tim Akpinar;
reprinted with the
permission of
WorkBoat. Use the
menu bar to the left
to go to the page
Commercial Ves-
sels. There is a link
to the article there
Engine Room Watch on Empire State V.
The training ship, formerly USNS Barrett,
had originally been intended as the
President Jackson. The ship was single
screw, turned by a double reduction gear
steam turbine fed by oil-fired superheated
boilers. The turbines were General Electric
and the boilers were Babcock & Wilcox.
The Barrett served as a troop transport
during Vietnam and Korea.
The training ship, formerly USNS Barrett,
had originally been intended as the
President Jackson. The ship was single
screw, turned by a double reduction gear
steam turbine fed by oil-fired superheated
boilers. The turbines were General Electric
and the boilers were Babcock & Wilcox.
The Barrett served as a troop transport
during Vietnam and Korea.
In a recent issue of Long
Island Boating World, Tim
covers the subject of the
admissibility of expert
witness testimony in
boating accidents.
Go to the Maritime Law
News section of this site.
Island Boating World, Tim
covers the subject of the
admissibility of expert
witness testimony in
boating accidents.
Go to the Maritime Law
News section of this site.