About
ROBERT L. GARDANA is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.A. 1975) . He acquired his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University of San Antonio Law School in 1979. He is admitted to the Florida Bar, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern District of Florida. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the USA, Southeast Admiralty Law Institute, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association, Florida Bar Admiralty Law Committee. His practice areas include passenger and crew claims, maritime liens, vessel arrests, marine coverage, salvage, and load claims, marine associated litigation, and general admiralty and maritime subjects. He is rated AV® Preeminent™ by means of Martindale Hubble. He holds a USCG Masters, a hundred Gross Ton license. Mr. Gardana has posted articles in All At Sea Magazine – Southeast - wherein he authored the column “Legal Lines” and wrote “The Changing Waterfront” for the ABA Spring 2013 Newsletter. He has been requested to write down articles for “MOTA” — Marine Trawlers of America at the Rules of the Road and “Learn the Law –Before Bringing Guns on Board.” He is currently appointed as a 2014-2015 Vice-Chair of the ABA-TIPS Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, member of Maritime Law Association of the USA, member of the MLA Salvage Committee, the MLA Cruise Ship and Passenger Committee, the Southeast Admiralty Law Institute, ABA TIPS, Admiralty and Maritime Committee, Florida Bar Admiralty Law Committee. Mr. Gardana participated inside the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition as a “Brief Judge” and is the Co-Chair of the ABA-TIPS AMLC and FL Bar Admiralty Law Committee “Vessel Arrest Symposium 2015” on the University of Miami. Contact: MaritimeLaw2015@gmail.com › ›
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Languages
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Experience
- Vice-Chair 2015
American Bar Association-TIPS Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee - has membership - Admiralty Law Section
Federal Bar Association - has membership
Maritime Law Association of the United States - has membership
Florida Bar Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee
Educations

Graduation year: 1976