Matthew C. Guy

• Leadership Louisiana, Class of 2021
• Louisiana Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters) – Transportation & Maritime, 2013-2019, 2021-2024
• Best Lawyers® – Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Construction Law, Since 2018
• New Orleans CityBusiness Leaders in Law, 2017, 2021

• Represented drilling contractors in multiple Jones Act personal injury and death suits. Obtained three defense verdicts and litigated the leading Fifth Circuit case on what constitutes “course and scope of employment” in Jones Act cases.
• Representing drilling contractor and its insurers in proceedings arising out of blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 2013, the first blowout case after Deepwater Horizon. Retained as soon as client became aware of the blowout with representation including taking crew statements, initial company investigation, Coast Guard and BSEE investigation, prosecution of insurance claim, and defense of drilling contractor in subsequent proceedings.
• Obtained $36 million judgment in vessel owner’s favor on behalf of Nigerian vessel owner in charter party payment guarantee claim.
• Conducted internal investigation and represented shipyard in relation to claims arising out of a crane collapse, including handling shipyard’s response to OSHA investigation and citation.
• Represented bunker supplier in pursuing in rem claims against vessels for unpaid bunkers when the ultimate purchaser defaulted and filed for bankruptcy.
• Represented subrogated insurers in pursuing claims for damage to large air conditioning units that were dropped while being unloaded from a ship.

Maritime

• "Not All at Sea are Seaman - Santee, Sanchez, Sans Jones Act Remedy", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, April 2024
• "Wharf and Peace: A Review of Wharfinger Liability", published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2024
• "Raiders of the Lost Ark: SCOTUS Sides with Great Lakes, Reverses Raiders' Win in Maritime Case"," Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, February 2024
• "U.S. Department of the Interior Publishes Final Well Control Rule to Help Prevent Offshore Catastrophic Blowouts", Adams & Reese Energy/Oil & Gas, Maritime, and Environmental Law Client Alert, September 2023
• "Jones Act Employers Maintain Their Position on Maintenance and Cure", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, July 2023
• "Falling Through the Gaps: Vessel Owner Has No Coverage for Deckhand's Personal Injury Claim", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, November 2022
• "What's a Necessary that Creates a Maritime Lien? Fifth Circuit Tries to Keep It Simple", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, May 2022
• "Offshore Overtime Overload? Supreme Court to Consider Overtime for Offshore Workers", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, May 2022
• "You Don't Have to be a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows: Barge Owner at Fault for Hurricane Sally Bridge Collision", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, January 2022
• "Fifth Circuit Holds that Not All Jones Jones Act Seamen are FLSA Seamen; Some Entitled to Overtime", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, October 2021
• "Hurricane Ida: Considerations for Maritime Businesses and their Insurers", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, September 2021
• "Fifth Circuit Turns to SCOTUS for New Definition of Seaman", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, May 2021
• "Is Every Seaman an Exempt Employee? Confusing Ruling Puts Jones Act and FLSA at Odds', Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, February 2021
• "Fifth Circuit Limits Bunker Suppliers’ Maritime Lien Rights", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, June 2020
• "A Security Framework for Vessel Owners and Operators: DCSA Publishes Implementation Guide for Cyber Security on Vessels", Adams & Reese Maritime/Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Management Client Alert, April 2020
• "U.S. Coast Guard Issues Guidelines for Reducing Cyber Risks at MTSA Facilities", Adams & Reese Maritime/Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Management Client Alert, March 2020
• "What Makes a Contract Maritime? Fifth Circuit Takes Another Look", Adams & Reese Maritime Client Alert, November 2019
• "Marine Businesses, Get Ready for Hurricane Season", published in Law360, May 2018 (subscription required)

Energy / Oil & Gas

• "U.S. Department of the Interior Publishes Final Well Control Rule to Help Prevent Offshore Catastrophic Blowouts", Adams & Reese Energy/Oil & Gas, Maritime, and Environmental Law Client Alert, September 2023
• "Taking Care of Business and Working Overtime: En Banc Fifth Circuit Holds Day-Rate Oil Rig Worker Entitled to Overtime Pay", Adams & Reese Energy/Oil & Gas Client Alert, September 2021

Insurance

• "Coverage Stripped Bare: The Fifth Circuit Holds True to the Eight Corners Rule", Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, November 2023
• "Everything's Bigger in Texas - But For How Much Longer?" Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, June 2023
• "All My Excess Live in Texas - Texas Supreme Court Holding on Additional Insured Status", Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, June 2023
• "Hurricane Ida Insurance Claims: Deja Vu All Over Again?", Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, September 2022
• "It Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Why Construction Contractors Should Always Request a Defense", Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, June 2022
• "Bad Faith on the Bayou", Adams & Reese Insurance Client Alert, June 2022

Crisis Response and Preparedness

• "Business Continuity in a Natural Disaster: First Steps on the Road to Recovery", Adams & Reese Crisis Preparedness and Response Client Alert, August 2021
• "Taking Action Against Vessels During the Coronavirus Outbreak", Adams & Reese Crisis Preparedness and Response, and Maritime Client Alert, March 2020
• "Coronavirus and the Maintenance and Cure Obligations of the Employers of Seamen", Adams & Reese Crisis Preparedness and Response, and Maritime Client Alert, March 2020

Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Management

• "Seven Points to Know in New Cyberinsurance Guidance that Help Companies and Insurers", Adams & Reese Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Management Client Alert, February 2021 
• "A Security Framework for Vessel Owners and Operators: DCSA Publishes Implementation Guide for Cyber Security on Vessels", Adams & Reese Maritime/Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Management Client Alert, April 2020
• "U.S. Coast Guard Issues Guidelines for Reducing Cyber Risks at MTSA Facilities", Adams & Reese Maritime/Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Management Client Alert, March 2020

Presentations

• Notifying Parties, Insurers, and Government Entities about Workplace Incidents, Construction Management Association of America Gulf Coast Chapter, November 2018