Biography
Noe Hamra is a member of our Maritime Emergency Response Team (“MERT”).
Noe Hamra concentrates his practice on international commercial and insurance litigation and arbitration, with particular emphasis on the maritime industry. He also focuses on maritime insurance claims and cases for FD&D and P&I clubs. Noe has been involved in a variety of domestic and international maritime, commercial, and insurance matters, including:
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Marine casualty and collision cases and vessel limitation of liability actions
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Marine insurance coverage disputes, including protection and indemnity, general commercial liability, marine liability, hull and machinery and cargo insurance coverage issues
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International and domestic commercial contract disputes, including arbitrations under SMA and ad hoc arbitration terms
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Charterparty disputes
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COGSA and multi-modal cargo damage claimsoffshore pipeline installation and construction projects and related insurance issues
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Maritime attachment (Rule B) and vessel arrest (Rule C) actions recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards and judgments
Noe is a native Spanish speaker and has an intermediate proficiency in Portuguese.
Outside the Firm
Noe is a former Member of the Spanish National Diving Team (springboard diving).
News & Views
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Newsletter
MAINBRACE: October 2024
William R. Bennett III, Thomas H. Belknap Jr., Kierstan L. Carlson, Jeanne M. Grasso, Alan G. Kashdan, Keith B. Letourneau
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®
Seth D. Lamden, Barry Abrams, Kevin J. Baum, Matthew A. Homyk, Regina Stango Kelbon, Christopher A. Lewis
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Book
Navigating Maritime Arbitration: The Experts Speak - Second Edition
Juris Legal Information -
Article
Can Foreign Corporate Defendants Be “Found” by Registering and Appointing an Agent Post Mallory?
MAINBRACE: September 2023 -
Newsletter
MAINBRACE: September 2023
Thomas H. Belknap Jr., William R. Bennett III, Nathan S. Brill, Vanessa C. DiDomenico, Jeanne M. Grasso, Noe S. Hamra
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Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America®
Russell T. Wong, Mark I. Rabinowitz, Kevin J. Bruno, Mark R. Haskell, Scott M. Kaplan, Sarah H. Frazier
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Speaking Engagement
Perspectivas del Arbitraje Marítimo en la Región Latinoamericana
Universidad Externado de Colombia Carta Náutica -
Deal
Blank Rome Maritime Represents Valkor Energy Services in Successful Tow of Historic Battleship Texas
Douglas J. Shoemaker, Keith B. Letourneau, Michael K. Bell, James C. Arnold, Noe S. Hamra
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Honor
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America®
Barry Abrams, John A. Adkins, Natalie Alameddine, Rick Antonoff, Samar Aryani-Sabet, D. Morgan Barry
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Speaking Engagement
Plaintiff and Defendant Perspectives during Settlement Process
2022 SEALI Annual Seminar
Recognitions
- 2024–2025, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2021–2023, Ones to Watch, Insurance Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
- 2022, listed in The Legal 500 United States
Affiliations
Memberships
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- New York County Lawyers' Association
- Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Maritimo
Noe is co-chair of the New York County Lawyer Association's Admiralty Committee and secretary of the Maritime Law Association of the United States’ Membership Committee.
Credentials
Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- New York
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- South Bank University, BA
- Tulane University School of Law, JD
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, MA
- Portuguese
- Spanish