Katie Matison

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7029 | matisonk@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Katie Matison is Chair of the London practice group. She concentrates her practice upon all aspects of marine and non-marine complex litigation, including insurance coverage, reinsurance, pollution, environmental coverage disputes, regulatory shipping, cargo losses, collisions, personal injury, limitation of liability, marine insurance coverage, reinsurance, enforcement of maritime liens, Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act, maritime contractual disputes, vessel arrests, and preferred vessel mortgages. She has been the editor and principal author of the firm’s international publication Admiralty News, now London Market News, since 1993.

Admitted to Practice

• Washington
• Mississippi
• Ninth Circuit of Appeals
• Fifth Circuit of Appeals
• U.S. District Court for Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
• All Districts in Mississippi

Academics

• Tulane University School of Law (LL.M. in Admiralty, with distinction)
  • Recipient, Edward A. Dodd, Jr. Award for highest scholastic average
  • Member, Tulane Maritime Law Journal
• Tulane University School of Law (J.D.)
• Tulane University (B.A., with honors, University Scholar)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

• Chair, London Practice Group and Client Team
• Admiralty and Maritime
• Insurance
• Railroad and Mass Transportation

Publications

• “The Big Business of Maritime Piracy and the Modern Corsair: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Journal of Transportation Law, published by Association of Transportation Professionals, Vol. 76 No. 4
• “What’s in the Box?  An Overview of Domestic and International Developments in Port Security and Safe Carriage of Containerized Cargo,” Journal of Transportation Law, published by Association of Transportation Professionals, Vol. 76, No. 3
• “International Comparison of Shipowners’ Limitation of Liability Scheme,” Lloyd’s Maritime Training Programme, October 2001
• “Jurisdictional Anomalies Spawned by the Sinking of the RMS Titanic,” The Journal of Shipping Law, Lloyd’s of London Press, Part 4, December 1999
• “On the Eve of the Apocalypse: The Ramifications of the ISM Code on U.S. Maritime Law,” Shipping and Transport Lawyer International, 1998
• “An Historical Trek Through the Judicial Interpretations of Section 187 of the Limitation of Vesselowners Liability Act,” Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 1992
• “Compulsory River Pilots,” Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring 1992, The Maritime Law Reporter, Vol. 9, No. 5, Vol. 9, No. 2, Vol. 9, No. 1
• Principal Author and Editor of International Firm Publication since 1993, Admiralty News, now London Market News

Speaking Engagements

Katie Matison is a frequent lecturer concerning litigation, maritime, and insurance coverage disputes. Some of her recent topics include:

• “What’s in the Box — An Overview of Domestic and International Developments in Port Security,” 80th Annual Conference of the Association of Transportation Professionals, Denver, Colorado, June 29, 2009
• “Maritime Modal Updates,” Association of Transportation Law Professionals, Williamsburg, Virginia; July 2008
• “Bad Faith,” Marine Insurance Association of Seattle, December 2006
• Moderator, “Intermodal Transportation of Perishable Cargo from the Field and Pasture to Foreign Ports,” Association of Transportation Law Professionals, Seattle, June 2006
• “Avoiding the Bad Faith Nightmare,” Moderator Bad Faith Seminar, Lloyd’s of London, England, December 2004
• “Coverage Scenarios,” Construction Law Seminar, London, England, December 2003
• “Comparison of Shipowners Limitation of Liability Schemes,” Lloyd’s Maritime Training Programme, October 2001
• “Recent Developments in the Ninth Circuit,” Longshore Claims Association, June 2001
• “Third Party Liability For Breach Of E Commerce Security Standards,” London Training Seminar, April 2001
• “Cruise Lines and Pleasure Vessels: An Overview of Personal Injury and Death Claims and Remedies,” Federal Bar Association, November 1999
• “The Additional Assured,” Marine Insurance Association of Seattle, January 1998
• “Recent Developments in Maritime Law,” The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, San Francisco, Summer 1997

Awards & Honors

• Named as Washington “SuperLawyer,” Washington Law and Politics Magazine, 2009
• Named in “Top Lawyers in Washington,” Washington CEO, 2008
• Community Impact Award, American Heart Association Pacific/Mountain Affiliate for outstanding community involvement, September 2009

Professional and Community Activities

• National Executive Committee Member, Regional Vice President, Association Transportation Law Professionals
• Chair, Maritime Committee, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Proctor Member, Maritime Law Association of the United States and member of the Committee on Limitation of Liability
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policies
• Member, Longshore Claims Association
• Board Member, American Heart Association
• Former Board Member, Seattle Young Artists Music Festival
• Former Officer of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra
• Former Reading Coach for Adult Literacy Program
• Procured American Bar Association Town Hall Grant for Adult Literacy Program