GILLIS W.P. KLOTZ
ASSOCIATE

Phone: (504) 599-8037
Fax: (504) 599-8122
Email: Gillis Klotz

PRACTICE AREAS
Admiralty & Maritime

EDUCATION Swansea University Law School, Wales, United Kingdom, LL.M., Distinction, 2020, International Maritime Law

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2019, J.D.

• Editor in Chief, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Volume 43

The University of Alabama, 2015, B.S.

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Louisiana Texas Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana

Gillis Klotz practices in the firm’s Admiralty & Maritime section.

Mr. Klotz has experience in a range of admiralty and maritime matters, including LHWCA and Jones Act claims, vessel allisions, arrests and attachments, contract disputes, and insurance defense and coverage issues.

Mr. Klotz earned his J.D. and Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty and Maritime Law from Tulane University Law School in 2019, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. He continued his studies and obtained his Master of Laws in International Maritime Law, with Distinction, from Swansea University School of Law in 2020.

Mr. Klotz is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Texas.