Longshore / DBA

Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith provides results-driven representation across the Gulf South and Midwest in specialized and technical matters. Our federal worker’s compensation attorneys are skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced in going way above and way beyond for our clients. 

Our team has significant expertise in defending Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) cases and other federal worker’s compensation claims under many laws, including:

• Defense Base Act (DBA); 
• Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCLSA); and
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NAFIA).  

Galloway partners with our clients, providing them with the resources and insights needed to respond to these cases.  Our Longshore/DBA attorneys approach each case with dynamic collaboration across all parties related to the claim, including the carrier, employer, experts, investigative agents, and analysts, to build a comprehensive defense of each claim. 

In applicable cases, our team assists with identifying alternative defenses, like Special Fund limited liability and War Hazards reimbursement, though early investigation and proactive discovery. We carefully consider each of our clients’ specific needs, working closely together to achieve their goals. Our longshore attorneys are communicative and responsive, and they offer strategic insight into a continually changing and challenging adjudication process. 

Our federal worker’s compensation group are members of the DOL-Joint Bar Association and has a combined 75 years of experience defending these cases as trial lawyers practicing before the Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP), Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), and Benefits Review Board (BRB), and U.S. appellate courts. We have extensive experience defending orthopedic injuries, psychological claims, and claims for traumatic brain injuries, and regularly cross-examine treating psychologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychiatrists.  

Our longshore attorneys maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders, including the OWCP claims examiners, administrative law judges, the U.S. Solicitor’s Office and claimants’ bar, as well as contacts with international insurance claims management support companies necessary to defend those claims brought by domestic workers and foreign nationals. Galloway federal worker’s compensation attorneys remain current with litigation developments and the procedural and substantive issues implicated in DBA and Longshore cases.