Jeremy Jones Associate   Practice Areas ● Admiralty and Maritime Law ● Commercial Litigation ● General Litigation ● Insurance Coverage and Defense

Personal Narrative
Jeremy joined Nicoll Black & Feig in August 2011. His practice focuses on maritime claims
and insurance coverage issues.

Jeremy graduated magna cum laude from the Tulane University Law School, and was
awarded membership in the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Jeremy served as
Symposium Editor for the Tulane Law Review. In recognition of his scholarship focusing on
the enforceability of forum selection clauses in seamen’s employment contracts, Jeremy
received the Robert E. Freidman Award, awarded annually on the nomination of a
committee to the student submitting the best comment appearing in the current volume of
the Tulane Law Review. Jeremy earned his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the Evergreen State
College.

Prior to attending law school, Jeremy worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska’s
groundfish and crab fisheries for well over a decade. Jeremy holds a Master’s license
issued by the U. S. Coast Guard.

Education
Tulane University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011
The Evergreen State College, B.A., 2008

Professional Experience
Associate, Nicoll Black & Feig, 2011-present
Commercial Fisherman, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, 1996-2008

Bar Memberships
Washington State (pending)

Publications
Forum and Venue Selection Clauses in Seamen’s Employment Contracts: Can Contractual
Stipulations Be Used To Defeat a Seaman’s Choice of Forum or Venue in a Jones Act
Claim? 85 Tul. L. Rev. 519 (2010).