Keith B. Letourneau
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Telephone 713-402-7650
email: kbletourneau@brlpc.com

Profile

Mr. Letourneau served as a trial attorney for both the Coast Guard's Procurement Law Division and the Admiralty Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division. His practice focuses upon maritime transactions and litigation, including maritime contract negotiations and disputes, vessel arrests, attachments, collisions, and allisions, personal injury defense, oil and hazardous materials pollution, and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Letourneau’s government contract experience includes shipyard bid protests, labor standards disputes, appeals of contracting officer final decisions before boards of contract appeals, as well as solicitation and bid reviews and evaluations. He has also defended document-intensive shipyard and oil rig repair contract disputes. His military service included experience as a deck watch officer aboard a medium-endurance cutter in Florida and as commanding officer of a Coast Guard patrol boat stationed along the southeast Texas coast.

Reported Decisions: Saudi v. Acomarit Maritimes Services, S.A., 245 F.Supp.2d 662 (E.D.Pa. 2003); Saudi v. S/T Marine Atlantic, No. 02-21045, 81 Fed. Appx. 505 (5th Cir. Dec. 1, 2003); Harrison v. SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., No. 02-40307, 2003 U.S.App. LEXIS 2472 (5th Cir. Jan. 28, 2003); In re Floreana, 65 F.Supp.2d 489 (S.D.Tex. 1999); Appeal of Joe E. Woods, Inc., 1996 WL 525375 (DOTBCA Sep. 12, 1996); Appeal of Zanis Contracting Corp., 1996 WL 417120 (DOTBCA Jul. 24, 1996); The Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. United States, No. 91-1713, 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 26450 (4th Cir. Sep 18, 1995); International Marine Carriers v. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, 914 F.Supp. 149 (S.D.Tex. 1995); Boudreau v. United States, 53 F.3d 81(5th Cir. 1995); Cassens v. St. Louis River Cruise Lines, 44 F.3d 508 (7th Cir. 1994); United States v. Webster, 37 MJ 670 (USCGCMR 1993); Veldhoen v. United States Coast Guard, 838 F.Supp. 280 (E.D.La. 1993); Collazo v. Welling, 34 MJ 793 (USCGCMR 1992); among others.

Admitted

Virginia
Texas

Education

J.D., Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, 1989, Order of the Coif.
B.S., with honors, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1980.

Military

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired).

Professional Activities and Memberships

Member, State Bar of Texas, State Bar of Virginia, Maritime Law Association, Houston Bar Association, Houston Mariners Club, Propeller Club.

Publications

“Oil Pollution Act of 1990: Federal Judicial Interpretation through the End of the Millennium,” University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal, Spring 2000 edition. Mr. Letourneau served as counsel for the Justice Department in the Balsa 37 and International Marine Carriers v. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund cases cited in that article.

“Mission Improbable - Knowing all the Regulations Affecting a Maritime Disaster,” presented at South Texas College of Law Summer 2000 Seminar.

“A Practical Guide to Admiralty Supplemental Rules A through E (with Special Emphasis on the Southern District of Texas),” Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Summer 1998 edition.

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