Lawrence Kaye

Lawrence “Larry” Kaye serves as general counsel for CLIA and is the Senior Partner of Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP, the firm he co-founded in 1992. An international and domestic maritime specialist, Larry has four decades of wide-ranging litigation, legislative, regulatory and transactional expertise. He interacts with general counsels and other senior management of major shipping lines and related companies, routinely providing advice on complex statutory and regulatory regimes. These have included federal and state laws governing security, safety, the environment, public health, commercial practices, liability, civil rights and discrimination, employment, gambling, licensing, and international conventions on all aspects of maritime commerce.

Larry has handled or supervised legal matters throughout the United States and is responsible for more than two dozen precedent-setting published court decisions. He was a delegate to the International Maritime Organization and drafted key provisions of the Athens Convention on the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea. He also authored the International Cruise Passenger Bill of Rights adopted by every CLIA ocean-going Cruise Line Member worldwide, has drafted industry legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and California Legislature, and frequently testifies as a maritime legal expert before legislative bodies.

Prior to co-founding Kaye, Rose & Partners, Larry was a partner and the Maritime Department Chair at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (1990-1992) and a partner and associate with Lillick & McHose (1981-1990). He graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, cum laude, and was admitted to the California Bar in 1979. Among his many honors, he holds the highest peer review rating of “preeminent” for professional excellence and ethical standards issued by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading publication of lawyer ratings in the United States and Canada. He was also voted among the Top Lawyers in California.