During the past 30 years, we have been retained by Admiralty/Maritime attorneys, Insurance Companies, and shipowners to assist in the investigation, perform surveys, prepare interrogatories and requests for production, develop expert reports and often to testify in a substantial number of maritime litigations involving the following areas:
* Passenger/Cargo Vessels * Sailboat/Power Mishaps
* Tankers-Bulk Carrieirs * Collision of Boats
* Containerships * Repair of Boats
* Collisions and Allisions * Dynamic Instability of
* Cargo Damages/Shifting Racing Boats
* Logitudinal Strength * Amphibious Crafts
* Structural Failure * Subsea Equipment
* Vibrations & Shock/Noise * Diving Accidents
* Capsizing and/or Sinking * Personal Water Craft
* Vessel Stability * Tugboats and Barges
* Anchoring and Mooring * Fishing Vessels
* Marine Salvage * Personal Injury/Death
* Wreck Removal * Slip, Trip and Fall
* Marine Equipment Failures * Stairs and Ladders
* Windlass, Winches, Cranes * Gangways
* Heavy Lift * Offshore Oil Rigs &
* Cargo Gear/Rigging Platforms
* Engines and Steering Gear * Oil Rig Accidents
* Crane Accidents * Pipelines
* Container Cranes * Lifeboats & Jack-up Rigs
* Towing Mishaps * Longshoreman Accidents
* Fires and Explosions * Dock & Wharf Accidents
* Repairs of Vessels * Loading Arm Damages
* Personnel Transfer Operations
* Failure of New Orleans Levees
* Diesel & Gasoline Engines
* Reduction Gear Defects
* Latent Defects
* Crew Negligence
* Product Liability
* Vessel Seaworthiness
* OSHA Regulations
***Additional office in Louisiana:
3501 Holiday Drive, Suite #203-A
New Orleans, LA
Phone: (504) 367-4072
Fax: (504) 367-3790
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Mr. Pazos received a M.S. in Naval Architecture and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and he is a Registered Mechanical Professional Engineer in Louisiana, U.S.A.
He completed further studies at Tulane, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Princeton Universities and other institutions.
Mr. Pazos has over 45 years of experience in design, construction, testing, salvage and operations of marine and offshore oil equipment.
After working as a Naval Architect for several shipyards, he started his own consulting firm in 1970 and has been involved in the design and construction of vessels and offshore equipment for some 30 years, and also as an expert in over 1,200 litigations. He has testified numerous times in court or by deposition in several courts, regarding personal injury; slip and fall; tripping, ladders and stairs, cranes; confined space; pipelines; fires and explosions; lifting; personnel transfer; drilling floor accidents, and many cases involving ship and boats collisions, capsizing, ship and boat design and construction, and other incidents related to the marine and offshore oil fields. Mr. Pazos is an amateur artist and often supports his testimony by developing sketches in the courtroom.
He is a boating enthusiast and a sailor and has owned and operated several commercial fishing boats up to 85 feet in length, participated in numerous sea trials of commercial and navy ships, and has authored numerous articles printed in trade magazines.
Mr. Pazos has published two courses in Forensic Engineering in the marine, boating and offshore fields.
