Jacob Shisha
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Biography
Jacob Shisha, is a founding partner at Tabak Mellusi & Shisha LLP. He is an extremely skilled attorney who devotes his practice to helping people who have been injured at sea.
For nearly 30 years, Mr. Shisha has been serving Longshore and Harbor workers who have been injured in New York and throughout the country. His practice is devoted to litigation, including deckhand injuries, unseaworthiness, maintenance and cure and other types of claims under the Jones Act and the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Mr. Shisha has extensive jury trial experience and has obtained numerous seven-figure verdicts for clients throughout his career.
He has twice been consistently selected to the NY Metro Super Lawyers since 2014 and has been named in the “Best Lawyers in America” list.
Mr. Shisha focuses exclusively on representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases involving injuries at sea, including maritime workers who have been injured on the job and passengers who have been injured in ship accidents. He now handles a variety of types of cases, including fishing boat accidents, passenger and recreational vessel accidents and ferry, barge and tug accidents.
Bar Admission
New York, 1989
Louisiana, 1983
New Jersey, 1989
Other Affiliations
Maritime Law Association, - Present
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Jacob Shisha
- Included on the 2023 New York Metro
Past Lists
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Education
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Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Honors: cum laude
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SUNY Maritime College, Fort. Schuyler (BS Mar,Trans/Computer Science)
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State University of New York Maritime, New York, New York B.S., Bachelor of Science
Honors: magna cum laude