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Practice Areas:
Environmental,
Maritime
 Albert "Al" Peacock was born and raised in Palos Verdes, California. He attended
the University of Southern California and graduated with honors in 1980 with a B.A. degree in both English and religion. During his undergraduate years, Mr. Peacock was enrolled
in the Thematic Option honors program at USC. He was also a member and, in his senior
year, the president of the Delta Pi chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Mr. Peacock went on to attend the University of Southern California Law Center where he graduated
with a J.D. degree in 1983. During law school, he helped restart the Beatty
Inn of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and served as its president.
He also started
and edited the LLAW STREET JOURNAL.
In the summer of 1981, Mr. Peacock clerked in Agana, Guam for the law firm of Ching, Rosensweig
& Boertzel. In the summer of 1982, Mr. Peacock clerked in Honolulu, Hawaii for the law
firm of Hamilton, Gibson, Nickelson, Rush & Moore.
After graduating from law school in 1983, Mr. Peacock returned to Honolulu, passed the Hawaii
Bar Exam and practiced with the Hamilton, Gibson firm for 5 years. While in Hawaii, Mr. Peacock's practice focused on personal injury defense litigation including aviation accidents,
automobile accidents, premises liability, products liability and toxic torts. Mr. Peacock tried five jury trials while in Hawaii and argued before the Hawaii Supreme Court.
In 1988 Mr. Peacock returned to Southern California, passed the California Bar and joined
Keesal, Young & Logan as an associate. In December 1991, Mr. Peacock
became a shareholder
in the firm. As in Hawaii, Mr. Peacock continued to focus on personal injury defense work,
but did so primarily in the areas of maritime, products liability and toxic torts.
In 1994 Mr. Peacock opened Keesal, Young & Logan's Anchorage, Alaska office and passed
the Alaska Bar. While in Alaska, Mr. Peacock focused almost exclusively on maritime matters
including accident investigations, oil spill clean ups and litigation. During this
time, he investigated numerous major maritime casualties and defended ship owners
in three NTSB/USCG investigations including two cruise ship groundings and one cruise
ship fire.
In 1998, Mr. Peacock returned to the Long Beach office of Keesal, Young & Logan where
he remains today. Mr. Peacock's focus continues to be on personal injury defense, primarily
under maritime law, including the Jones Act, Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation
Act, Death on the High Seas Act and under general maritime law. He also continues
to investigate serious maritime casualties including collisions, allisions, heavy-weather incidents, serious injuries and deaths aboard ship and oil spills.
Position: Member. Born Los Angeles, California, April 1, 1959; admitted to bar,
1983, Hawaii; 1988, California; 1990, United States Supreme Court; 1994, Alaska. Education:
University of Southern California (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; J.D., 1983).
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hawaii State and Alaska Bar Associations; State
Bar of California; Maritime Law Association of the United States (1998 Proctor in
Admiralty). Founding Editor of the LAW STREET JOURNAL, 1982, University of Southern
California Law Center. "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Published decisions:
* Ghotra v. M/V GRACIOUS, 113 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 1997)
* Corporacion Mexicana De Servicios Maritimos et al. v. M/T RESPECT, 89 F.3d 650
(9th Cir. 1997)
* Nelsen v. R/V KILA, 784 F. Supp. 770 (D. Haw. 1992)
* Knight v. M/V EIYO, 1996 AMC 958 and 1996 AMC 1720 (D. Alaska 1996)
* Kido v. Davis, 68 Haw. 447, 719 P.2d 387 (1986)
* Nelsen v. M/V KILA, 752 F. Supp. 350 (D. Haw. 1991)
* Torres v. Caribbean Fishing Co., 141 F. Supp. 2d 1028 (S.D. Cal. 2001), reversed in
part and affirmed in part, 30 Fed. Appx. 752 (9th Cir. 2002)
* Witty v. Hyundai Marine, 2002 AMC 2195 (C.D. Cal. 2002)
* In Re Kuroshima Limitation Proceeding, 2003 AMC 1681 (2003)
E-mail: al.peacock@kyl.com
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