Established in 1994, St. Louis-based Tonkin & Mondl specializes in admiralty and maritime law.

The firm provides high-quality legal service customized to each client, and represents barge lines, towboat companies, shipyards, floating casinos, marine insurers and their assureds, harbor and fleeting services, financial institutions, and other companies involved in commerce on the inland waters of the United States. The firm’s experienced and effective trial lawyers handle maritime litigation in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest and South.

They frequently represent companies in Jones Act, collision and allision cases, and in cases involving marine insurance coverage and marine contracts. They handle administrative proceedings before the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Labor and other government agencies.

The firm represents parties involved in the purchase, sale and charter of commercial vessels, and the financing of such transactions. The firm is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the field of admiralty law. Tonkin & Mondl clients include leading companies in the marine industry.