Khoi Duong
Senior associate, Port Arthur office
Harbor, dock and cruise injuries, and claims for fishing crews, from the Port Arthur office.
Khoi Duong handles harbor and dock injuries, cruise passenger claims, and claims for shrimpers and fishing crews from the Port Arthur office. He speaks English and Vietnamese.
Much of his work is sorting out which rules apply. A dock worker, a shipyard welder and a deckhand are covered by different laws, and he works that out first.
He keeps a running sheet of every bill and lien, so clients know what is owed to whom.
Takes first
- Longshore and harbor claims
- Shipyard injuries
- Cruise passenger claims
- Fishing crew claims
Credentials
Khoi's admissions and training
Bar admissions
State Bar of Texas
Admitted 2009
Courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Admitted 2010
Texas state trial courts
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center
2009
B.S., University of Texas at Austin
2005
Languages
English
Vietnamese
Method
How Khoi sorts out the rules
He starts by asking what the work was, not what happened. The answer decides whether a claim runs through a federal compensation system, a maritime claim, or both.
Then he builds one sheet: every provider, every bill, every lien and what is owed to whom. That sheet is what he negotiates from.
He can talk through a claim in English or Vietnamese.
Sample matters
Sample harbor and cruise matters
$128,000
Harbor worker, back injury
Nine providers and three liens. One running sheet showed what was owed to whom, and the liens were reduced before payment.
Sample matter. Before fees and costs.
$95,000
Deckhand, shrimp boat
A hand injury while hauling the nets. The claim covered the missed season as well as the medical bills.
Sample matter. Before fees and costs.
$42,000
Passenger, fall at a cruise terminal
The ticket contract set a short notice window. Written notice went to the cruise line in the first week.
Sample matter. Before fees and costs.
Sample matters are invented illustrations. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome, and every case turns on its own facts.