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# Aksana Coone

Aksana Coone is an Admiralty and Maritime Law Specialist practicing in Los Angeles, California with a focus on personal injury and wrongful death claims of cruise ship passengers and crew.  Ms. Coone is a graduate of UCLA (cum laude) and Southwestern University School of Law (magna cum laude).  She formerly represented all the major cruise lines and advised CLIA (Cruise Line International Association), cruise lines and tour operators on legal and regulatory issues, policies and procedures and international maritime conventions.  She is an active member of the American Association of Justice, and presently is the Vice Chair of the Admiralty Section.  She is also a member of the Maritime Law Association and the Federal Bar Association, Admiralty Law Section.  Ms. Coone can be reached at aksana@coonelaw.com.

### Articles written by this author:

[![A death at sea](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Coone-istock-90168970_916e831232203700c34a96d4e8abde1a.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/a-death-at-sea "A death at sea")

## [A death at sea](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/a-death-at-sea "A death at sea")

An introduction to maritime law and The Death on The High Seas Act

[Aksana Coone](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/aksana-coone "Aksana Coone")

[2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april)

[![Cruise-ship passenger injury litigation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Coone_istock-157773670_86fbf540d327968628018f6055152a7c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-october/cruise-ship-passenger-injury-litigation "Cruise-ship passenger injury litigation")

## [Cruise-ship passenger injury litigation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-october/cruise-ship-passenger-injury-litigation "Cruise-ship passenger injury litigation")

Pursuing cruise-ship passengers’ personal-injury claims; procedure and common mistakes to avoid

[Aksana Coone](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/aksana-coone "Aksana Coone")

[2022 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-october)

[![Admiralty law: LOLA litigation and a long overdue small-passenger-vessel exception](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Coone-istock-176110417_7c3b27957881859550ee7a418faec0cf.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/admiralty-law-lola-litigation-and-a-long-overdue-small-passenger-vessel-exception "Admiralty law: LOLA litigation and a long overdue small-passenger-vessel exception")

## [Admiralty law: LOLA litigation and a long overdue small-passenger-vessel exception](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/admiralty-law-lola-litigation-and-a-long-overdue-small-passenger-vessel-exception "Admiralty law: LOLA litigation and a long overdue small-passenger-vessel exception")

For injuries on a small vessel, such as a sunset harbor cruise, the Limitation of Liability Act (LOLA) can be your enemy, but now there’s hope

[Aksana Coone](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/aksana-coone "Aksana Coone")

[2023 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april)