Gustavo A. Martinez-Tristani (Partner-Miami) authored the article “With the Exception of Handling Concursus Proceedings, State Courts Should be Deemed to Have Jurisdiction to Adjudicate All Limitation of Liability Issues Under the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act,” published on June 24, 2025, in the second quarter edition of Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin. Gustavo examines the scope of the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act, offers an analysis of the Act’s six-month limitation period, and discusses the circumstances in which state courts, and federal courts sitting under diversity jurisdiction, should be deemed to have jurisdiction to decide all issues under the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act, even if a petition for limitation of liability has not been timely filed within six months after the petitioner vessel owner received notice of a written claim. The article maintains that failing to file a timely limitation petition in admiralty court only forfeits the right to a concursus proceeding – not the vessel owner’s broader ability to seek limitation of liability. Gustavo contends that both “state courts and federal courts sitting under diversity jurisdiction retain authority to adjudicate all aspects of a limitation claim, including liability, the value of the limitation fund, and the vessel owner's right to limit liability.”