Colin Crug

Full Profile

Colin Crug maintains a broad civil litigation defense practice, representing insurance carriers and corporate clients in matters involving insurance coverage and bad faith, serious injury and wrongful death, UIM defense, premises liability, trucking and transportation claims, and property disputes.

Additionally, Colin has extensive experience advising business and insurance clients on complex maritime, property, regulatory, and transportation matters. He has represented clients in all aspects of admiralty and maritime law, including marine cargo, hull and machinery, and P&I claims; catastrophic personal injury and death actions; and marine, inland marine, stock throughput, and specialty insurance coverage disputes. 

Colin is very client oriented and considers it his duty to not only achieve an advantageous final disposition, but to also help resolve his client’s problems along the way.

Admissions

• Washington
• US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

Education

• LL.M. (Admiralty), Tulane University Law School, 2017
• J.D., cum laude, Gonzaga University School of Law, 2016. Associate Editor, Gonzaga Journal of International Law; National Moot Court Team; and Moot Court Honors Counsel.
• B.A., University of Oregon, 2011

Memberships

• Washington State Bar Association
• Maritime Law Association of the United States

Experience

Presentations

• Lecturer, “Dominant Mind Theory,” Marine Insurance Association of Seattle November Luncheon, November 1, 2022
• Lecturer, “Dominant Mind Theory: Liability of Assist Vessels,” Maritime Law Association’s Annual Conference in New York City, April 26, 2022
• Lecturer, “Maritime 101: Personal Injury & Employer Liability,” WeWork Maritime Business Incubator Seminar, January 11, 2020

Publications

• “Choice-of-Law: Uniformity at Long Last,” April 3, 2024
• “Latent Conditions: A Hidden Wrinkle For Maintenance & Cure,” U.S.F. Mar. L.J., Vol. 30.1, March 2018
• “Box Overboard! World Shipping Counsel’s 2025 Report Shows Increase in Lost Cargo with Conflict Around Major Shipping Lanes,” Maritime Bulletin