Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP was established in 1991 after its founding partners, Larry Kaye and Bradley Rose left a preeminent international law firm to open a boutique firm specializing in maritime law. Representing a handful of cruise lines, commercial shipping companies and their insurers, the firm quickly grew, staffing offices in each of California's major port cities, Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Francisco/Oakland, and San Diego. Nearly 30 years later, during which the firm was named as one of the Top 25 Boutique law firms in California, Kaye, Rose & Partners has diversified beyond its traditional maritime practice to provide an array of legal services to businesses worldwide in the areas of corporate transactions and litigation, business affairs consulting, inland transportation, government agency regulation and traditional and new media entertainment.The firm serves as General Counsel to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world's largest cruise industry trade association representing cruise lines world-wide. Members of the firm are routinely called upon to provide testimony and submit proposed legislation to state and federal legislative and regulatory bodies, and act on behalf of shipowners' interests before the International Maritime Organization and International Labor Organization. The firm's regulatory practice also includes handling customs and trade issues, United States Coast Guard appeals, air and water pollution violations, regulations, and litigation.The firm's U.S. West Coast presence has generated a diverse business clientele focused on the importation of goods, carriage of passengers, and those companies providing products and services in support of California's vibrant international economy. The firm handles litigation and regulatory matters relating to customs and freight brokers, logistics, trucking and warehouse companies, and array of businesses providing public and private maritime transportation companies.