George Gaitas is the managing partner of the law firm GAITAS, KENNEDY & CHALOS, P.C. which is based in Houston, Texas and has maritime law as its sole area of practice, and more specifically, shipping law, in the broader commercial sense of this term. Advising and representing shipowners in matters of marine regulatory compliance is also part of the firm’s work. The client base of GAΪTAS, KENNEDY & CHALOS includes several Greek vessel owners. George was born in Greece and pursued all of his university studies in the United States. In the field of maritime law, he completed his studies at Tulane University School of Law from where he received his LL.M. in 1977. Of his 40 years of practice of maritime law, he has spent more than one half of these working in Greece as counsel of shipping companies, and the rest in the U.S.A. in private practice in the field of his specialization.