Dive Injury Lawyer at Franklin, Mosele & Walker

Joe Walker is a former saturation diver with Solus Ocean Systems and VP at Oceaneering International Asia Pacific Division. Practicing maritime law for over 25 years, Joe brings a wealth of working knowledge to the courtroom and understands the complex risk factors inherent to offshore work.

Joe has spent decades devoting his time and efforts towards diving safety, including cases involving divers injured or killed during both commercial diving operations and recreational SCUBA diving activities (PADI/DSD instruction courses), with a particular emphasis on the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for the treatment of post-acute decompression illness, traumatic brain injury, and organic brain injury.

He has worked closely with prominent HBOT physicians to develop protocols for the use of HBOT for his injured clients.