Victor Pelaez is a Shareholder in Fowler White Burnett's Maritime Practice Group in the Miami office. He is Board Certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law by The Florida Bar. Victor regularly defends the world's largest cruise lines in high-exposure lawsuits and private arbitrations involving catastrophic personal injuries, wrongful death claims, overboard incidents, medical malpractice claims, negligent security and overservice of alcohol claims, and crewmember claims. Victor also represents various other marine industry clients in lawsuits involving business disputes, contract claims, property damage claims, products liability claims, and passenger and crew personal injury claims. He has handled several on-site, post-incident, casualty investigations for his cruise line and marine clients, regularly in conjunction with concurrent, ongoing investigations by the U.S. Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies.

Victor attended Florida International University College of Law in Miami, Florida,  where he was born, raised, and still resides with his wife, Beatriz, their two young sons, Victor Jr. and Nicolas, and one golden-doodle, Ginger. Victor is a lifelong boater and (allegedly) fisherman.