Meet Captain Alexandra Hagerty

Captain Alexandra Hagerty is a maritime consultant and expert witness with 17 years of sea time aboard government vessels, commercial ships, and yachts. Today she serves as an Unlimited Shipmaster on government vessels, and she brings that hands-on command experience to every case she supports.

A Global Maritime Career

Captain Hagerty's career bridges the wheelhouse and the boardroom. She earned a Master of Science in International Transportation from SUNY Maritime College and an Elite Master's in Cognitive Semiotics (Decision-making) from Aarhus University in Denmark. Her undergraduate degree from Earlham College covers International Relations and French & Spanish. She speaks French, Danish, Spanish, and Italian fluently.

She pursued graduate-level admiralty law studies at New York Maritime College and holds a Charter Parties certificate from ASBA. She keeps studying through the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and renews her USCG/STCW license with ongoing training.

Our Services

Hagerty Maritime Consulting LLC delivers forensic maritime analysis and reconstruction, qualified expert opinion reports, case evaluation and confirmation, and drafting of trial and deposition questions. Everything we do rests on real-world navigation, seamanship, and shiphandling — not abstract theory.

We start with a thorough consultation to pinpoint gaps and opportunities. Then we produce a detailed report covering a plan with timelines and milestones, a cost analysis, and a schedule.

Expertise Areas

• Nautical Rules of the Road
• Navigation and piloting
• Shiphandling and seamanship
• Boating and yachting
• USCG/STCW training
• Cruise ship accidents
• Slips and falls
• Drillships and construction
• Boat and shipboard safety and security
• Meteorology
• Ship repair
• Cyber security

Our Clients

We work with admiralty and maritime attorneys, insurers, shipowners, operators, and training institutions that need a qualified expert who has actually stood watch and taken command. Captain Hagerty is based in the DC-Baltimore-Norfolk-NYC corridor and is ready to travel both locally and internationally.

Speaking and Professional Involvement

Captain Hagerty speaks publicly, sits on maritime panels, and writes regularly. She has presented to the Nautical Institute, WISTA, SeaTrade Dubai, Aspen Business Lunch, Copenhagen Business School, ODU, Brookhaven Labs, Women Offshore, IFSMA AGM, CAMM, and Safety4Sea. Her subjects span cyber security and women in maritime through maritime leadership, training, safety at sea, crewing, Covid, and seafarer wellbeing.

She serves on several boards, among them the Maritime Policy Committee for the Propeller Club and the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations (IFSMA), and she is currently Vice President of International Relations for the Council of American Master Mariners. She has taken part in IMO MEPC, Tradewinds, SeaTrade, and WISTA conferences.

Get in Touch

To talk through a case or request a consultation, email [email protected] and use EXPERT WITNESS as the subject line.