A Dania Beach maritime attorney turned a $1 million lawsuit against his ship-owning client into a judgment of more than $1.2 million against a shipping company, a contempt order and a stricken complaint.

Matthew Valcourt of Valcourt and Associates represents Hollywood-based Sea Breeze Maritime LLC, which rented the cargo ship Jessica to a freight shipping company for $3,400 a day for a voyage from Haiti to the Dominican Republic to pick up cargo.