Our attorneys counsel clients across the transportation industry on legal matters ranging from litigation to transactions to regulatory issues. We have extensive experience in motor transportation, aviation, rail and maritime transport and we regularly handle both interstate and international transport issues. By working closely with our litigation, corporate, environmental, workers’ compensation and employment law groups, we offer our clients a wide range of capabilities and services and a unique understanding of the legal issues within the transportation sector. Our experience includes:
- Defense of liability claims and lawsuits
- Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claims
- Federal Court admiralty litigation
- Ship mortgages and foreclosures, in rem actions, and arrests of vessels
- International trade and carriage of goods
- Purchase and sale of vessels, charter party agreements and other transactions
- Defense of personal injury lawsuits
- Insurance policy and coverage analysis
- Representation of insurance companies in liability cases and loss and damage lawsuits
- Defense of Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits against interstate carriers
- Defense of transporters against claims of criminal violations
- Defense of U.S. Department of Transportation safety audits
Covering the full transportation spectrum
In addition to serving clients in the shipping industry, our attorneys represent a wide range of motor carriers, motor coach operators, airlines, freight facility operators and other entities in the transportation sector. We also have extensive experience representing insurers specializing in this area and defending claims. We regularly assist clients with issues before the courts and with regulation by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.