Transportation

We’ll Keep You Moving

Transportation companies spend too much time navigating legal obstacles. Those obstacles are a persistent distraction; they keep planes in hangars, trucks in yards, boats in harbors, and trains in stations. That is where we come in.

At Gentry Locke, we work diligently to keep transportation companies moving forward. And we have assembled a team to do just that. Our Transportation group includes regulatory, transactional, and litigation attorneys who navigate legal roadblocks so our clients can focus on moving our economy forward.

Whether you transport by road, rail, sea, or air, our multi-disciplined attorneys can help.

Getting Down the Road – Trucking. We work with interstate and intrastate motor carriers, owner-operators, and self-insured transportation companies to keep the wheels of commerce turning. Our attorneys represent transportation companies in rapid response, casualty litigation, commercial contracts, contract disputes, workers’ compensation, employment law, insurance coverage, and general business matters. Our team includes an attorney with a Commercial Drivers License.

Staying On Track – Rail. We blend extensive knowledge of the industry with legal acumen to work with railroads of all sizes to keep the steel wheels rolling. Our team members have worked in the business, including as chief legal officer of a Class I railroad. Our practice extends to regulatory issues at the Surface Transportation Board, questions of federal preemption, transactional matters such as contracts, mergers and acquisitions, legislative matters, and litigation.

Flying Forward – Aviation. We regularly assist aviation clients with transactional, regulatory, investigation and litigation matters associated with their operations. Members of our team have extensive experience in high profile aircraft accident investigations and litigation, aircraft financing and leasing, aviation regulation, and policy and business aviation issues. We don’t just talk law, our team includes a pilot with real knowledge of the industry.

In short, we provide comprehensive representation and counseling on a broad range of commercial matters to help transportation companies, including with the following:

• Aircraft and aviation
• Appellate
• Arbitration & mediation
• Business & corporate
• Business litigation
• Class Action & complex litigation
• Contract negotiations & disputes
• Criminal & Government Investigations
• Employment and labor
• Federal & State regulatory compliance
• Fuel spills & environmental issues
• Government and regulatory affairs
• Hazardous material transportation
• Insurance & risk management
• Civil Defense Litigation
• Legislative and regulatory advocacy
• Personal injury, property damage & cargo claims
• Real estate
• Regulatory compliance and enforcement
• Trucking and Transportation Defense
• Workers’ Compensation
• Zoning