Transportation & Logistics
Franklin & Prokopik is nationally recognized for its expertise in transportation & logistics with lawyers that are active in all aspects of the industry. The firm represents a wide variety of motor carriers and private fleet operators, freight brokers and shippers, third-party logistics companies and freight forwarders, both directly and through their insurers.
Areas of Service
- Corporate and operational matters
- Paratransit liability
- Regulatory compliance and related disputes with various government entities
- Labor and employment issues
- Investigation of accidents
- Vetting, negotiating and drafting documents specific to the industry:
- Owner/operator agreements
- Vehicle lease
- Purchase agreements
- Non-compete agreements
- Contracts
- Claims pursuant to the Carmack Amendment and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA)
- Towing & Recovery
Firm Qualifications
F &P has our own Emergency Response Team to provide 24-hour assistance, 365 days a year for accidents and emergencies that occur outside of traditional business hours. An attorney with transportation experience is always on call. In addition, the firm has created a “Go Team Response List” for each jurisdiction in which it practices, which includes 24-hour contact information for field adjusters and investigators. This information can be located here. We also routinely handle all aspects of follow-up investigation of an accident, including documents prepared during that process, and all aspects of related litigation when it arises.
Firm attorneys are active in a wide variety of other transportation and related legal professional organizations, including:
- American Bar Association (ABA) Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
- Defense Research Institute (DRI) Trucking Law Committee
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Association of Transportation Law Professionals
- American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA)
- National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC)
- Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) – Cargo & Freight Committee
- Conference of Freight Counsel (CFC)
- Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)
- Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Association (TLP&SA)
- Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA), General Counsel
- Maryland Movers Conference, General Counsel
- Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Association
- Delaware Motor Truck Association (DMTA)