Holland & Knight LLP

With ‘significant industry experience that is relevant to clients’ operations’, Holland & Knight’s widely-respected rail practice acts as counsel to Class I railroads such as BNSF Railway Company. It also represents several Class II and Class III regional railroads. On the road transportation side, the practice operates from several of the firm’s offices, including Jacksonville, DC, Tampa, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles, and it represents motor carriers, logistics companies, freight brokers, automotive companies, manufacturers, shippers, and app-based gig economy companies. The practice’s expertise ranges from litigation and arbitration to regulatory and governmental matters, and the firm’s highly-regarded public policy and regulation group also fields a sizeable transportation team. In Jacksonville, William Byrne, who is ‘strongly recommended to everyone’, has longstanding experience in rail, road, intermodal and ocean transportation, while Jameson Rice predominantly practices in road, rail and intermodal transportation and logistics, with a particular penchant for handling warehousing and supply chain issues. The group further includes Dallas-based Charles Shewmake, a specialist in railroad-related litigation and regulatory work; and Linda Auerbach Allderdice in Los Angeles, who has extensive transportation sector experience.