John Padgett
McGuireWoods LLPMcGuireWoods LLP‘s ’consistently available’ transportation, shipping, maritime and regulatory team acts for terminal operators, transportation authorities, beneficial cargo owners, commodity traders, carriers, financial institutions, and vessel owners and charterers on a vast array of shipping matters. The team consistently advises on regulatory compliance with the Jones Act, as well as shipping-related international trade issues (including the shipping regulations that determine how shippers and carriers can interact). Its practice also encompasses assistance to retailers with licensing and regulatory issues, in relation to Ocean Transportation Intermediaries-related matters; and it assists beneficial cargo owners with new enforcement remedies, which are available through the Federal Maritime Commission and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Heading up the team, Norfolk-based John Padgett is experienced in representing tug boat companies, freight forwarders, freight consolidators, and shipping and trucking companies; and Bryan Brantley in Pittsburgh is an experienced transportation-related litigator. In September 2023, Jeanne Noonan left the firm.
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- ‘The MG team is consistently available and quick to respond to requests from client organizations.’
- ‘Their diversification of skills is a great asset to clients.’
Key clients
- Continental Tire
- Dominion Energy, Inc.
Work highlights
- Represented Dominion Energy in contracts to construct a 2.6-gigawatt coastal Virginia offshore wind commercial project.
- Advising Continental Tire, as primary outside counsel, on customs regulations that govern the international supply chain for goods imported into the US.
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Bryan Brantley, John Padgett