For almost two decades, we’ve been partnering with transportation clients and bringing them the knowledge, experience and creativity to successfully meet this challenge. We’re intimately familiar with the legal and operational needs of the transportation industry, so we work with you to avoid pitfalls and prevent liability risk whenever possible. When claims do arise, we help you tailor and implement concise, expedient and cost-effective plans for resolving them. Our team of specialists includes the industry’s best field investigators and accident recon experts, and is available around the clock to meet your needs – from immediate direction of catastrophic loss investigations, through trial of any matter, large or small.
As long time, active participants in the Trucking Industry Defense Association and the Transportation Lawyers Association, we stay on the cutting edge of legal, regulatory and legislative developments affecting the industry. And we’re leaders in developing groundbreaking tools – like protocols for immediate large loss investigation – that help save carriers and insurers tens of thousands and sometimes even millions of dollars.
That’s why we’re trusted by the country’s largest and most respected motor carriers and commercial transportation insurers, including J.B. Hunt Transport, Schneider National, Carolina Casualty, Sentry and Vanliner.
Tharpe & Howell’s Transportation Practice Group provides comprehensive representation for transportation carriers and commercial transportation insurers in all phases of their operations. This includes:
- Working closely with you to successfully and cost-effectively navigate your transactional, operational, litigation and insurance needs. We handle everything from the most difficult catastrophic injury cases to cargo claims, employment and labor matters, insurance coverage issues and contractual disputes.
- Providing ongoing counseling on safety issues, risk management and preventative measures, and helping you establish ongoing policies, procedures and employee education that effectively minimize risks and optimize responsiveness to issues and claims that do arise.
- Offering frequent seminars, newsletters and presentations to keep you updated on the latest developments and tools available to successfully minimize legal problems.
- Serving as West Coast counsel for some of the nation’s largest motor carriers and transportation insurers.
