Considered by industry leaders to be the preeminent transportation law firm, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary is the only full service, multi-office law firm in the country dedicated to transportation and related industries. The Firm’s more than 5,000 transportation-related clients span the country and around the globe. Firm clients range from most of the major Fortune 500 transportation companies to many smaller, family-owned businesses.
With offices strategically located in many major cities throughout the United States to meet the needs of our national client base, the Firm offers advice and counsel to companies in virtually every segment of the transportation industry including:
- Motor carriers
- Private carriers
- Shippers
- Warehouses
- Logistics companies
- Trucking insurers and insurance brokers
- Industry associations
- Private equity investors
Because Scopelitis attorneys, individually and collectively, have worked with a laser focus in one arena for decades, the Firm can be nimble in its ability to evolve with the industry and our clients’ needs. Scopelitis began as a regulatory law firm in the 1970s and has grown to have over 35 practice areas, including:
- Corporate Structure and Strategy
- Class Action Defense & Complex Litigation
- DOT Regulations & Federal and State Authorities, Licensure and Specialized Taxes
- Insurance & Risk Management
- Labor & Employment
- Highway Accident, Wrongful Death & Personal Injury
- Independent Contractor Counseling & Litigation Defense
- Litigation of Business Disputes
- Transportation Taxation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Brokerage & Non-Asset Logistics
- Warehousing Legal Liability
- Cargo Claims & Freight Disputes
When advising clients, Scopelitis attorneys draw upon their vast experiences counseling companies in the transportation industry. We are actively engaged in the industry to ensure they offer in-depth, current, innovative, business-minded solutions. Such involvement includes working closely with many transportation-related organizations, presenting on cutting edge topics to transportation-industry audiences of all sizes, sponsoring events and initiatives, serving on committees and boards, publishing articles, attending conferences, interacting with members of the media, and more.
Scopelitis attorneys are committed to accessible, responsive service, including a 24/7/365 approach to client relationships. Our attorneys are readily available to assist clients when the need arises. Whether clients require answers to pending legal questions or need direction on preventative strategies before problems occur, Scopelitis offers knowledgeable, efficient, practical advice on virtually any issue in the industry.
* Services outside California and Michigan provided by Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, Professional Corporation. Services in California provided by Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary Limited Liability Partnership. Services in Michigan provided by Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, Professional Limited Liability Company
To that end, our services often focus on preventive strategies, and our attorneys regularly serve as panelists and speakers at seminars and conferences throughout the country, sharing information on important topics of interest to those engaged in and affected by the business of transportation. Scopelitis attorneys are also actively involved in a wide variety of transportation-related associations, which enables us to offer clients innovative solutions that are based on common and practical business sense, not just an analysis of legal issues.
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- Airforwarders Association
- American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA)
- American Trucking Associations (ATA)
- Association of Transportation Law Professionals
- California Trucking Association (CTA)
- Canadian Transport Lawyers Association
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
- Conference of Freight Counsel
- Customized Logistics and Delivery Association (CLDA)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI)
- Illinois Trucking Association (ITA)
- Harbor Trucking Association (HTA)
- Indiana Motor Truck Association (IMTA)
- International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA)
- International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA)
- Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.
- Michigan Trucking Association (MTA)
- National Association of Professional Employee Organizations (NAPEO)
- National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC)
- National Home Delivery Association (NHDA)
- North American Transportation Employee Relations (NATERA)
- North American Transportation Services Association (NATSA)
- Ontario Trucking Association
- Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)
- Southeastern Warehouse Association (SWA)
- Texas Trucking Association (TXTA)
- Transportation Club of Detroit
- Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)
- Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
- Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Association
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)
- Truck Renting & Leasing (TRALA)
- Windsor Transportation Club, Inc.
- Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association (WMCA)
- Women in Trucking Association (WTA)
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (WCLA)
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With our principal office located in Indianapolis - widely known as the “Crossroads of America” - and other offices located coast to coast, we are easily acceissible to clients nationwide