The Scopelitis Warehouse Legal Liability Practice Group is based out of the Firm’s Chicago office and is led by career warehouse industry advocate Kevin Phillips, along with fellow partners Eric Meyers, Caroline Milner, and Michael Reed.  The Firm’s warehouse practice group, which consists of more than ten attorneys, handles contracts and litigation for warehouse and logistics companies, large and small.

Befitting for a premier transportation and logistics firm, Scopelitis boasts the largest group of attorneys in one law firm devoted to defending and counseling warehouse companies.  The practice group regularly handles client needs across the United States involving:

• Negotiating and litigating warehouse contracts;
• Business disputes;
• Instituting and enforcing the warehouse lien;
• Lender lien waivers and bailee agreements;
• Product damage claims;
• Infestations of products involving multiple distribution centers;
• Claims involving chemical contamination of food-grade products;
• Food spoliation, cross contamination and allergen contamination;
• Inventory shortage disputes;
• Rodent and insect infestation;
• Mis-shipment;
• Water sprinkler claims;
• Real estate contracts and disputes;
• Billing claims;
• Insurance disputes;
• Data privacy agreements and cyber disputes;
• Arbitration litigation.

Scopelitis is also the retained counsel for the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), and International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW).  The Firm is the exclusive counsel for drafting the leading warehouse industry terms and conditions for these associations and recently completed, in collaboration with the IWLA, the 2026 update to the IWLA’s terms and conditions.

In addition to its active contracts and litigation practice, the practice group regularly presents at various warehousing and logistics conferences.  While “on the road,” the warehouse practice group not only showcases its industry expertise at these events but also prioritizes meeting and connecting with clients and industry leaders.  This “in-person” connection of the practice group allows Scopelitis’ client service to remain grounded in delivering sound legal analysis and remaining acutely devoted to solving the problems of its clients.