November 8, 2019

Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot
Minneapolis, MN


Speakers

Beata Shapiro

Beata Shapiro

Beata Shapiro, Partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Boston, MA, 2019 TLI Program Co-Chair
Beata Shapiro, a Partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, has extensive experience working with insurance and transportation companies, including public and private carriers, shippers and intermediaries, on defense of claims for personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, product liability, environmental claims, and claims for freight shortage, theft, and damage. In addition, she has represented numerous entities in suits to recoup for property damages, including cargo damages, and freight charge disputes. Beata also helps clients with preparation of shipping and shipping logistics contracts, employment guidelines, document retention policies, and with regulatory compliance and has represented clients in administrative proceedings resulting from federal and state agency nes. Beata has also worked with numerous clients on emergency response and product recall, including interfacing with government agencies, experts, and adjusters with investigation and evidence gathering, managing environmental clean-ups and assessments, and preparing public statements on behalf of the client.
 
Beata brings to her cases a wealth of talent and experience gained from diverse ventures, including study of economics and business in Italy and France, clerking for a Massachusetts state court judge, and assisting institutional and private high-value investors with investments in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and non-traditional investment vehicles while working for an international investment corporation. She served as a legislative aide in the office of a Massachusetts state senator, where she researched and drafted legislation in areas such as stem cell research, child protection, consumer safety, taxation, insurance and constitutional law.
 
Beata was also a legal intern at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Washington, DC, a federal agency providing financing and insurance for high-risk foreign investment, where she researched and analyzed domestic and international law, including provisions of bilateral and regional trade agreements, such as NAFTA, and assisted with real estate closings and commercial finance and political risk insurance claims in Latin America and Eastern Europe. As an attorney, she has also worked extensively with domestic banks and investors in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
 
Jonathan Abramson

Jonathan Abramson

Jonathan Abramson, Partner, Kissinger & Fellman, P.C., Denver, CO, 2019 TLI Program Co-Chair
Jonathan M. Abramson is the Vice President and a partner at Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. He graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law in 1996. Following several years as an associate attorney, Jonathan became a partner at the Firm in 2007.

Jonathan’s civil practice focuses primarily on the representation of truck drivers and trucking companies in accident casesand the defense of law enforcement and municipalities in §1983 civil rights cases.  Over his career, Jonathan has achieved successful results in defending trucking accident cases and §1983 civil rights cases ranging from low level injury cases to those involving catastrophic injuries or death.   Jonathan’s career began as a federal and state criminal defense trial lawyer.   Jonathan supervises the firm’s Criminal Defense Practice. Jonathan regularly appears in municipal, county, and district court in Colorado and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Jonathan has written publications for The Transportation Lawyer including Vicarious Liability and Negligence Law in October 2017, Discoverability and Admissibility of Preventability Determinations in July 2016, and Defending Criminal or Traffic Citations Issued to Commercial Drivers in October 2011; and for The Colorado Lawyer the articles Handling Criminal or Traffic Citations Issued to Commercial Driver, which was published in February 2011 and Challenging Federal Wiretaps in December 2005. Jonathan has also given presentations such as Preventability Determinations: Purpose, Discoverability and Admissibility, at the Transportation Lawyers Association, 2016 Annual Conference; Collateral Consequences Associated with Criminal or Traffic Citations Issued to Commercial Drivers, at the Colorado Motor Carriers Association Conference, March 20, 2013; Handling Criminal or Traffic Citations Issued to Commercial Drivers, at the Colorado Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2012; Truth or Consequences: Handling Ethical Dilemmas, at the Litigation Center’s Forum for Motor Carrier General Counsels, 2009 American Trucking Association Form for Motor Carrier General Counsel; Ethical Issues at the Scene of a Catastrophic Accident at the Transportation Lawyers Association, 2009 Chicago Regional Seminar and Recent Trends Involving the Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure at Lorman Business Center, Inc. in August 2006.

Jonathan is a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association (Excutive Committee, At-Large Representative, Committee on Casualty Litigation, Co-Chair), the Trucking Industry Defense Association, Defense Research Institution (“DRI”), the Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, the Faculty of Federal Advocates, and the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar. In 2009, 2010, and 2011, Jonathan was recognized as a Rising Star by Law & Politics’ Colorado Super Lawyers, a list representing the top 5% of Colorado Attorneys.  In 2016, 2017, and 2018, he was recognized as a Top Lawyer in Transportation Law by 5280 Magazine.

Jeffrey Simmons

Jeffrey Simmons

Jeffrey Simmons, TLA President
Jeffrey Simmons joined GlobalTranz after spending 30 years in private practice, most recently with the national law firm of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP. He brings 26 years of experience in the transportation industry representing motor, rail, ocean and air carriers as well as brokers, before courts, regulatory agencies and in contract negotiations.

Jeff currently serves as President of the Transportation Lawyers Association and is a past Chairman of the Conference of Freight Counsel. He is also an active member of the Trucking Industry Defense Association.

Jeff has been named in the 2011 through 2016 editions of the Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Transportation Law, and in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Southwest Super Lawyers® in the area of Transportation/Maritime Law. In 2014, he received the Transportation Lawyers Association’s Distinguished Service Award.

Jeff is a 1983 graduate of Georgetown University and a 1986 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law.

Heather Devine

Heather Devine

Heather Devine, CTLA President
Heather Devine is one of Canada’s leading Transportation lawyers and Advocates. Her most recent success in the (Ontario) Superior Court of Justice (Commercial Court) enabled her client to retain possession of a private jet over which her client claimed a lien. Her success in the Federal Court of Canada resulted in a permanent injunction being granted in one of Canada’s few mechanical patent trials, as well as clarification of the role of experts in the Federal Court and the successful defence of a spoliation claim. Justice Manson described Heather’s cross examination of an expert at trial was described as having been“shredded on cross- examination”.

Having gained a reputation as being a ‘fixer’ in the field of commercial litigation for businesses and insurers, she develops and implements the strategy, budgeting and case management of complex litigation for private and public, national and international clients. Some of her significant victories, aside from the permanent injunction in the Federal Court of Canada, include an arbitration judgment of Euros 6 million against the Government of Libya at the ICC (Paris) and successful judicial review of an error by the Patent Commissioner, to compel the granting of a mechanical patent on a truck bumper.

In her role as a commercial litigator, Heather has defended product liability claims regarding pipes, medical devices, lighting fixtures, transformers and aerospace materials, among others. She has also litigated claims involving property management issues, condominium law and commercial tenancy, which included removing directors from condominium board of directors, damages for breach of commercial lease, reserve fund claims, personal injury, environmental contamination and construction issues.

In 2009, Heather learned to fly single engine planes. Her love and admiration of aviation led her to an interest in Transportation law. Since 2013, Heather has been included in the peer reviewed publication Best Lawyers® in Canada. She combined her interest in technology, transportation and intellectual property to advise brokers, freight forwarders, carriers, 3PLs and 4PLs on all aspects of supply chain logistics and the movement of goods locally and internationally. She has advised clients generally regarding cargo claims, liens, warehousing, bills of lading, multi-modal, NVOCC issues, spoilage and more specifically advised International manufacturer/shipper clients regarding Third Party Logistics Services, Cross Border Long Haul issues (incl. NAFTA) and customs.

In Halifax and Hamilton, Heather also advised hospitals, manufacturers and various carriers and brokers on issues regarding labour and employment law, conducting many successful labour arbitrations, advising human rights issues and  how to enforce (or bust) executive non-competition agreements.

Heather has obtained letters rogatory, enforced foreign judgments and won several injunctions and mandatory orders. She is very familiar with the issues of enforcement and contempt law and has litigated these issues through the all levels of the Courts; applying twice for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Recently, Heather has capitalized on her understanding of litigation, and expanded her focus to assist clients with contracts and agreements to minimize their risk.  She ‘Canadianized’ the TIA shipper-broker, broker-carrier agreements as part of her work on the Transportation Intermediaries Association Contract Committee. She has experience advising clients how to risk manage the movement of bulk commodities, foodstuffs, perishables and hazardous materials. Whether last mile or movement of goods by sea, Heather enjoys all aspects of servicing clients in the transportation industry.

Cedar Abadie

Cedar Abadie

Cedar Abadie, Associate General Counsel – Litigation, The Dart Network, Eagan, MN
Ms. Abadie is the Associate General Counsel in charge of litigation for Dart Transit Company and the Dart Network. Following products liability defense work with large law firms in Cleveland, Denver and Minneapolis, she worked in solo practice for five years before joining Dart in 2014. Today Ms. Abadie oversees all serious disputes and/or matters in litigation across the country – motor vehicle claim related, employment, real estate, and contract – for the many enterprises and several motor carriers within the Dart Network.
 
Suzanne Alton de Eraso

Suzanne Alton de Eraso

Suzanne Alton de Eraso, Associate, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Chicago, IL

Suzanne Alton de Eraso is an attorney in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and focuses her practice on class action defense and complex commercial litigation. She routinely defends her clients against fraud, unfair and deceptive practices, breach of contract, false advertising, unfair competition, internal investigations, and trade disparagement claims in both state and federal court. She also asserts and defends claims of trade secret misappropriation, as well as patent, trademark and copyright infringement claims, from pre-filing investigations to discovery management to trial preparation. Suzanne provides regulatory advice to ensure her clients are compliant with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, FCC consumer product labeling regulations, Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Communications Decency Act safe harbors, data privacy laws, and a variety of other state and federal regulations.

Mehdi Arradizadeh

Mehdi Arradizadeh

Mehdi Arradizadeh, Vice President of Safety & Risk Management, Anderson Trucking Service, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Mehdi Arradizadeh is the Vice President of Safety and Risk Management at Anderson Trucking Service where he has served for the past nine years. Previous experience includes director of claims at Convenant Transportation Group and Claims Director at Schneider National Carriers. He studied business administration, management at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
 
Eric A. Baker

Eric A. Baker

Eric A. Baker, Partner, Frost Brown Todd, LLC, Indianapolis, IN
Eric understands the regulatory, environmental and economic challenges facing companies today; he spent 18 years serving as general counsel in the transportation industry. As a former general counsel, Eric was involved in determining the strategic direction of companies, managing legal matters, reviewing and drafting employment policies and documents, and reviewing and drafting commercial contracts. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic commercial real estate, corporate compliance and governance, employment law, intellectual property and international licensing and authorized representative agreements.
 
Eric’s focus as a member of FBT's Distribution, Logistics and Transportation industry team is on mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions and general corporate matters. Eric also assists in defending clients in commercial litigation, employment issues, personal injury matters and liability issues.
 
Joseph E. Blitch

Joseph E. Blitch

Joseph E. Blitch, Shareholder, Blitch Westley Barrette, S.C., Windermere, FL
Joseph (Joel) Blitch is a 24+ year employment and business law attorney who, in addition to superb and well-tested litigation skills, specializes in assisting companies in avoiding litigation through proven strategies aimed at preventing employment-related claims through supervisory training and development, the provision of day-to-day advice in response to internal complaints, and the preparation of employer procedures and policies aimed at level-setting employee expectation and improving employee morale and productivity. In addition to his employment law practice, he is also well adept at counseling clients through complex business and commercial litigation matters. His clients consider him their outside general counsel, and routinely he is called upon to oversee or directly represent clients in the handling of high-dollar liability claims in both the motor carrier industry, as well as in maritime matters.
 
Madison Bullman

Madison Bullman

Madison Bulman, Associate, Mathis Law Group, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Madison is an associate attorney with Mathis Law Group in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has represented a wide range of clients within the transportation, logistics and supply chain industries, including motor carriers, inland transportation intermediaries, third party logistics providers, ocean transportation intermediaries, warehousemen, and shippers. Madison’s practice focuses on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, including advice to transportation industry clients on compliance with federal regulations, safety programs, liability prevention, and defending regulatory enforcement actions by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Madison also provides counsel to clients on matters involving corporate formation, restructuring, contract preparation and negotiation, and related best practices.
 
Rebecca L. Burroughs

Rebecca L. Burroughs

Rebecca L. Burroughs, Associate, Ward Hocker Thornton, Louisville, KY
Rebecca is an attorney in the Louisville office. Her practice focuses on trucking, transportation and freight, as well as insurance defense for large insurance carriers and many self-insured companies. She regularly practices in both state and federal courts.  Rebecca was named a “Kentucky Rising Star” by Super Lawyers® in 2018 and 2019.
 
Sara Candioto

Sara Candioto

Sara Candioto, Legal Counsel, SIRVA, Inc., Ft. Wayne, IN
Sara Candioto currently serves as legal counsel for SIRVA Worldwide Relocation and Moving Services in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was previously a labor and employment attorney at Littler Mednelson, PC where she served for 17 years. Sara received her JD from Notre Dame University in 1998 and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Richmond.
 
June J. Essis

June J. Essis

June J. Essis, Partner, Weber Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA
June has a wealth of experience representing trucking companies and truck drivers in accident-related claims alleging personal injury, catastrophic loss and property damage. She also handles statutory violations and vehicle code violations on behalf of many truck drivers. A frequent lecturer on issues related to the trucking industry, June has worked tirelessly to help change the public’s perception that trucks are dangerous and trucking companies engage in unsafe practices.
 
Throughout her career, June has also represented a liftgate manufacturer in matters alleging product defect resulting in injury. She has represented various entities/corporations in commercial litigation and has defended numerous insurers in property and casualty related claims.
 
June is a National Director on the Board of Directors for the Defense Research Institute (DRI).  She serves as its Membership Chair. June was elected to the board in 2016. She has been a member of DRI since 1992, moving up the ranks of its Trucking Committee, serving as Chair from 2014 – 2016.
 
June is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, is the recipient of the International Trial Lawyers and has received the Association Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy.
 
After graduating law school, June served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Sydney Hoffman of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
 
 
Simon Hornby

Simon Hornby

Simon Hornby, President, Crozier Fine Arts, New York, New York
Simon Hornby currently serves as president of Crozier Fine arts, where he previously served as president, art services. He also served as senior vice president and executive director, Global Risk Partners. He has a DMS in Management from University of Westminster and a bachelor of arts degree in social and economic history from the University of Kent.
 
Michael Kroul

Michael Kroul

Michael Kroul, President, KTI, Inc., Minnetonka, MN
Michael Kroul is an entrepreneurial senior executive with over 20 years of global experience in the manufacturing, supply chain, technology, and third party logistics industry. Currently, Michael is President of KTI, a mid-sized transportation broker, where he directs and leads daily business operations and sales. As the company’s sole legal counsel, Michael is involved in all contract negotiations, risk mitigation, and compliance management. In his 12 years at KTI, Michael and his team have earned numerous awards, including 4 consecutive years on Inc. Magazine’s List of “5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies,” and multi-year inclusion in the Minneapolis Saint Paul Business Journal’s Book of Lists as a “Top 20 Logistics Provider in MN.” Michael participates as a panel speaker and moderator discussing important logistics topics including business, technology, and law at industry events including TIA, TLA, NASSTRAC, CSCMP, JOC, and the 3PL & Supply Chain Summit. Michael is also an active member of various professional organizations including the Transportation Intermediaries Association, serving on the Legal Committee; the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals; the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council; Transportation Lawyers Association; the Hennepin County Bar Association, acting as Co-Chair of the Corporate Counsel Committee; the Association of Corporate Counsel, a member of the IT, Privacy and E-Commerce Committee; and the Minnesota State Bar Association. Michael holds a BA from Emory University in Atlanta and a JD from Cardozo School of Law in New York City and is licensed and admitted to practice law in the states of Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee.
Matt Levine

Matt Levine

Matt Levine, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, CLEAR, New York, NY
Matt has been CLEAR's General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer since July 2012. Matt is responsible for CLEAR's legal affairs and privacy matters. Prior to CLEAR Matt spent eight years at Dealertrack Technologies, a provider of software and data solutions in the automotive industry, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property transactions, and was part of the team that took Dealertrack public. Prior to Dealertrack Matt spent five years in private practice at the international law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, LLP. Matt received a BA from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
 
C. Fredric Marcinak

C. Fredric Marcinak

C. Fredric Marcinak III, Partner, Moseley Marcinak Law Group LLP, Greenville, SC
Fredric has over a decade of experience representing transportation companies, including both carriers and intermediaries, regionally and nationwide on casualty/accident and commercial litigation matters, including cargo/freight claims, collections/contract disputes, FMCSA and state regulatory compliance and permitting matters, and insurance coverage cases. In these litigation matters, Fredric has tried multiple cases to verdicts before juries and handled appeals for transportation clients. 

Having handled complex litigation matters, Fredric has recognized that having a good game plan in advance is the best way to avoid costly lawsuits. Knowing this, he enjoys assisting with general business matters that transportation companies face every day, such as independent contractor leasing issues, complex workers compensation scenarios, regulatory compliance and safety issues, and contracting with customers and vendors. By working with clients on these issues as they manage their companies, Fredric hopes to help lay the groundwork to stay out of litigation or to be well positioned to defend it when it arises. 

Before starting in private practice, Fredric served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dennis W. Shedd, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Honorable Henry F. Floyd, U.S. District Judge, District of South Carolina. 
 
Bar Admissions
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
 
Education
  • University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005)
  • University of Sussex (LL.M., with distinction, 2002) International Criminal Law
  • The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001)
History
 
Memberships 
Transportation Lawyers Association
  • Chair, Freight Claims Committee
  • Member, Executive Committee
Conference of Freight Counsel
Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association
  • Safety Committee
Chris McLoughlin

Chris McLoughlin

Chris McLoughlin, Risk Manager, North America Surface Transportation, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
Christopher McLoughlin is the Risk Manager for CH Robinson Worldwide, Incorporated based in Eden Prairie, MN. In his current role Chris is responsible for developing, implementing and managing strategic programs focused on risk reduction and prevention attributable to various cargo. Cargo of specific focus includes high value, hazardous materials/dangerous good, and other security sensitive materials. Mr. McLoughlin brings over 25 years of logistics industry experience. His career has included various sales and operational roles, with the last 10 years focused on cargo claims legal liability, marine insurance, regulatory compliance, risk management consulting and vendor relationship management. Chris is an active committee member for both the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
Allison Meiners

Allison Meiners

Allison Meiners, Director of Safety Programs, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
 
Allison Meiners is the Director of Safety Programs for Ruan Transportation Management Systems and has 10 years of experience in the transportation industry.

After graduating with a Logistics and Supply Chain Management degree from Iowa State University in 2009, Allison began her career with Ruan as a management trainee. During her time at Ruan, she has held various positions in multiple areas of the business including logistics analyst, project manager, assistant terminal manager, safety manager, safety compliance manager, and most recently, director of safety programs. Allison’s responsibilities include overseeing an organizational initiative to keep Ruan’s professional drivers safe on the road using Ruan’s proprietary Megasafe Safety Program, thorough training, technology, and self-discipline. She leads regulatory compliance and safety policies and develops and executes safety programs across the organization.

In 2017, Allison was a leader within the safety program when Ruan was honored with the American Trucking Associations’ President’s Award, which is the highest safety honor a carrier can receive in the industry. Allison serves on the Iowa Motor Truck Association’s Safety Management Council and was the chairman of the Iowa Motor Truck Association’s 2019 Truck Driving Championships. In addition, she has served on many American Trucking Associations’ committees and was chosen to participate in the leadership program, LEAD ATA. 
Outside of her professional life, Allison is on the go with her husband and four busy children. She also is heavily involved with a non-profit organization, Help-A-Heart, a non-profit organization that provides monetary and emotional support to families who have children born with congenital heart defects.
 
Tim Morland

Tim Morland

Tim Morland, Kiva Confections, Director of Compliance and Government Affairs
Tim serves as the Director of Compliance and Governmental Affairs for Kiva Confections. Kiva Confections is a California based cannabis edible company. Kiva Confections is the largest edible brand in the United States of America.

Tim directs an ambitious legislative package for Kiva Confections. Tim also works closely with all agencies which regulate the cannabis industry in the State of California. Tim has close relationships with key cannabis regulators in the State of California. In addition, Tim manages compliance for Kiva Confections and its distribution company Kiva Sales and Services.

Prior to joining Kiva, Tim served as the Compliance and Policy Director for Origin House. Tim managed and directed compliance for all Origin House acquisitions. In addition, Tim worked closely to ensure compliance of cannabis brands Origin House delivers throughout the State of California.

Prior to joining Origin House, Tim served as the Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma. Tim staffed Chairwoman Ma on the State Treasurer’s Cannabis Banking Work group. Tim also staffed Chairwoman Ma on cannabis taxation and cannabis legislation.

Tim served as a member of the San Francisco Cannabis Task Force. He advised the task force on banking, taxation and state policy.

Tim served in the Assembly Chief Clerk’s Office from 2008-2015. Tim was the Assembly Daily File Clerk from 2013-2014, and the Reading Clerk for the California State Assembly from 2009-2013. Tim also served as the Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk for the Assembly Chief Clerk’s Office from 2008-2009. He graduated from California State University Sacramento with a degree in Government with high honors in 2008 (Phi Kappa Phi).
 
Edwin S. Norris

Edwin S. Norris

Edwin S. Norris, Manager and Legal Counsel – Commercial Liability, Protective Insurance, Indianapolis, IN
Ed is originally from Wabash, Indiana and obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. After serving as a prosecuting attorney and litigating insurance defense matters for a combined 14 years, he joined Protective Insurance Company in 2014. Mr. Norris supervises, directs, and negotiates the resolution of transportation-related litigation throughout the United States. Mr. Norris also supervises and directs the investigation and resolution of serious and complex pre-litigation matters. Additionally, Mr. Norris serves as legal counsel for the claims department and manages a team of liability and no-fault adjusters. He has been licensed to practice in the State of Indiana since 2000.
Justin Olsen

Justin Olsen

Justin Olsen, Vice President, Legal & Risk, England Logistics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Justin Olsen has worked in and with the transportation and logistics industry since 1989. He served as in-house counsel for two trucking companies who operated fleets of 650 trucks and 1,100 trucks, respectively, until 1994 when he opened his private law practice. After over 20 years in private law practice where he represented primarily brokers, other intermediaries, and carriers in all facets of the industry, including litigation, transactional and risk mitigation and management, Justin joined England Logistics in June 2015. As VP of Legal & Risk for England Logistics, Justin oversees all contractual relations, carrier vetting, cargo claims, litigation, employment law related issues, safety and risk management. He handles all legal matters for England Logistics and its subsidiary England Carrier Services, which offers factoring services and fuel, tire, ELD, maintenance and other discount programs to carriers; and, serves on England Logistics’ Executive Team. Justin has been actively involved with TIA for over a decade serving on numerous TIA Committees and regularly presenting at conferences. He is also active in Transportation Lawyers Assoc.(“TLA”), having served on TLA’s Executive Committee and as Vice Chair of TLA’s Logistics & E-Commerce Committee. Justin is also a member of Conference of Freight Council (“CFC”) and is England Logistics’ rep in connection with Transportation Logistics Council (“TLC”).”
 
Dustin M. Paul

Dustin M. Paul

Dustin M. Paul, Partner, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk, VA
Dustin Paul is a partner at Vandeventer Black, LLP in Norfolk, Virginia. He is an experienced litigator in Virginia state and federal courts. He is a graduate of Duke University and Vanderbilt Law School. His practice is varied, but much of it is focused on transportation clients, including shipowners, cargo owners, Class 1 railroads, Virginia's largest port, and trucking companies. He has been the primary author on transportation-related briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Virginia. In additional to working with his own clients, some of the nation’s largest firms and companies have requested he serve as local counsel for matters pending in the Eastern District of Virginia. As the editor of www.edvanorfolk.com, a blog dedicated to studying and monitoring the actions of the EDVA’s District Court in Norfolk, he is well-prepared to advise counsel throughout the country on how to file, prosecute, and try cases before the “Rocket Docket.”
Jesse Reichenberger

Jesse Reichenberger

Jesse Reichenberger, ARC, Specialty Product Manager, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group, Neenah, WI
Jesse Reichenberger is a specialty product manager at Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company where he has worked for 18 years. Prior to becoming a product manager in 2013, he worked in various positions in compliance, pricing, and product development. Jesse is currently responsible for managing the profitability and competitiveness of a number of the company’s commercial line's insurance products as well as its online shipping/logistics product. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Jesse received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics in 2001.
 

 
David A. Senter Jr.

David A. Senter Jr.

David A. Senter Jr., Attorney, Young Moore and Henderson, P.A., Raleigh, NC
David is a shareholder at Young Moore and is a member of the firm's transportation and logistics team in Raleigh, North Carolina. He advises and represents clients in state and federal court in a number of areas including trucking and transportation, product liability, and business litigation. In addition, David advises health care providers concerning regulatory compliance matters. David has been selected for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers (2017, 2018, 2019) in the Rising Stars category. David joined Young Moore in 2012 after receiving his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law that year. David earned a B.A. in History from Wake Forest University in 2007. Outside of work, David is an avid Wake Forest sports fan and enjoys staying busy with his wife and four children.
Matthew Valauri

Matthew Valauri

Matthew Valauri, Associate, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Stamford, CT
Matthew Valauri has more than 10 years of litigation experience working with insurance carriers and transportation and other companies in defending claims for personal injuries, wrongful death, property damage, product liability, breach of contract and creditors’ rights claims in New York and Connecticut. He also handles numerous matters relating to the needs of Canadian clients. Matthew has worked with clients on emergency response and product recall, interfacing with government agencies, experts and adjusters regarding investigations and evidence gathering.

Matthew is actively involved in multiple transportation industry organizations and defense organizations, including the Transportation Lawyers Association and the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. He occasionally publishes articles and mentors young attorneys in topics ranging from state and federal court procedure to litigation strategies and substantive legal issues related to personal injury, property damage, product liability and subrogation claims litigation.

REAL ESTATE / PREMISES LIABILITY
Matthew has significant experience with real estate matters, from transactional issues to those that arise from ownership and management of real property. He regularly defends clients in premises liability claims, title claims and property disputes, and real estate professionals in professional liability and misrepresentation claims. Matthew occasionally handles pro bono real estate matters, assisting needy families with the purchase of affordable housing.

CORPORATE/PRODUCT LIABILITY
Matthew handles a wide variety of complex corporate, commercial and general litigation cases on behalf of transportation companies, retailers, product manufacturers, construction companies, financial institutions, and other businesses in New York and Connecticut. He also manages counsel across the country in contract disputes, warranty claims, regulatory issues and other matters. In addition, Matthew has experience defending clients against toxic tort claims such as salmonella contamination and asbestos exposure matters.

COMMERCIAL/CREDITORS’ RIGHTS/ BANKRUPTCY
Matthew has significant bankruptcy and creditors’ rights experience representing clients in various commercial and consumer litigation matters as well as in bankruptcy matters. He has represented banks, finance companies, equipment lessors, landlords and trade creditors in bankruptcy commercial and collection matters in state and federal courts. Such matters involve issues relative to automatic stay, adequate protection, executory contracts, secured and unsecured claims, preference/avoidance claims, and contesting plan confirmations in Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 cases.

BAR ADMISSIONS
Connecticut
New York

COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut

EDUCATION
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, J.D., 2008; Albert R. Mugel Moot Court Competition; editor, Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal; American Bankruptcy Institute’s Gold Medal of Excellence in Bankruptcy Studies University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.B.A., 2004, magna cum laude