Transportation Litigation

Harman Claytor represents trucking companies throughout North America from individual owner/operators to the largest truckload fleets in the United States. We are a recognized leader in the defense of commercial transportation risks from the routine to the catastrophic. This constantly changing and highly technical area of law poses substantial risk to carriers, haulers, handlers, transportation service providers, suppliers, manufacturers and participants in the transportation industry. All members of our Transportation Practice Group are seasoned litigators in federal and state trial and appellate courts and have extensive trial experience in the specialized area of transportation losses.

We travel throughout the United States and Canada advising trucking companies, insurers and corporations regarding legal issues, risk management and trucking safety. Harman Claytor's Transportation Practice Group emphasizes early response to losses and specializes in gathering and preserving evidence by utilizing accident reconstruction and other experts. Our team of lawyers and staff remains on 24-hour call for "on-scene" assignments and our central location in Virginia allows quick and easy access to most parts of Virginia and the surrounding region. Please review our 24-Hour Accident Response Contact Information.

Members of our Transportation Practice Group belong to the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA), and the Transportation Sections of the American Bar Association (ABA), Defense Research Institute (DRI) and Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA). Our lawyers are frequent presenters at client and peer seminars. Our goal is to provide organized, thoughtful and aggressive representation. Once a course of action is agreed upon, we proactively go about resolving the matter in the least amount of time and at the least amount of expense, all while achieving the best possible results.