Trucking, Aviation, and Maritime

Maynard Nexsen’s transportation practice focuses on litigating high-stakes transportation claims involving wrongful death, severe personal injury, and major property damage.

Our transportation group regularly operates in the areas of trucking, aviation, maritime, and automotive litigation.  Representative clients include motor carriers, owner-operators, aircraft and aircraft component manufacturers, vehicle and vehicle component manufacturers, utility service providers, construction companies, and insurers.  Recent matters litigated by our transportation attorneys includes multi-vehicle trucking accidents, helicopter crashes, motorcycle accidents, Jones Act claims, and general maritime litigation.

One of the hallmarks of Maynard Nexsen’s transportation group is the rapid response team that is activated immediately following a transportation incident.  The team’s objectives are to (1) gather and document evidence related to the incident; (2) understand the sequence of events leading up to, and through, the incident; and (3) position the client for a successful defense in the event of litigation.  Our attorneys maintain a nation-wide network of engineering and regulatory consultants who serve as consultants and expert witnesses in transportation cases.  This includes experts in  accident reconstruction, biomechanics, data retrieval and analysis, toxicology, and other engineering disciplines.  After receiving notice of an incident, our attorneys deploy to the accident site with select consultants to preserve the physical evidence available.  Our team tracks down the facts by interviewing witnesses, first responders and law enforcement officers.  We access the root cause of an accident as early as possible and confer with the client our findings and recommendations for next steps.

If litigation is filed following an accident, our attorneys have experience in defending high-profile and high-stakes matters.  Our attorneys appear regularly in federal and state courts across the country (trial and appellate) and have tried jury and bench trials to conclusions.  We have also enjoyed significant success in achieving reasonable settlements through mediation and direct negotiations with opposing parties.

Maynard Nexsen’s transportation group is unique based on its attention to detail and customer service.  Our lawyers remain laser-focused on details associated with the facts and law throughout a matter’s life span.  We pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service by being responsive, understanding the client’s business and objectives, and maintaining effective lines of communication during the representation.

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