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Industry Team 
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- Robert E. Banker
- James G. Biggart
- B. Herbert Boatner Jr.
- Thomas R. Bopp
- L. Robert Bourgeois
- Richard K. Bowers
- Russell S. Buhite
- Kim F. DiGiacomo
- Paul A. Giordano
- Michael E. Goodbread, Jr.
- Mark E. Hungate
- Gregory B. Lower
- Jim Magill
- Monica B. Mason
- Kathy Billings Massing
- Justin Benjamin Mazzara
- James Scott McMahon
- Kevin M. Murch
- John O'Flanagan
- Christopher Paradies, Ph.D.
- Dale L. Parker
- Olga M. Pina
- Paul R. Pizzo
- David F. Pope
- John W. Robinson, IV
- Linda M. Robison
- Brandon R. Scheele
- Jeffrey C. Shannon
- Adam Christopher Shelton
- John McKager "Mac" Stipanovich
- Mark D. Tinker
- William D. Townsend
- Craig D. Varn
- Wallace C. von Arx, III
- Allen K. von Spiegelfeld
- Jeffrey P. Watson
- Denise L. Wheeler
- Jeffrey P. Winkler
Related Practices
- Administrative and Legislative Advocacy
- Legislative Lobbying
- Appellate and Appeals
- Business Transactions and Corporate Law
- ERISA Litigation
- Commercial and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
- Corporate and Partnership Litigation
- Employment Law
- Environmental & Land Use
- General Trial
- Government Contracts
- Maritime/Admiralty
- Products Liability
- Real Estate / Land Development
- Workers' Compensation
Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A. has served the transportation and logistics industry since ithe Firm's inception, offering comprehensive legal services to trucking, aviation, maritime and other transportation companies, as well as to logistics-related service providers. Moving goods, funds, data and services globally requires multiple disciplines. From contracts and communication to technology and trade, these are only a few of the legal services our Transportation and Logistics Industry Team brings to companies either in the transportation and logistics industry or related supporting industries.
The Firm is well-known statewide as one of the top civil litigation firms in Florida. We were recently recognized by the Legal 500 US (2007) with lawyers ranked as tops in Aviation/Products Liability litigation, including Robert Banker, Richard Bowers and Robert Bourgeois. The Firm has represented many top aviation, maritime and trucking companies directly or through their insurance carriers and has successfully handled high profile cases. The Firm is also well known for the corporate and commercial representations it handles and is capable of doing for the transportation and logistics industry.
The transportation and logistics industry is divided into segments: Aviation, Maritime, Trucking, other transportation companies such as rail lines, third party providers of logistics and transportation services, and other supply chain partners.
Aviation Litigation
The Fowler White Boggs Banker Aviation Group has extensive experience in all phases of aviation litigation. We represent fixed and rotary wing manufacturers, parts manufacturers, parts suppliers, airlines, airports, private owners, pilots and other crew members, flight schools, FBO's, and maintenance and service facilities. Our experience runs the gamut from defending ADA claims through the defense of manufacturers and owners in multiple death aviation accidents.
Representative clients of the group are United States Aviation Insurance Underwriters, Associated Aviation Underwriters, Phoenix Aviation Managers, Inc., Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines, Learjet, Inc., Bombardier and Bell Helicopter.
The Aviation Group consists of four partners, Robert E. Banker, Richard K. Bowers, Jr., L. Robert Bourgeois and John P. O'Flanagan along with three associates. Mr. Banker was a former USAF Pilot. Mr. Bowers was an instructor at the Air Force Academy. Mr. Bourgeois and Mr. O'Flanagan have successfully handled a wide variety of aviation claims in state and federal court involving personal injuries and wrongful death as well as property damage. Contact: Robert Bourgeois.
Maritime and Admiralty
Fowler White Boggs Banker's Maritime/Admiralty Group offers a full range of services concerning virtually all maritime matters involving commercial vessels or pleasure craft. Our lawyers have experience in ship collision cases, defense of major personal injury and wrongful death claims, product liability claims, insurance coverage questions, claims arising under environmental protection laws, immigration and customs problems, salvage claims, contract negotiations, cargo-related cases, disputes involving letters of credit, charter party issues, the Jones Act, bills of lading, and transportation fraud questions. Contact: Allen von Spiegelfeld
Trucking and Hauling
Our legal services to the trucking, waste services and hauling segment of the Transportationand Logistics Industry Team include a wide range of corporate representations, as well as regulatory and litigation practices. Building on that tradition, the Firm has established a “Rapid Response Litigation Team” (“RRLT”). The RRLT is at your disposal for Statewide response to any incident arising from the transportation of goods or cargo. The Fowler White RRLT will provide you with prompt, superior and cost effective legal representation. Most importantly, in so doing we “discourage” (if not eliminate) the specter of litigation. We accomplish this by having proactive lawyers who are available to you when it matters the most, at the time of the accident. Our lawyers are “true trucking attorneys” who know the law, the regulations, the trucking business, and how to evaluate and best utilize state of the art trucking technology. Our RRLT provides you with a timely and informed plan of action that works to minimize the value of any claims, and hence your exposure.
The Fowler White Boggs Banker Rapid Response Litigation Team consists of trial attorneys experienced in the nuances of trucking litigation, accident reconstruction experts, engineers and investigators seasoned in accident investigations. All work together efficiently, as a team, and will respond to your needs “24/7/365” no matter the circumstances. We work to ensure that no valuable evidence is lost. You are offered a cost-effective legal strategy and a fixed budget going forward, putting you in the best position to defend claims as they arise. In so doing, we tailor our services and advice to your claim’s reporting process. Contact: Scott McMahon
Our services include:
- 24/7/365 on-call response to any incident or accident not only in Florida, but also in bordering states and the southeast region,
- Trucking and Transportation attorneys who are seasoned litigators with a proven track record of success, and who also know the controlling Federal and State laws, regulations and the trucking industry “players”,
- Immediate access to Investigators, Engineers and Accident Reconstruction Experts, all of whom are intimately familiar with cutting edge technology, electronic data retention issues, and what the data means for your case,
- Coordination of our reporting system to your claim’s filing and reporting procedures,
- If requested, an immediate Pre Suit Evaluation and Budget that we adhere to throughout the claim’s and litigation process, and
- Any other litigation support services necessary to protect and defend your interests.
