John Padgett > McGuireWoods LLP > Norfolk, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices
WORLD TRADE CENTER, SUITE 9000
101 WEST MAIN STREET
NORFOLK, VA 23510-1655
VIRGINIA
United States
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John Padgett
Career
John is the office managing partner of the firm’s Norfolk office and the founding leader of the Transportation Industry Team. He has extensive experience in providing a wide range of services to corporate and transportation clients.
He is experienced in counseling public and private businesses, partnerships and limited liability corporations with matters involving mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate and operational issues. John also has experience with the transportation and terminal operating industries and has a unique perspective on maritime commerce.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
(Leading lawyers)Acting for a wide range of shipping clients, McGuireWoods LLP‘s maritime practice is routinely mandated to assist with the regulatory issues surrounding transportation assets. The team is also experienced in Jones Act-related work, including in relation to terminal operations, energy matters, offshore wind projects, sale-leaseback transactions, and fleet acquisitions. In the international trade space, the group assists with tariff mitigation strategies, country of origin determinations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, and the shipping regulations that control how shippers and carriers interact. In Norfolk, the broad practice of founding transportation industry team leader John Padgett includes handling major litigation regarding cargo damage and charter disputes, and Pittsburgh-based Bryan Brantley, the firm’s current transportation industry head, manages a significant litigation portfolio for a Fortune 50 transportation company. Also in Norfolk, civil litigation associate Jeanne Noonan is particularly focused on transportation and maritime issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Shipping: litigation and regulation United States > Transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious