Karyn Booth > Thompson Hine LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP‘s transportation practice is highly involved in the rail regulatory reform movement, including proposals to increase rail competition in the US. The group is also active in regulatory debates over the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, including safety and liability issues and common carrier obligations. It additionally has extensive experience in rail rate cases, including matters for the chemical and plastics industries. In the road sector, the group has notable regulatory expertise, while the department’s motor carrier lawyers assist shippers, intermediaries and carriers with a wide array of work, including regulatory rulemaking proceedings, and loss, damage and delay-related claims. Regulatory and commercial freight rail expert Karyn Booth leads the transportation group from Washington DC, where Sandra L. Brown represents bulk commodity shippers and other entities that use transportation services. Other key DC partners are commercial and regulatory transportation expert Jeff Moreno, former senior US Department of Transportation official Tim Goodman. and transportation specialist Jason Tutrone. Counsels to note are senior counsel Nicholas DiMichael in DC and Columbus’ Dan Ujczo, along with David Benz in Chicago.

Thompson Hine LLP‘s shipping practice is well known for its representation of shippers and intermediaries in policy and rulemaking matters concerning the Shipping Act of 1984 (as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act). Its expertise also covers the Federal Maritime Commission regulations governing international ocean transportation services of containerized cargo, and the team routinely acts for the National Industrial Transportation League, which represents shippers’ interests in freight transportation matters. In Washington DC, Karyn Booth‘s shipping practice includes advising shippers and trade associations on their regulatory rights and remedies, and the workload of recently-promoted partner Jason Tutrone covers transportation regulation compliance issues and transportation-related disputes. Over in Columbus, senior counsel Dan Ujczo is a former outside legal advisor to the US Coast Guard.