For over 50 years, our firm has defended leading automotive manufacturers, motor carriers, and transportation companies in high‑profile, enterprise-critical product liability, mass tort, and complex litigation. These clients rely on us as national trial and strategic counsel to manage the most challenging matters in the most notorious plaintiffs’ jurisdictions.

Referred to as a “leading defender of automotive manufacturers and transportation companies” by Legal 500, we represent our automotive and transportation clients in federal multidistrict litigation, coordinated state mass‑action proceedings, and individual cases pending in federal and state courts across the country. We frequently serve as national coordinating and strategic counsel, managing dockets involving hundreds or thousands of cases, overseeing nationwide discovery, and developing cutting‑edge legal and trial strategies to defend matters through verdict when necessary.

Clients turn to us to handle the most difficult cases facing the transportation industry, including catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims involving challenging facts and strong emotional appeal before juries. Our lawyers are skilled at immediate accident response and conducting post-accident investigations that collect and preserve critical evidence. We ensure the necessary documents and information are preserved, witnesses are appropriately interviewed, and our client’s defense is properly developed from the very outset. 

Our success is driven by our understanding of automotive technologies, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and restraint systems, and technical experience in critical areas such as accident reconstruction, driver behavior, human factors, and biomechanics. This experience allows us to develop the best defense for our automotive and transportation clients working with our outside expert team, and to successfully cross-examine, and frequently exclude, plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. This also enables us to prepare company witnesses for deposition and trial in cases involving motor vehicle crashes. We use tested strategies to effectively prepare these witnesses and defend against reptile theories and other tactics of the plaintiff’s bar. And as automotive technology has evolved, so have we, counseling and litigating on behalf of automotive companies in connection with autonomous, connected and electric vehicles.