Eric C. Palombo, Transportation Law Shareholder, was recently installed as chair of the Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) Rail Transportation Committee. In this role, Palombo will lead and oversee the work of the committee to meet its goals of collaboration, proactive participation, growth, and addressing pressing issues in rail litigation, legislation, safety, infrastructure, and more. Palombo's term will be one year. The committee is comprised of nearly 100 in-house and private practice attorneys.
Palombo is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Transportation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on representing clients in matters involving substantial property damage claims and commercial disputes, including significant derailments, freight claim litigation and matters involving damage to transportation infrastructure such as maritime allisions, maritime limitation of liability actions, and architectural, engineering and construction defect cases.
The Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) is an independent bar association, comprised of in-house, government and private practice attorneys. Its members assist providers and commercial users of domestic and international logistics and transportation services, in all modes.