Transportation Lawyer in NYC

​Transportation law is a specialized area of law that deals with the regulations, policies, and legal issues surrounding the movement of goods and people.  This includes rules governing land, air, and sea transportation, covering issues such as driver safety, vehicle standards, and shipping logistics.  In New York, transportation law is particularly important due to sheer volume of vehicles and businesses operating in the city.

Transportation lawyers must be prepared to provide emergency response and crisis management services for our clients, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  By its very nature, transportation is labor-intensive.  Thus, our labor and employment skills are an integral part of counseling our clients in the transportation industry.

Our transportation team provides a wide range of services to promote sustainability, technology innovation, safety, accessibility and equity.  One of these services is Romano Law’s transportation defense.  This encompasses providing clients with a comprehensive defense to reduce or eliminate liability on their behalf, including elements such as safety measures, training programs, vehicle inspections, and government compliance protocols.

Romano Law’s team of attorneys can represent parties on both the corporate and individual levels in transportation issues.  Romano Law represents some of the biggest and best transportation entities in New York City, including car services, black car and luxury limousine bases, Technology Service Providers, E-Hail Providers and other licensed operators in the for-hire vehicle industry.

The team at Romano Law has seasoned litigators and transactional attorneys with years of experience in transportation, employment, and business law.  In today’s gig economy, our lawyers have a long track record of successful results at the trial and appellate level in more clearly defining the difference between an employee and an independent contractor.

For-hire vehicles (FHVs) serve an array of customers, neighborhood and needs that reflect the full diversity of New York.  Today there are over 110,000 licensed FHVs operating out of over 600 Base Stations throughout the five boroughs of New York City.  To effectively represent the FHV industry, a law firm must understand its diversity and how it operates. Romano Law is a leading advisor for many large livery and black car bases.  We help our clients make business decisions and proactively consider possible ramifications of their actions.

Romano Law’s transportation law team has extensive experience practicing in New York, representing a variety of matters concerning transportation network companies, trucking companies, car rental companies, commercial lines, ride sharing and technology companies, fleets, and other transportation organizations.  As litigators, Romano Law’s team has significant trial and courtroom experience in New York, as well as experience writing legislation that state transportation lawyers use today.

We understand the importance of performing a thorough investigation of our client’s issues and providing them with a strategy for representation as quickly as possible while keeping them informed throughout each state of their defense.  Romano Law’s attorneys have tried and arbitrated many claims arising from transportation-related services.  Through this, we use creative and forward-thinking strategies to help clients resolve disputes in a cost-effective manner.

To effectively represent those in the For-Hire-Vehicle industry, a law firm must understand its diversity and how it operates.  Romano Law has become the “legal partner and trusted advisor” to several corporate entities in New York City.  Similar to the in-house legal counsel of large corporations, Romano Law has become intimately familiar with the business methods and objectives of our clients.  Accordingly, when our clients make business decisions, they seek our legal counsel to consider possible ramifications proactively.  Romano Law also assists its clients with regulatory and governmental matters, ranging from obtaining appropriate licenses for their businesses to resolving disputes with government entities.

No other law firm in New York City is as steeped as us in the legal and operational issues that affect the for-hire vehicle industry.  Our practice in the ground transportation industry now includes labor and employment matters, corporate formation, motor vehicle insurance defense, transportation regulation, trademark protection, contracts, Workers Compensation defense, asset and purchase agreements, risk management and other commercial litigation matters.

Our attorneys also helped draft the statute that providers workers’ compensation benefits for serious injuries and crimes committed against drivers dispatched by livery bases.  This statute created the New York Independent Driver Benefit Fund, which helped solve a workers’ compensation problem that had spanned three decades due to the many gray areas associated with the law regarding whether livery drivers are employees or independent contractors.  This experience, as litigators and transactional attorneys, provides unmatched legal counsel in any transportation issues that may arise.