Jeffrey O Moreno

Practice Areas

Jeff is senior counsel in the firm's Transportation practice group, where he handles both commercial and regulatory transportation issues, with a heavy focus on transportation by rail and truck. He advises shipper clients and transportation intermediaries on transportation contract matters, rail rate and service issues, loss and damage claims, hazardous materials regulatory compliance and liability, rail line purchase and construction, rail abandonments, rail car leases, and a host of related transportation issues. This includes litigation or arbitration, when necessary.

Jeff has extensive experience in matters before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and agencies within the Department of Transportation, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). He handles all rail regulatory matters within the jurisdiction of the STB. Before the NHTSA, Jeff advises auto equipment manufacturers on various vehicle equipment safety requirements and safety recalls. At the FRA and FMCSA, he advises clients on rail and motor carrier safety requirements, respectively. In addition, Jeff handles hazardous material enforcement and compliance matters before the FRA and PHMSA.

In today's capacity-constrained transportation markets, Jeff has been particularly active in helping clients address their service and cost concerns. He has been at the forefront of changes in rail rate regulation, having represented a large coalition of shippers in the STBs revisions to its small rate case regulations and having successfully prosecuted the very first cases filed under those new rules. More recently, he has represented several chemical and plastics companies in some of the most complex large rate cases ever filed at the STB. Jeff also has represented shippers and trade associations in regulatory proceedings concerning the safety and security of hazardous materials transportation, as well as the common carrier obligation of rail carriers to haul hazardous materials.

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