Jonathan Todd

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Jonathan Todd serves as Vice Chair of Benesch’s Transportation & Logistics Group. Jonathan’s clients include manufacturers, retailers, technology companies, carriers of all modes, freight forwarders, and property brokers. He has spent his entire career focused on handling transportation, logistics, warehousing, fulfillment, procurement, sales, and import or export matters.

His portfolio of experience includes industry mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and negotiating of all forms, government license and permit management, business operations counsel, new business lines, new market entry, geopolitical risk management, regulatory compliance counsel and enforcement defense, claims, and dispute resolution.

Perspective is everything among attorneys. Jon has served the industry on advisory committees and councils by appointment of the Transportation Secretary, Commerce Secretary, TSA Administrator, and Ohio Governor. He previously served as senior counsel and officer for a global transportation, logistics, and customs brokerage provider. Along the way, he received a graduate degree in supply chain management, a certificate in international law, a customs broker license, and a fellow designation from the Association for Supply Chain Management.

Jonathan is a national authority on supply chain management, transportation and logistics, and international trade matters. He frequently speaks at events across the country, and his commentary is widely published in: Forbes Newsroom, Vogue Business, Bloomberg Law, Inbound Logistics, Supply Chain Dive, FreightWaves, Inside Supply Management Magazine, and Law360.

Professional Memberships

Member, Air Forwarders Association (AFA) - Contributor to “At The Bar” Column; Member, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS); Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP); Boardmember - District Export Council for Northern Ohio; Member, Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM); Member, National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA); Member, Transportation Lawyer’s Association (TLA); Boardmember - Truckload Carrier Association (TCA)

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