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Justin Daniels is a corporate attorney who advises domestic and international companies on business growth, M&A, and technology transactions, with over $2 billion in closed deals. He helps clients navigate complex issues involving technologies like AI, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, SaaS and fintech.

Shannon Cohen primarily practices in emerging technologies, independent contractor issues, and legislative services.

Cohen focuses on forthcoming and active legislation and regulation pertaining to issues affecting motor carriers, particularly on legislation touching on the independent contractor status of owner-operators. She has extensive experience counseling clients on owner-operator programs and issues attendant to the design of a successful owner-operator model. These services include:

Prasad Sharma’s practice focuses on state and federal legislative and regulatory advocacy work and an array of regulatory compliance issues. From the Firm’s D.C. office, Sharma leads legislative support initiatives and provides a legal liaison function to Firm clients seeking transportation and logistics industry national and state association outreach. He spearheads outreach efforts within the Firm’s network of industry leaders to align efforts to achieve legislative outcomes that protect the future of the transportation industry.

Kelli Block’s practice is devoted to assisting clients with a variety of legal issues, concentrating on independent contractor issues facing the transportation industry. She counsels transportation carriers, freight forwarders, and logistics companies on owner-operator, regulatory compliance, transportation contract review, insurance, alternative risk management, employment tax, and unclaimed property matters. She also defends transportation companies in various investigation and enforcement matters, including IRS audits, U.S.

Gregory Feary is president and a managing partner of the Scopelitis Law Firm. He focuses on laws regarding transportation and related industries, including independent contractor issues, legislation, insurance, corporate structure designs, and contract matters. He also serves as a primary contact for mergers and acquisitions due diligence work and advises on corporate structure and risk mitigation issues.

He has created and counseled many captive insurance companies. Additional services Feary provides include:

Brian Faughnan is a sole practitioner and owner of Faughnan Law, PLLC, located in Memphis, Tennessee.  Prior to founding his own law firm, Brian practiced law for over twenty years in large and mid-sized full-service law firms.  In addition to handling business litigation and appellate litigation, his practice focus involves solving problems for lawyers.  Over the years, Brian has represented hundreds of lawyers in disciplinary matters, law firms and lawyers in litigation and other matters involving professional liability, and applicants for admission

Marc S. Blubaugh is a Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Transportation & Logistics Practice Group, which has been designated by U.S. News & World Report / Best Law Firms as the “Transportation Law Firm of the Year” numerous times, including 2025. Mr. Blubaugh has also been recognized as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the area of Transportation Law and has been ranked in Band 1 (the highest ranking) on a national basis by Chambers.