Overview
Martha represents and assists North American transportation and logistics providers and users on a wide variety of transportation issues.
Martha focuses her practice on risk analysis and contract drafting and negotiation. She is fully aware that risk cannot be eliminated, but it should be understood.
She has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating domestic and international transportation, logistics, and supply chain management contracts. She advises shippers, carriers, and logistics companies of all sizes regarding cargo liability, risk management, contracting, and collection issues. Martha represented U.S. carriers on the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade’s Sub-Committee on Uniform Liability Regime, which involved negotiations with representatives of Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. shippers, carriers, and government representatives.
Prior to joining Benesch, Martha had experience in operations and administration in the transportation industry, including terminal operations, accounting, pricing, collections, cargo claims management, and finally Senior Attorney for Consolidated Freightways. In the position of Senior Attorney, she was responsible for all transportation related legal issues, including contracts, cargo claims, regulatory matters, and litigation management.
