John D. Heffner, PLLC - Railroad Transportation Law Firm
Regional and Short Line Freight Railroads | Public Agencies | Railroad Passenger Service | Railroad Lenders, Investors, and Vendors | Railroad Shippers
Based in Washington, D.C., John D. Heffner, PLLC, is a boutique transportation and administrative law Firm with a national practice. Established in 2001, John D. Heffner, PLLC, offers sophisticated legal services for railroad and railroad-related clients seeking regulatory, industry, transactional, and commercial advice. Specific matters handled include federal licensing for railroad line acquisition, construction, and abandonment as well as carrier mergers and consolidations, commercial disputes, rate and service matters, negotiation, drafting, and review of railroad industry agreements, and government and private financing. The Firm provides clients with advice and counseling as well as filings and litigation before the Surface Transportation Board (STB), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, federal appeals courts, and private arbitration panels.
The Firm provide prides itself on providing clients with the sort of cost-effective, innovative problem solving that can only be obtained through a detailed understanding of the railroad transportation business and relationships with industry leaders. The Firm believes it can best assist its clients by visiting their properties and getting to know their business and their people.
The Firm’s diverse client base include established class II regional railroads and class III short line railroads, start up entrepreneurial railroad ventures, tourist passenger railroads, commuter rail authorities, publicly owned port authorities, state and local governments, rail shippers, and railroad industry lenders, investors, and vendors. The Firm is available to offer general counsel services to clients that cannot afford to employ an in house legal department. Additionally, the Firm has provided consulting and expert witness services to other law Firms and transportation consultants.
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John D. Heffner, PLLC
1920 N Street NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-263-4180 | Email
Fax: 202-296-3939
John D. Heffner, PLLC, provides railroad-related legal services to clients throughout Washington, D.C.
