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Practice Areas :
Transportation and Infrastructure
Patton Boggs’ highly regarded Transportation and Infrastructure Practice provides strategic counsel to domestic and international clients on a wide range of congressional and executive branch policy, legislative and regulatory matters with an emphasis on creative federal funding, infrastructure development and advanced technology. The firm has a long and successful track record representing public and private sector clients including; state and local governments, transit, airport and port authorities, coalitions, corporations, public-private partnerships, universities and non-profits on the full spectrum of transportation, infrastructure and federal funding issues.
Our professionals, many of whom have held pivotal positions at federal agencies and in Congress, have in-depth substantive knowledge, technical expertise and years of experience in highways, transit, rail, aviation, ports, motor carriers, traffic safety, hazardous materials, pipelines, water and wastewater infrastructure and economic development. Our record includes consistent, high-level success in helping clients secure federal resources and address policy, program and regulatory issues.
The practice includes: a former Secretary of Transportation who also served as Federal Highway Administrator; a former senior career official who served under seven Secretaries of Transportation, Republican and Democrat, was responsible for developing and defending the Department’s budget and authorizing proposals and also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs; a former Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration; a former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary who also served as Chief of Staff to the Federal Railroad Administrator; a former appropriations counsel to the Chairman of the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee; and other former senior federal agency officials and key congressional staff.
We have been active on all major transportation and infrastructure legislation for more than 30 years. Our team has had unparalleled success in obtaining federal funding through authorizations, appropriations, agency grants and innovative financing, as well as through statutory changes in discretionary and formula programs – even getting new programs enacted into law. We have secured billions of dollars in funding for clients, including a large percentage of the nation’s largest cities and counties. Throughout the years we have worked with clients in developing and spearheading transformative policy changes and we are adept at translating complex transportation and infrastructure issues into public policy arguments to help clients achieve their goals.
Our professionals frequently achieve clients’ goals through administrative or regulatory changes at federal agencies or programmatic initiatives. We attribute our success to detailed substantive knowledge of federal programs and funding mechanisms and extensive experience with congressional and agency officials and practices. Our backgrounds are deep and broad and we have institutional memories, all of which helps us to solve even the most complex problems creatively and practically.
Patton Boggs represents clients in numerous and varied rail, motor carrier and maritime regulatory matters, including: hazardous materials approvals, special permits, interpretations, investigations and enforcement; environmental policy and compliance; safety issues and federal licensing. We have successfully assisted clients in complex Buy America and Buy American interpretations and compliance. Our international and domestic aviation experience includes matters involving international freight and cargo, security and new technologies, financial transactions and FAA standards. Our comprehensive practice includes professionals with significant knowledge of homeland security issues, government contracting and construction matters.
Our professionals are pioneers in assisting advanced technology companies introduce their products to the transportation and infrastructure markets. We believe these companies are the future of transportation and infrastructure development and operation, bringing innovations developed in computer software, defense, energy and even the entertainment industry to improve efficiency and sustainability and reduce costs. We have introduced these companies to decision-makers at every level of government -- federal, state and local -- effecting legislative and regulatory changes to promote and adopt innovative technologies.
To provide comprehensive counsel, the Patton Boggs Transportation and Infrastructure Practice works closely with other firm practice groups, including:
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