50 Years of Private Legal Practice Experience
Mr. Graves focuses his practice on the needs of businesses and the transportation industry. In addition to 26 years of private commercial law practice, he served in senior management of three different types of surface transportation companies; as president of a major regional LTL general commodities carrier; as a president of a large national truckload carrier; and vice-chairman and chief legal officer of a logistics management and intermodal marketer.
Business Law
Business law encompasses the law governing contracts, sales, employment law, business organizations, property and bailments. Business law may include such issues as forming, selling or buying a corporation, managing a small business, dealing with employees, or dealing with contracts, among other things.
In addition to 26 years of private legal practice, Mr. Graves has spent 23 years in Senior Management of large commercial business and charitable ventures requiring a wide breadth of depth of knowledge and application of business law.
Commercial Litigation
Commercial transactions and business relationships often go bad and turn into disputes, resulting in costly litigation. When parties are unable to resolve their disputes through negotiation and discussion, litigation may be the only way to end the matter. When you are faced with commercial litigation issues, you need the expertise of a seasoned commercial litigation attorney.
Commercial litigation is a general term that applies to any type of litigation or controversy related to business issues, including contract disputes, UCC disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, business dissolutions, disputes over employment agreements, and antitrust or trade actions.
Commercial litigation matters can range from simple to extremely complex matters that could take years to resolve. With capable legal counsel working for you, you will know that your interests are being protected.
Mr. Graves has conducted the trials, arbitrations and mediations of over a thousand commercial litigation disputes without a single material uninsured adverse result.
Transportation Law
Transportation law encompasses federal and state laws pertaining to highways, mass transit, rail, aviation, maritime and motor carriers, traffic safety, hazardous materials and pipelines. The Department of Transportation, a federal agency, and state -created laws govern transportation in the United States.
Mr. Graves represents and advises clients in matters including contractual disputes, owner-operator agreements, bills of lading, broker issues, third party logistics, warehousing and storage issues, freight claims, carrier acquisitions and financing, regulatory matters, and complex tariff and rate issues. Mr. Graves has been involved in Transportation Law for over 49 years, commencing with his admission to practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1961.