Ask the Attorney "Trucking to and from Seaports in the Current Environment"

Description

Trucking to and from seaports in the current environment: legal perspectives on truckers’ rights, obligations and best practices to avoid financial exposure and maintain good customer relationships. Seattle transportation attorney Steve Block will offer his expertise and experience with port congestion, demurrage, detention and related issues in the post-pandemic era.

Who is Steve Block?

Steve Block is a Shareholder at Lane Powell PC in Seattle. He has over 35 years of litigation experience as a trial, transactional and regulatory lawyer in four state jurisdictions. His transportation and logistics experience extends to all modes (domestic and international maritime, trucking, aviation and railroad). It includes cargo litigation, international trade and border security law, defense of personal injury claims, employment, insurance coverage, and general commercial disputes. Steve represents transportation companies in regulatory matters before various state and local government agencies.

Steve received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law; an LL.M. in Admiralty from Tulane Law School; an M.A. in Russian Studies from Middlebury College; a certificate from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, Russia; and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina. He is admitted to practice in Washington, Alaska, New York and the District of Columbia, as well as the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, the District of Alaska, the District of Colorado, and the Southern District of New York; the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of International Trade.



Steve served as the national president of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals in 2005-2006, as well as the president of its Puget Sound Chapter in 1999-2000. He is a Proctor in Admiralty member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. 

In addition to his articles for ForwarderLaw, Steve is co-editor of the Motor Column of Association of Transportation Law Professionals Highlights Blog and a frequent contributor to The Transportation Lawyer, published by the Transportation Lawyers Association. Steve has been named a “Washington Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters in the area of Transportation/Maritime since 2008.