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The firm was founded in 1955 by George Galland and Robert Kharasch. The founders' original aim was to assemble a group of lawyers expert in regulatory and legislative issues -- "Washington" issues -- faced by businesses in the transportation industry. They saw a genuine need for attorneys experienced in practicing before the various federal agencies involved in transportation. These included the traditional agencies that regulate transportation economics or safety, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Maritime Commission, Maritime Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and the Department of Transportation. The firm also gained expertise in other agencies (too numerous to mention) with an indirect regulatory impact on transportation.

Satisfied with our work on these "Washington" issues, the firm's clients soon began to ask more of Galland Kharasch lawyers. Expertise flowed naturally from one area to another. . .

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  • The firm expanded its expertise in corporate, commercial and tax law in response to requests to handle domestic and international transactions involving transportation companies including aircraft, ships, and railroad. These transactions have or continue to en surpass (equity and equipment acquisitions, labor, lease and commercial contract negotiations, and tax free exchanges transactions).
  • Antitrust expertise, for example, was a natural and necessary adjunct to dealing with the economic regulation imposed on air carriers by the CAB, ocean carriers by the FMC, and surface carriers by the ICC. Trademark, copyright and trade association expertise emerged in part from this core of antitrust experience, which led in turn to a broad-based intellectual property law practice.
  • Clients embroiled in disputes requiring a sophisticated knowledge of the transportation industry called on us to represent them in federal and state court litigation. Our influence on many areas of the law through litigation is illustrated by the dozens of published court and agency decisions (including U.S. Supreme Court opinions) in which the firm appeared.

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Businesses totally unrelated to the transportation industry sought the firm's assistance in specialties that had been developed initially to assist carrier or shipper clients. New industry specialties, such as technology transactions, government contracts, real estate and trade association representation, have developed based on synergies between the new practice areas and existing client needs and firm resources.