James Ehrig has joined the aviation practice of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, a law firm based in Washington, D.C.
Ehrig has years of experience advising aviation clients in all aspects of regulatory compliance in a wide variety of administrative, adjudicatory, and enforcement matters before the Department of Transportation, the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and other federal and state agencies, according to company officials. He previously served as an attorney advisor at the DOT’s Office of Hearings; as an attorney advisor at the Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Hearings, and as a law clerk in D.C. Superior Court.
Ehrig earned his J.D. from the Loyola University Law School and his undergraduate degree from Hobart College.
Eckert Seamans has over 330 attorneys located in 11 offices throughout the United States including Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Southpointe and West Chester, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia; Wilmington, Delaware; Charleston, West Virginia; and White Plains, New York. The firm provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, tax and estate law, trucking and transportation law. Eckert Seamans’ practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country’s business and social fabric. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state, and local governmental and educational entities. For more information: www.eckertseamans.com
