What We Do

Industry Contact(s)

Randall R. Riggs
Email
317.237.3814
Robert V. Sartin
Email
615.251.5553

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Related Practices

Automotive

The automotive industry in North America is emerging from industry changing events and managing through upcoming challenges will require focused and experienced counsel with a wide range of legal and business knowledge. Those looking to grow and seize opportunities will require the services of a strategic, multidisciplinary team.

With a team of attorneys dedicated to working in the automotive industry, and hundreds more ready to provide support in related areas of law, Frost Brown Todd can help manufacturers and suppliers not simply manage through and survive their current difficulties, but also structure themselves to prosper with the recovery.

Built on Experience

A veteran of the automotive industry, Frost Brown Todd has been serving automotive clients for over 20 years from its base at the center of the U.S. automotive manufacturing sector. With offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and West Virginia, Frost Brown Todd can provide quick, attentive service to its automotive clients. With contacts around the globe, the firm can work to provide services in Europe, South America and Asia.

Frost Brown Todd lawyers understand that, in order to serve our clients, we must be fully knowledgeable in the customs, practices and standards of the automotive industry. We are thoroughly familiar with the business of our automotive clients and the climate in which they operate, including not only operative legal issues, but also the business and technical factors that drive the industry. Our automotive group helps clients tackle some of the most challenging and complex legal issues facing the industry.

Global Industry Experience

Frost Brown Todd’s experience working with manufacturers and distributors in the automotive industry extends across the country and around the globe. By leveraging our membership in legal networks like U.S. Law Firm Group and Multilaw, and through our strategic alliance with Wahlert Rechtsanwälte in Stuttgart, centrally located near some of Europe’s largest industrial centers, our attorneys have the ability to craft international solutions.

Our Team

Frost Brown Todd provides a complete range of legal services for the auto industry that includes attorneys at all levels who “get” the automotive industry. The automotive group counts among its ranks, Member, Robert V. Sartin (Corporate), who has over 15 years of experience in the automotive industry and Counsel, Kelly W. Schulz, who spent extensive time as in-house counsel for a major Japanese automotive manufacturer. Our team also includes Members, Randall K. Riggs (Litigation) and Kevin C. Shiferl who practice in product liability litigation and over the years have represented almost every original equipment manufacturer as well as various Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers. These attorneys have helped instill in our firm a sensitivity to the requirements of doing business in the automotive industry, including the need for prompt communication and an ability to proactively anticipate emerging legal issues.