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In second grade, Francisco Castillo stood before his class with an announcement most seven-year-olds would never dream of making. While his classmates declared ambitions to fight fires or travel to space, Castillo had a different vision: he wanted to own an airline. Not any airline—a small carrier based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hopping between […]

Melissa Dimitriadis never expected her career to unfold within a single company. Yet more than 18 years after joining Traffic Tech in an entry-level role, she now serves as the organization’s chief legal officer, leading a global legal team and helping guide one of the logistics industry’s fastest-growing third-party providers through expansion, litigation, hiring, and […]

When Sam Stone joined Blade Urban Air Mobility in 2021, the skies were anything but clear. The New York City-based aviation startup was navigating the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic while preparing to go public. Flights were grounded, markets were volatile, and the future of travel seemed uncertain. For Stone, it was the perfect storm […]

Growing up, Abigail Miranda’s father was a car aficionado fond of the craftsmanship and innovative brilliance of Mercedes-Benz vehicles. He drove several throughout Miranda’s younger days, so when Mercedes-Benz Vans tapped her in early 2020 to join its legal team, her dad was ecstatic. “My dad was a big car guy,” she says. “He drove […]

Navigating the intricate web of legal challenges at a global technology giant like Uber requires extraordinary expertise, and few roles are as demanding as that of Eric Lipman, the company’s director of litigation and global competition. Lipman juggles a dizzying array of responsibilities—antitrust litigation, mergers and acquisitions, ordinary course counseling on various issues, and employee […]

When Nate Smith spoke to Vanguard magazine in mid-September, he had just returned from a trip to East Palestine, Ohio, where he completed a $600 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that occurred in the town on Feb. 3, 2023. Smith, the company’s general counsel focused on […]

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve paid for the same motion in similar matters in multiple venues,” Smolik says. “I don’t want to be paying for the same research, same motion, same set of interrogatories multiple times. By harnessing our data and organizing it in a user-friendly searchable format, we will drive efficiencies […]

From asphalt plants and railroads in Chile to the new monorail line in Panama City, Mario Andres Salgado’s work as legal manager for the Latin America and Caribbean divisions of the Colas Group takes him places. That’s because meeting with engineers, contractors, plant managers and outside counsel is crucial to understanding the needs of the […]

Albert Nicholson never aspired to be an attorney, let alone practice law while earning his bachelor’s degree in mass and organizational communications studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. However, when he took a required course in the legal process, his interest in law was piqued. Then, when he was exposed to labor and […]

If getting there is half the fun, it’s also true that it’s not always easy. That’s the case for many of Transdev North America’s customers—people of limited means and sometimes mobility who don’t own vehicles and aren’t able to walk for errands, medical appointments or family visits. Transdev operates transportation systems, including specialized paratransit services […]