Eric Palombo Email & Phone Number

Eric Palombo is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and the Transportation Law Practice. Eric has extensive experience having litigated matters throughout the country. While his practice is diverse, his primary focus is on transportation law and representing clients in matters involving substantial property damage claims and commercial disputes, including significant derailments, freight claim litigation and matters involving damage to transportation infrastructure such as maritime allisions, maritime limitation of liability actions, and architectural, engineering and construction defect cases. His transportation experience covers rail, motor carrier and maritime law as well as claims arising under the Carmack Amendment and the Carriage of Goods by Seas Act.Eric handles matters through all stages of litigation from the inception of the claim through trial and appeal. Eric has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout the country including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Virginia and West Virginia. Through the course of his career, Eric has litigated multi-million dollar lawsuits representing corporate plaintiffs and defendants, achieving significant victories including recovering in excess of $20 million dollars on behalf of his clients and defeating claims ranging in size from the hundreds of thousands to over $10 million.In addition to his litigation experience, Eric assists clients in NTSB and U.S. Coast Guard investigations, in matters before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and in U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection matters associated with regulatory compliance and enforcement actions. He has also drafted carrier tariffs, transportation agreements and provides consultation on a wide variety of transportation and risk related issues. Eric works diligently to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients whether through dispositive motions, trial, appeal or settlement.Before joining Flaster Greenberg, Eric was a name partner of Cohen & Palombo, a boutique transportation law firm. Eric is a graduate of The Villanova University Law School, cum laude, where he was awarded Order of the Coif. After graduating from law school, he completed a one year judicial clerkship for the Honorable Susan Devlin Scott, in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.