Eric is Co-Chair of the firm’s Transportation & Logistics Practice Group and a Vice Chair of the Litigation Group. Under Eric’s leadership, Benesch was named Law Firm of the Year for 2025, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2016 and 2014 in the area of Transportation Law by Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”. Only one law firm per practice area in the U.S. receives this recognition each year, making this award a particularly significant achievement. For the twelfth consecutive year (2014-2025), Benesch also received a national first-tier ranking in Transportation Law also by Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” Eric has litigated or arbitrated matters in 31 states, before state and federal trial and appellate courts in various jurisdictions, and before the Surface Transportation Board, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Olympic Committee, the Better Business Bureau, the Federal Maritime Commission and the Court of International Trade. Over the past 18 years, Eric has taken 37 cases to trial. His record in these cases is 34-3. In his litigation career, Eric has saved his clients $14.9 billion in potential exposure and risk, through his litigation wins for them. Eric was recognized as a 2025 “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation. Eric has advised, consulted with, or litigated on behalf of, over 100 freight intermediaries across the country and the world. Over the past decade, Eric has been involved in over 50 Transportation & Logistics M&A transactions. Eric focuses his practice primarily upon commercial litigation, transportation, logistics and e-commerce law consult and litigation, insurance, coverage and bad faith matters, and product liability matters, including medical device defense, consumer product defense and industrial product defense.