Focus Areas
Aviation
- Advised U.S. air carriers on issues pertaining to alliances with other carriers, such as codeshares and joint ventures, and in obtaining authorizations for such alliances from the Department of Transportation
- Advised air carriers on many regulatory aspects of air transport, especially the application of air transport treaties
Ocean Transportation
- Counseled shippers on ocean transportation contracts, including service contracts for containerized shipments, NVOCC negotiated rate arrangements, NVOCC service arrangements
- Advised ocean transportation intermediaries on compliance with Federal Maritime Commission regulations
- Advised shipper clients on demurrage/detention charges assessed by ocean common carriers and ocean transportation intermediaries
Rail Transportation
- Counseled shipper clients on demurrage/storage charges assessed by rail carriers
- Advised shipper clients on hazardous materials regulations applicable to rail transportation
- Advising a client in obtaining authority to construct and operate a rail line
- Counseled clients in connection with Surface Transportation Board proposed rules related to class exemptions and rail rate review reforms
Truck Transportation
- Counseled shipper clients in negotiating truck transportation agreements with motor carriers and brokers
- Advised clients on compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules, including hours of service, driver licensing and recordkeeping requirements
- Drafted comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on driver hours of service rules
Automotive Safety
- Represents automobile original equipment manufacturers in connection with defects investigations and recall campaigns before the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Counsels clients in their compliance with NHTSA regulations on a variety of matters, including U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, TREAD reporting requirements, electric vehicles and autonomous driving systems
- Developed safety compliance programs for several automobile original equipment manufacturers
Trade Remedy Litigation
- Represents U.S. producers of glycine in antidumping and countervailing duty cases
- Prepared evasion allegations against importers under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015
- Handled sections 232 and 301 tariff exclusion requests
- “GAO Audit: AD/CVD Process Ensures Petitions Are Not Meritless, Inaccurate, Incomplete or Filed to Obstruct Domestic Market Competition,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2023
- “STB Denies Stay of Arbitration Program Opt-In Requirement; Permits Filing of New Petitions for Stay,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, February 2023
- “STB Adopts New Processes to Make Rail Rate Relief More Accessible to Shippers,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, January 2023
- “FMC Proposes Rule to Define Ocean Carrier ‘Unreasonable Refusals to Deal or Negotiate Vessel Space Accommodations,’” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, October 2022
- “FMC Takes Actions to Implement OSRA 2022,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, August 2022
- “Ocean Shipping Reform Act Addresses Supply Chain Challenges and Carrier Shipping Practices,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, June 2022
- “FMCSA Requests Comments on Broker and Bona Fide Agents Definitions,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, June 2022
- “STB Proposes to Amend Its Emergency Service Regulations,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, May 2022
- “Summary of Recent Financial and Comprehensive Sanctions Related to the Ukraine-Russia Crisis,” Thompson Hine The Latest on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis, March 2022
- “FMC Seeks Comments on Establishing Demurrage and Detention Charge Billing Requirements,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, February 2022
- “New Multiagency Business Advisory on Heightened Risk of Doing Business in Burma,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2022
- “NHTSA Issues Standing General Order on ADAS and ADS Crash Reporting,” Thompson Hine Mobility Matters Quarterly, January 2022
- “Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” Thompson Hine Mobility Matters Quarterly, January 2022
- “FMC Issues Policy Statements on Private Party Complaints, Including Retaliation Concerns,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, January 2022
- “The STB Denies CN Voting Trust,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, September 2021
- “FMC To Audit Ocean Carrier Demurrage and Detention Practices,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, July 2021
- “Executive Order Targets Rail, Ocean and Air Transportation Competition and Unreasonable Practices,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, July 2021
- “CP and KCS Submit Merger Prefiling Notification and Proposed Procedural Schedule,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, March 2021
- “Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to Merge,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, March 2021
- “FMC Proposes to Permit Service Contract Filings up to 30 Days After the Effective Date,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, January 2021
- “FAA Issues Final Rule on Remote Drone Identification, Thompson Hine Transportation Update, January 2021
- “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Implications for Business,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, December 2020
- “FMC Expands Investigation of Ocean Carrier Alliance Practices in U.S. Ports,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, November 2020
- “FMC Extends Service Contract Exemption and Issues Ocean Carrier Billing Practice NOI,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, October 2020
- “FMCSA Proposes New Driver Hours of Service and Age Limit Pilot Programs,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, October 2020
- “FMCSA Amends Its Driver Hours of Service Rules,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, May 2020
- “FMC Issues Final Guidance on Unreasonable Demurrage and Detention Practices to Improve Ocean Freight Fluidity,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, April 2020
- “U.S. Government Agencies Stress the Importance of Corporate Compliance Programs Through the Issuance of Guidance Documents,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2019
- “Opportunities For The Oil Industry In NAFTA Renegotiations,” Law360, January 2018
Community Activities
- Member, Transparency International
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Master of Law, 2017
- Bilgi University, Master of Law, 2016
- Koc University, LL.B., 2012
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Istanbul, Turkey
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of International Trade
Languages
- German
- Turkish
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- Congress Takes Action on Rail Safety Following East Palestine Derailment,
Transportation Update
, March 7, 2023 - GAO Audit: AD/CVD Process Ensures Petitions Are Not Meritless, Inaccurate, Incomplete or Filed to Obstruct Domestic Market Competition,
International Trade Update
, February 6, 2023 - STB Denies Stay of Arbitration Program Opt-In Requirement; Permits Filing of New Petitions for Stay,
Transportation Update
, February 3, 2023 - STB Adopts New Processes to Make Rail Rate Relief More Accessible to Shippers,
Transportation Update
, January 9, 2023 - FMC Proposes Rule to Define Ocean Carrier “Unreasonable Refusals to Deal or Negotiate Vessel Space Accommodations”,
Transportation Update
, October 11, 2022 - FMC Takes Actions to Implement OSRA 2022,
Transportation Update
, August 17, 2022 - Mobility Matters Quarterly – August 2022,
Mobile Source Emissions & Vehicle Safety Update
, August 2022 - FMCSA Requests Comments on Broker and Bona Fide Agents Definitions,
Transportation Update
, June 17, 2022 - Ocean Shipping Reform Act Addresses Supply Chain Challenges and Carrier Shipping Practices,
Transportation Update
, June 17, 2022 - STB Proposes to Amend Its Emergency Service Regulations,
Transportation Update
, May 3, 2022