Attorney Robert S. Zuckerman Joins Law Firm from Horizon Lines
Williams Mullen (Virginia and North Carolina, USA) is pleased to announce that attorney Robert S. "Bob" Zuckerman has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Mr. Zuckerman will practice in the firm's Virginia Beach office and join its Maritime practice team.
Mr. Zuckerman brings with him more than 35 years of experience in the maritime industry, most recently in his role as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Horizon Lines, the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company.At Williams Mullen, Mr. Zuckerman will focus his practice on transportation matters, including domestic and international shipping, marine terminal operators and containerized shipping trucking services, arbitrations (domestic and international), maritime labor relations regarding shores and vessels side, regulatory and customs. Also, he brings senior antitrust experience with regulated transportation industries and labor relations, in addition to significant criminal and civil prosecutions and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Zuckerman will continue to serve as Vice President of Law and Government Affairs at Horizon Lines, a Charlotte-based NYSE publicly-held company where he has held several positions for over a decade. He previously served as Assistant Field Office Chief at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, where he worked on a President's Deregulation Task Force. He also held an in-house legal counsel position at Sea-Land Service.
A member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, he is also former Chairman of the Transportation and Industry Regulation Committees of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Zuckerman previously served as chairman of the Federal Bar Association Antitrust Section's Federal Regulation Committee. He is a Certified Arbitrator for National Arbitration Forum and FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc. He is also involved with the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals; National Industrial Transportation League; Navy League; National Defense Transportation Association; Chamber of Shipping of America; American Maritime Congress; Transportation Institute; Miraid and American Maritime Partnership.
Mr. Zuckerman earned his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and his juris doctor from Brooklyn Law School.
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