John K. Fiorilla
Shareholder
Litigation Department. Focuses practice in the railroad industry and helping to create and present railroad managment policy and positions with diversified management and litigation experience as both house counsel and local counsel for Class I and Short Line Railroads. He has specific experience in presenting finance, real estate, operations, engineering, government affairs, and customer service positions.
Areas of Practice
- Admiralty Law
- Administrative Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- FELA
- Municipal Law
- Railroad Law
- Real Estate
- Tax Litigation
- Transportation Law
- Litigation & Appeals
Bar Admissions
- Interstate Commerce Commission, 1979
- New Jersey, 1975
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2008
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1983
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2005
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2002
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1974
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2010
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1980
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2006
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2008
- U.S. District Court District of Maine, 2009
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2011
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. - 1974
- Seton Hall University
- A.B. - 1971
- Major: Government
Classes/Seminars
- Preemption Negotiation and Litigation - Making It Work For You, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
- Railroad Eminent Domain - Jersey Style, Norfolk Southern Real Estate Department
- Railroad Eminent Domain - Jersey Style, Norfolk Southern
- Preemption. Where It Stands - Practical Business Applications of Recent Preemption Rulings, ASLRAA 96th Annual Convention Meeting, Las Vegas NV
- Federal Preemption of Rail Facilities -- A Shortline Prospective, American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association, 2007
- Condemnation of Property by Railroads -- Eminent Domain Powers of Railroads under New Jersey Law, New Jersey Transportation Conference, 2007
Honors and Awards
- Named a "Super Lawyer" as voted by his peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Top Attorneys" as published by SJ Magazine
- In a survey of the Top 500 U.S. companies by Corporate Counsel magazine, Norfolk Southern selected Capehart Scatchard as a “Go To Law Firm” due to his assistance in the area of litigation
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association
- Association for Transportation Law Professionals
- Conference of Freight Counsel
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- New Jersey State Bar Association, (Federal Practice and Procedure Section)
- Legislative Aide to Congressman Robert A. Roe, 1971 - 1974
- Surface Transportation Board, 1975
- Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, Assistant General Attorney, 1975 - 1976
- Consolidated Rail Corporation, Senior General Attorney - Litigation, 1976 - 1990
- National Railway Historical Society, General Counsel, 1995 - Present
- Tri-State Railway Historical Society, General Counsel, 1975 - Present
