Kenneth Ray Hoffman

Ken represents clients in the transportation and logistics industry in matters regarding regulatory, corporate (including M&A) and government relations matters, both domestic and international. His clients include domestic and foreign multimodal, land transport and container depot interests as well as carriers, shippers and intermediaries. Ken appears before state and federal courts and regulatory agencies, and in mediation and arbitration proceedings. He provides counsel and litigation for complex cargo loss and damage, contracts, hazardous materials, safety compliance, personal injury, and cross-border transportation matters. Ken is proficient in Spanish and has assisted with projects in Mexico, Canada, South America and Europe.

He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Missouri, District of Kansas, District of Colorado, and the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. He is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri, Texas and Colorado.

Ken sits on the board of directors of the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone (“GKCFTZ”). GKCFTZ received Grants of Authority from the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone's Board in Washington, D.C. to establish and operate Foreign Trade Zone 15 (Missouri) and Foreign Trade Zone 17 (Kansas) on December 20, 1973 and March 3, 1973, respectively ("FTZ"). Zones 15 and 17 process more goods and merchandise (measured by $$ value of goods received and forwarded) than FTZ's in St. Louis, Denver and other Ports of Entry in the Heartland of America.