Mr. William J. Augello has a 50-year career as a practicing attorney specializing in transportation and administrative law. Mr. Augello attended the Academy of Advanced Traffic in New York after receiving a degree in Psychology at Dartmouth College. He then obtained his law degree at Fordham University while working at his family-owned transportation consulting firm. He is "Of Counsel" to his former firm, Augello, Pezold & Hirschmann, P.C. of Huntington, NY, and is the Executive Director of the Transportation Consumer Protection Council, Inc. He continues to provide legal advice and expert testimony on transportation matters. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona teaching transportation law, and is on the Faculty and Board of Directors of the Institute of Logistical Management.

He has been recognized and honored by Syracuse University (Harry E. Saltzberg Honorary Medallion), the Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity (Transportation Man of the Year), Transportation Lawyers Association (Distinguished Service Award), Colorado Transportation Community’s “Operation Stimulus” (Outstanding Educator of the Year) and by the Shippers National Freight Claim Council, Inc. (Past Presidents’ Award). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Denver University’s Intermodal Transportation Institute, and is a coordinator of transportation programs at the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Law.

Professor Augello has devoted his entire career to studying, teaching and writing transportation law subjects for transportation professionals, attorneys, students and paralegals. Transportation, Logistics and the Law is his 15th text – probably his most comprehensive. It is frequently linked to Freight Claims in Plain English for readers desiring to conduct more in-depth research on a freight claim or carrier liability problem.

Other Texts By The Author

• Freight Claims in Plain English (1979)(1982)(1995)
• Protecting Shippers’ Interests (1997)
• A Guide to Transportation After the Sunsetting of the ICC (1996)(1997)
• Doing Business Without the ICC (1995)
• Doing Business Under the New Transportation Law:
   - The Negotiated Rates Act (1994)
   - The Trucking Industry Regulatory Reform Act (1995)
   - The Preemption of State Regulation
  
• Defending and Avoiding Undercharge Claims (1991)
• Transportation Contracts in Plain English (1990)
• Freight Claim Prevention in Plain English (1989)
• Corporate Procedures for Shipping & Receiving (1998)
• Transportation Insurance in Plain English (1985)