Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Transportation, Warehousing, and Logistics Industry Expert Witness

Since 1980, Armstrong & Associates, Inc. has provided a host of startup, strategic planning, logistics outsourcing, and expert witness solutions.

Expert Witness

Evan Armstrong has been an expert witness in cases involving third-party logistics (3PL) customer contracts, non-compete agreements, secure warehousing practices, liability, and duties of transportation and warehousing logistics providers. He has provided expert testimony  in the following cases:

  • C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. v. XPO Logistics, Inc., Louis J. Amo, Jr., Bradley Bell, M. Sean Fernandez, William F. Kratt, IV, Robert A. Martin, Gregory W. Ritter, Jacob K. Schnell, and Timothy V. Thomas, Minnesota 4th Jud. Dis., Hennepin Cty. Case No. 27-CV-12-16003
  • Braintree Laboratories, Inc. and Affordable Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Bedrock Logistics, LLC, James Sears, and Henry Villalobos, U.S. Dist. Ct. Mass. Ct. Case No. 16-11936-IT
  • Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Jason Adkins, XPO Logistics, Inc., XPO Global Forwarding, Inc., Afif Baltagi, Mid America Tire of Hillsboro, Inc. d/b/a Best-One Tire & Service of Hillsboro, Todd Wilkin, and John Eckerd, U.S. Dist. Ct. Southern District of Ohio Eastern Div. Case No. 2:17-CV-00143-SDM-KAJ
  • Vecron Exim Ltd. v. XPO Logistics, Inc., XPO Global Forwarding, Inc., and Afif Baltagi, U.S. Dist. Ct. Southern District of Texas Houston Div., Case No. 4:18-CV-02394
  • Kirby Developments LLC v. XPO Logistics, Inc. and XPO Global Forwarding, Inc., Midwest Coal, LLC, Mid America Tire of Hillsboro, Inc. d/b/a Best-One Tire & Service of Hillsboro, Jason Adkins, Afif Baltagi, John Eckerd, Todd Wilkin, L.A.D. Impex Corporation, and Ahmet Neidik. U.S. Dist. Ct. Southern District of Ohio Eastern Div., Case No. 2:18-cv-00500
  • Plaintiff GlobalTranz Enterprises, LLC (“GTZ”) and Defendants Pinnacle Logistics Group, LLC, an Arizona corporation; Nicholas Jarvis and Jane Doe Jarvis, husband and wife; Tyler Harper and Jane Doe Harper, husband and wife; Vincent Lamia and Jane Doe Lamia, husband, and wife; Megan MacDonald and John Doe MacDonald, wife, and husband. United States District Court, District of Arizona, Case No. 22-CV-00545-JAT
  • Plaintiffs, Cynthia and Randy Boatman, and Defendants Ruby Express, Inc. (“Ruby”); Transcontinental Express, Inc.; and named DOES GlobalTranz Enterprises, LLC (“GTZ”) and its agent BLX, Inc. (“BLX”). Superior Court of California, Sacramento, Case No. 34-2019-00261259.
  • Plaintiff, Rapid Transport, Inc. and Defendant Grane Logistics Express, LLC., Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois., Illinois Law Division, Case No. 2021 L 001215

Richard Armstrong has been an expert witness in high-profile cases such as OfficeMax Inc. vs. Ryder Integrated Logistics. Richard worked as a cost expert for UPS in Texas and Oklahoma. More recently, A&A has worked on cases involving Creative Computing, d/b/a Internet Truckstop vs. GetLoaded.com LLC; Landstar Logistics, Inc. vs. Collins & Aikman Corporation; and Charles S. Johnson, Jr. et al. vs. MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. A&A has functioned as contract, cost, accident, and technical experts in these cases.

Third-Party Logistics Industry Experts 

Armstrong & Associates, Inc. (A&A) was established in 1980 to meet the needs of a newly deregulated domestic transportation market. Since then, through its leading third-party logistics (3PL) market research and history of helping companies outsource logistics functions, A&A has become an internationally recognized key information resource for 3PL market research and consulting.

A&A’s mission is to have leading proprietary supply chain knowledge and market research that is not available anywhere else. As proof of its continued support of its mission, A&A’s 3PL market estimates are often cited in securities filings by publicly traded 3PLs, media articles, and trade publications. In addition, A&A’s email newsletter currently has over 88,000 subscribers globally.

A&A’s research complements its consulting activities by providing a continually updated detailed database for analysis. Based upon its unsurpassed knowledge of the 3PL market and the operations of leading 3PLs, A&A has provided strategic planning consulting services to over 50 3PLs, supported closed investment transactions, and advised numerous companies looking to benchmark existing 3PL operations or outsource logistics functions.