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Slover & Loftus Attorney Biographies |
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Christopher A. Mills
Partner
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B.A., Amherst College, 1965
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1968 |
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District of Columbia
Illinois (inactive) |
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Mr. Mills has been a partner in Slover & Loftus since 1995. His practice consists primarily of the representation of coal and other shippers (including intermodal, municipal solid waste and other bulk commodity shippers) in rail transportation matters, as well as in Surface Transportation Board proceedings including rate and competitive-access cases, rulemakings, and rail merger cases. Mr. Mills is widely recognized as one of the premier practitioners in maximum rate case proceedings before the STB. [Aw, shucks]
Prior to joining Slover & Loftus, Mr. Mills had a 26-year career with the former Chicago and North Western Railway Company (C&NW) based in Chicago. Mr. Mills spent nearly 20 years in C&NW's Law Department, where he was responsible for regulatory, line construction/abandonment/sale, and passenger/commuter matters. Mr. Mills had primary responsibility for implementation of C&NW's successful project to extend its lines into the Powder River Basin of Wyoming in the early 1980's, thereby bringing competitive rail service to that important coal-producing region. He was also responsible for the negotiation of the first purchase-of-service agreement between a Chicago-area commuter railroad and the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority (now Chicago Metra).
In 1989, Mr. Mills moved to the business side of the railroad as Assistant Vice President-Energy Marketing, with responsibility for the marketing of C&NW/Union Pacific's joint rail transportation service for Powder River Basin coal. He remained a senior member of C&NW's Energy Marketing Department until he joined Slover & Loftus in 1995, following C&NW's acquisition by the Union Pacific Railroad.
During the course of his railroad career, Mr. Mills gained extensive knowledge of railroad freight and commuter passenger operations as well as the western coal mining industry. His railroad experience brought a new perspective to Slover & Loftus, particularly in its representation of shippers in commercial negotiations with railroads. |
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