Senior legal shakeup at Landstar (LSTR) as longtime general counsel departs
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Landstar System, Inc. reported a leadership change in its legal department. Michael K. Kneller, who has served as Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and an executive officer since 2005, will resign effective May 8, 2026 to join the law firm Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C.
To ensure continuity, Landstar has appointed Vallie S. Dugas, currently Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, as Interim Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective the same date. The filing does not describe any dispute; it frames the move as a career transition and notes an internal interim replacement.
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Insights
Landstar discloses a long-serving general counsel’s exit with an internal interim successor.
The company states that Michael K. Kneller, its General Counsel and Secretary since 2005, will leave on May 8, 2026 to join a specialized transportation-focused law firm. Long tenure suggests deep institutional knowledge, so his departure is notable but presented as an orderly transition.
Landstar names current Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Vallie S. Dugas, as Interim Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary effective the same date. This internal interim appointment helps preserve continuity in legal and governance functions while the company determines longer-term plans. Overall, it reads as a routine senior legal leadership change.
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 2, 2026, Landstar System, Inc. (“Landstar” or the “Company”) announced that Michael K. Kneller, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and an Executive Officer of the Company since 2005, will be resigning his employment with the Company on May 8, 2026 to join the law firm of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C. In connection with Mr. Kneller’s departure, the Company has named Vallie S. Dugas, currently Landstar’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, as the Company’s Interim Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective May 8, 2026.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 2, 2026 | By: | /s/ James P. Todd | ||||
| Name: | James P. Todd | |||||
| Title: | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | |||||