Practice Areas - Airplane Crash Litigation
- Truck Accidents
- Mass Disaster Litigation
- Railroad Accidents and Injuries
- School Bus Accidents
| - Wrongful Death
- Catastrophic Injury
- Complex Litigation
- Multi-District Litigation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
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| University | University of Michigan, B.S.M.E., 1968 |
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| Law School | University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1973, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; 2009, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York |
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| Memberships | District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; State Bar of California; The American Association for Justice (Member, Sections on: Aviation Law; Railroad Law); American Bar Association (Member: The Forum on Air and Space Law; Litigation Section; Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section). |
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| Born | Abington, Pennsylvania, 1946 |
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| Biography | Recipient: National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002; Southern California Super Lawyer, 2005, 2010; Avvo.com Superb Score 10.0 out of 10. Listed in: Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World; Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers. Governmental Testimony. Author, Lecturer, Trial Counsel, Member Plaintiffs' Steering Committee or Plaintiffs' Executive Committee: MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989; MDL-00-1343-CAL, Alaska Airlines Crash, off Point Mugu, California, 2000; September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation; Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office) |
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| Reported Cases | Curry v. Continental Airlines, 513 F. 2d 691 (9th Cir. 1975); Sigala (Rachelle) v. Anaheim City School District; Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 19 Cal.Rptr.2d 38, 15 Cal.App.4th 661, 82 Ed. Law Rep. 143 (1993); Lewis v. Sacramento, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 98 F.3d 434, 65 USLW 2319, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7501, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12353 (1996); County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523, U.S. 833, 140 L. Ed. 2d 1043, 118 S. Ct. 1708 (1998); Prudential Home Mort. Co. v. Superior Court, 66 Cal.App.4th 1236 (1998); In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000, 145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001); Butler v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 109 Cal.App.4th; 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 762 (2003). |
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| ISLN | 906585960 |
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