Robert Steven Span

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Robert Steven Span: Attorney with Steinbrecher & Span LLP
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Robert Span specializes in complex business and employment litigation, with a particular emphasis on aviation-related matters. He is a 1971 graduate of the Yale Law School, and received his AB Degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from Dartmouth College. For over thirty years, Mr. Span has represented major airlines and Airlines For America in a variety of litigation, contract, and regulatory matters. He is particularly experienced in issues concerning the economics of the aviation industry, the airline/airport relationship, federal and local regulation of airlines and airports, and airline labor and employment. Mr. Span has had substantial experience in many areas of litigation, including antitrust, contract, employment, regulated industries, securities, intellectual property and unfair competition.

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Areas of Practice (33)

  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Complex and Multi-District Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Contracts
  • Contract Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Class Actions
  • Products Liability
  • Product Defects
  • Product Failure
  • Product Recall
  • Product Safety
  • Airline Labor Law
  • Airplane Crash Litigation
  • Aviation Litigation
  • Helicopter Crash Litigation
  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation
  • Unfair Trade
  • Antitrust Class Actions
  • Labor and Employment
  • Whistleblower Litigation
  • Energy Finance
  • Arbitration
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Class Actions
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Airline Regulation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • International Litigation
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Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Dartmouth College, A.B., cum laude, 1967
Law School Attended:
Yale University, J.D., 1971
Year of First Admission:
1971
Admission:
1971, New Hampshire; 1976, California
Memberships:
American Bar Association (Chair for Forum on Air and Space Law), Association of Business Trial Lawyers (President), Santa Monica Bar Association (President, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trustee), County Bar’s Blue Ribbon Commission on the Superior Court, County Bar’s Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. (President); Executive Committee of the California State Bar Association’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section; Board of the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Vice Chair).
Birth Information:
New York, New York, June 30, 1947
ISLN:
903533292

Payment Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
$550/hr

Peer Reviews

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213-539-2045  Phone

www.steinbrecherspan.com

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