Insurance Aviation

From major aircraft accidents to satellite risks, our attorneys have more than 50 years of experience in the aviation industry. As part of the insurance + reinsurance group, we provide comprehensive legal services to the world’s aviation insurers and their insureds throughout the Americas — whether in North America through our various offices or in Latin America and the Caribbean through our international network of correspondents and contacts. Our firm has the ability to seamlessly deal with matters that touch and concern countries throughout the region.

We provide an array of services for our clients, such as:

• Product integrity reviews and loss prevention training
• Drafting and evaluation of product literature
• Product recalls
• Liability assessments
• Leasing and satellite contract interpretation
• Accident investigation
• Crisis management and communications
• Representation for National Transportation Safety Board investigations and public hearings
• Defense of multidistrict litigation for mass tort and punitive damages claims
• Hull claims, including surface and engine damage
• Federal, state, and international regulatory compliance, including:
  • Warsaw and Montreal Conventions
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)

Our attorneys have represented airlines, airframe, and component manufacturers; or lessor, suppliers, or security companies in connection with the following major:

• March 19, 2016 flydubai Flight 981 B737 loss where we represent aircraft owner GECAS in litigation filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
• December 28, 2014 AirAsia Flight 8501 A320 loss where we represent component part manufacturer Artus S.A.S. and its corporate parent Meggitt Plc in litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• September 5, 2014 Socata TBM 700 loss where we represent component part manufacturer Garmin International, Inc., in litigation filed in the New York Supreme Court, Monroe County.
• November 29, 2013 LAM Mozambique Flight 740 Embraer 190 loss, where we represent the aircraft owner Air Lease Corporation in litigation filed in California Superior Court, Los Angeles.
• January 12, 2013 Piper Aircraft loss where we represented Avidyne Corporation in litigation filed in Lamar County District Court, Paris, Texas – case dismissed with prejudice against our client.
• October 9, 2012 Piper Aircraft loss where we represented Avidyne Corporation in litigation filed in Harrison County District Court, Marshall, Texas.
• September 6, 2011 Aerocon Metroliner 227 loss where we represented aircraft lessors in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
• July 28, 2010 Airblue A321 loss where we represented the aircraft owner ILFC (AerCap) in litigation filed in California Superior Court, Los Angeles.
• June 30, 2009 Yemenia A310 near Moroni, Comoros, where we represent the aircraft owner ILFC (AerCap) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
• August 20, 2008 Spanair MD-82 loss where we represent SpainAir.
• June 10, 2008 Sudan Airways A310 loss where we represented Sudan Airways further to OFAC license.
• March 10, 2008 Adam Air B737 loss, where we represented the aircraft owner CIT Leasing in litigation filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
• January 1, 2007 Adam Air B737 where we represented aircraft owner and lessor entities in MDL.
• May 7, 2005 Metroliner 227 loss where we represented Saab Aircraft in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
• January 3, 2004 Flash Airlines B737 where we represented the aircraft owner ILFC (AerCap) in litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
• May 25, 2002 China Airlines B747 where we represented China Airlines Ltd. in litigation filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
• September 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 11 where we represent a target defendant, Globe Aviation Services Corporation, the preboard screening subcontractor to American Airlines in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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