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Mark has 39 years' experience in advising travel agencies and other travel companies in travel-industry matters. He is one of the few attorneys in the world whose practice is solely devoted to travel-industry concerns.. Mark is the weekly legal columnist for Travel Weekly, the travel industry's leading trade publication. Mark is a popular speaker at industry conventions and has given seminars for ASTA, ARTA, Radius, Hickory, Carlson Associates, NBTA and Uniglobe. A native of New York City, Mark holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in international relations, a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a law degree from Georgetown University. Mark is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Mark is also one of the top all-time money winners on the TV game show "Jeopardy!".

I am a transportation infrastructure lawyer. I most enjoy working on transformative transportation projects, projects that improve communities. My practice focuses on rail transportation, both passenger and freight. I represent governments and businesses and my expertise is on regulatory and transactional matters.

Gary Halbert is a partner in Holland & Knight’s New York Litigation Practice Group, practicing out of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Halbert is a former U.S. Air Force instructor pilot, military attorney and crisis communications director, and more recently, the General Counsel to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). His practice areas include NTSB major accident investigations, regulatory matters for aviation and other transportation modes, transportation accident claims, aviation law, transportation mass-disaster law, claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and other product and professional services liability matters.. Immediately prior to entering private practice, Mr. Halbert served as the General Counsel to the National Transportation Safety Board, acting as the senior legal advisor to the Chairman of the Board and overseeing the provision of legal services to the agency. His office provided legal support for accident investigations in all modes of transportation, procurement and leasing activity, fiscal law matters, and the agency’s human resources function, and oversaw the board’s review on appeal of enforcement proceedings undertaken by aviation and marine regulatory agencies. Mr. Halbert also supervised the NTSB’s administrative and civil litigation, legislative drafting and ethics programs. He drafted two of the agency’s recent reauthorization requests to Congress.. Mr. Halbert joined the NTSB after retiring in the grade of Colonel from the United States Air Force, where his diverse operational and staff assignments included service as a military instructor pilot in jet aircraft, commander of student classes going through pilot training, executive officer to a wing commander, and as a judge advocate in progressively responsible positions. His military legal assignments embraced both civil and criminal law functions, including installation claims officer, hospital attorney and criminal prosecution roles. Mr. Halbert handled Federal Tort Claims Act claims for alleged medical malpractice of almost $120 million during his time as legal counsel for a large military hospital, and in a subsequent senior counsel role, devised a strategy that achieved completion of an $18 million military family housing project at no additional cost to the Air Force, after the prime contractor defaulted. Mr. Halbert served as the senior legal officer at two installations, including one of the Air Force’s larger bases, and supervised 14 legal offices with 180 attorneys and staff for an overseas command responsible for 21 installations in seven European countries. At Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon, he oversaw the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s attorney assignments and human resources division for an attorney workforce of over 1,300 attorneys. He also served as the Executive Officer to the Judge Advocate General. In his final Air Force assignment, he served as the director of the Air Force’s strategic and crisis communications office.. Mr. Halbert has accumulated approximately 1,500 flight hours in military jet aircraft, single engine general aviation aircraft and sailplanes.. He is a frequent speaker on interacting with the NTSB investigation process following a major transportation accident, whether it’s an aviation, railroad, pipeline, hazardous materials, marine or highway accident. He is an expert on the NTSB statutory and regulatory structure and investigative process, having supported every major investigation undertaken by the NTSB over his five-year tenure as General Counsel.

David has worked in the industry for more than 25 years, providing legal counsel and strategic guidance to startup and operating foreign and U.S. air carriers of all sizes, foreign governments, and other industry entities concerning all aspects of charter and scheduled commercial and industrial aviation operations (passenger, cargo, combination, warbird, and helicopter). The scope of David's practice ranges the entire industry, from on-demand business jet operations to wet leases and global operations involving codesharing, alliance, and antitrust immunity matters. David's practice also includes advising MROs, manufacturers, and cutting edge technologies such as urban air mobility (UAM) matters.. David has extensive experience with licensing and alliances for both new and established carriers, ownership and control issues, enforcement matters involving DOT aviation economic regulations, FAA hazmat regulations and voluntary disclosures, TSA security matters and enforcement, and Customs/ICE matters. David advises carriers with single aircraft fleets seeking access to the U.S. market for the first time to established global airlines operating hundreds of aircraft in immunized alliances.. David's practice includes (but is not limited to) the following:. * DOT regulations, carrier licensing, operations, bilateral interpretation/negotiation, citizenship, and enforcement* FAA regulations, certification, operations specifications, and HAZMAT/safety enforcement* TSA regulations, including Secure Flight, and security plan enforcement* CBP/ICE regulations, including Visa Waiver, overflight exemptions, and enforcement resulting from aircraft inspections* Acting as outside regulatory counsel in aviation-related transactions* Advising non-carrier industry service providers (loyalty programs, customer service centers, and so on). Specialties: airlines, aviation, air travel, enforcement/carrier administrative agency defense, business aviation, business aircraft, tourism, regulatory compliance, bilateral interpretation and negotiation, acting as regulatory counsel in transactions.. David is also optimistically waiting for Amelia Earhart to touch down on Howland Island.. I am happy to discuss projects and plans with prospective clients in any aspect of aviation, such as operations, leasing, beginning service to the US, enforcement, etc.