Aviation & Aerospace lawyers in Arizona

Firm: Kinerk Law Office

2290 E. Speedway , Tucson , Arizona 85719

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Entertainment & Sports , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice

We treat our clients like family.. As one of the top personal injury attorneys in Arizona, Burton J. Kinerk has been recognized by his peers and clients across Arizona for is professionalism, advocacy and quality. Burt has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martinadale-Hubbell®, is nationally certified by the American Bar Association as a Specialist in Civil Trial Law and Civil Practice Advocacy, and has specialized knowledge in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death claims. His practice has focused on serious personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and complex multiple party plaintiff lawsuits such as flood litigation, aviation accident and product liability cases. He's also represented several clients in the professional sports and entertainment industry. Over his career Burt has earned recognition as a top attorney by many organizations and publications, including Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Magazine's Southwest Super Lawyers, Arizona's Finest Lawyers, and America's Top 100 Lawyers' Lifetime Achievement Award. Partnering with his daughter Colleen Kinerk, his father-daughter firm combines the wisdom of more than 85 years of exceptional legal experience in civil trial work, with the talent and expertise of the next generation.

Firm: Williams Commercial Law Group, LLP

14631 N. Scottsdale Rd. , Scottsdale , Arizona 85254

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Corporate , Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Aviation

I have practiced commercial/business litigation since graduating from BYU law school in 1976. Tried more than 100 jury trials. I love the courtroom. I prepare and trial cases electronically because it increases efficiency and lowers costs. All client documents are scanned and bates-labeled, so that complete chronologies can be prepared. A chronology is vital to understasnding the case and preparation. It, also, allows for designation of trial exhibits and preparation of exhibit lists using the computer rather than hand-sorting and hand-description of exhibits. Exhibits can be annotated electronical for effective trial work, and I use the computer equipment in the courtroom myself: there is no disconnect between the examination and getting the document on the screen for the witness, jury, and judge.. Computer images are used in depositions rather than paper exhibits because of the increased efficiency and the resulting lack of disconnect when depositions, which I always videotape, are played at trial. The talking head and the document can be displayed for the jury, and the bates number assures the jury that the same document marked and used at trial is the one about which the witness is testifying. The images allow a free-ranging deposition rather than one limited the stack of documents on the table.. We have the necessary computer programs to process native-file electronic documents (ESI or electronically stored information). Metadata is essential in many cases. We, also, have the right computer forensic help for imaging and use of client and adverse-party computers.. My longest jury trial lasted ten months, a securities fraud trial with more than 10,000 exhibits marked. It was eash to manage becuase of technology. My largest jury verdict resulted in a judgment of more than $60 million. I have traveled internationally for cases and, of course, all over the United States. Tried cases in many states.. I was an adjunct professor of law at ASU lawschool for two years teaching electronics in the courtroom.. I have done cases on a budget and cases where the amount at issue was such that there was no budget. My fees tend to be less than other lawyers because of the efficience of the  electdronics used for prepartion, management, and trial. I, also, expect the client to help me know where to look for evidence in the field of discovery so I do not have to turn over rocks where there are no worms.. I have an economics degree, which helps in the sorts of cases I try. Cases that generally involve economic and accounting experts. It is easier to prepare an expert or cross the other side's expert if you have background in the subject area.. I have a commercial pilot's license with more than 4,000 hours of flight time, less than 80 hours of which is in single-engine aircraft. I know airplanes, the FARs, and all things aviation, so there is no or very little learning curve when the case is aviation related. I have represented pilots, FBOs, Part 135 operators, and Part 145 repair stations.. I am a trial lawyer. That means I want to try the case. My job is to get the case ready to try and try it, not ready to settle. I am at home in large-document cases involvintg complex legal issues. I prefer the courtroom to the office. Interviews, discovery, and everything pre-trial (office work) is to get me to the courtroom.

Firm: Knapp & Roberts, P.C.

850 N 2nd Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85003

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Automotive Products Liability, Aviation & Aerospace, Boating Accidents, Environmental , Head and Spinal Injuries, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Appeals

Firm: Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo

2800 N Central Ave #1400 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Trucking Accidents

Firm: Gallagher & Kennedy, PA

2575 East Camelback Rd. , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Personal Injury

I not only help my clients achieve fair and full compensation for catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims, but I also try to transform those  tragedies into constructive change to prevent similar disasters in the future. That is because I believe as a lawyer it is important to be a positive influence in my community.  So my work doesn’t start with a lawsuit any more than it ends with a settlement or verdict.. Catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death can impact the whole structure of a client’s life, not just finances. I help people who have suffered unthinkable tragedy, but my work goes well beyond financial compensation. I feel a social obligation to do what I can to help ensure preventable injuries and death aren’t recurring tragedies; that work is not limited to the courtroom.. With the support of a large, full service firm with the resources to tackle the most complex and difficult cases for those who have been injured due to the negligence of others, I strive to keep the human perspective in the forefront of my work.. Service should always be at the forefront of a lawyer’s thoughts. To me, a lawyer means advocate, counselor, advisor, and a positive force for needed change.

Firm: Luis P. Guerra

6225 North 24th Street Suite 125 , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Appellate , Aviation & Aerospace, Drugs & Medical Devices, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Aviation, Health Care, Defective and Dangerous Products, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Construction & Development, Appeals, Class Action, Litigation

Firm: Curry, Pearson & Wooten, PLC

814 West Roosevelt Street , Phoenix , Arizona 85007

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Litigation

Michael W. Pearson is a partner with Curry, Pearson & Wooten PLC. His practice is devoted largely to complex litigation including aviation accidents, aviation regulation, severe personal injury, wrongful death, commercial litigation and defamation matters. In addition, he often consults with clients regarding Federal Aviation Regulation compliance. Michael is one of Arizona's Finest Lawyers, AV rated, is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has achieved the highest rating possible by "AVVO." He has also been honored by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the "Top 100 Trial Attorneys" and has been selected by his peers as a "SuperLawyer.". Michael teaches aviation law and regulation classes at Arizona State University and is the author of "Foundations of Aviation Law" a textbook used in graduate and undergraduate courses.. Mr. Pearson has successfully handled matters, as Arizona litigation counsel, for such international firms as Gosschalks Solicitors, Stewarts Law, Air France, S.A. (formally Société Air France) and Zest Airways. Among his many domestic cases he represented various family members in the deaths of 19 firefighter "hotshot" crew members who perished in a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona in 2013. He is  currently litigating a 2014 class action lawsuit on behalf of FAA- CTI (collegiate training institution) students, who were "purged" from the preferred applicant register due to racial discrimination, by the Federal Aviation Administration.  Pearson is also lead counsel in an additional class action lawsuit, filed in 2018, alleging that the FAA’s 2014 use of a biographical assessment during the air traffic control hiring process resulted in disparate treatment as well as impact based on race.. Specialties: Aviation law including airplane and helicopter accidents, wrongful death, personal injury, FAA enforcement action cases, and complex litigation.. Expert regarding air traffic control.

Firm: Lubin & Enoch PC

349 N 4th Ave , Phoenix , Arizona 85003

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Aviation & Aerospace, Labor , Litigation

Firm: Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C.

1 S. Church Ave. , Tucson , Arizona 85701

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Litigation, Litigation

Peter Collins, based in Gust Rosenfeld’s Tucson office, concentrates his practice in general litigation with an emphasis on insurance defense and insurance coverage, on construction, personal injury, aviation, medical malpractice and products liability claims, including wrongful death. He represents insurers, manufacturers, contractors, and a variety of businesses and individuals. He also represents people with serious injury claims. Mr. Collins has represented trucking and construction companies in wrongful death and injury litigation since 1990. He has been recognized for Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2009 and selected for inclusion on the Southwest Super Lawyers® list for Insurance Coverage. A former prosecuting attorney, Mr. Collins has substantial jury trial experience in civil, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation matters, with over 80 jury trials. He was chief trial counsel for Associated Aviation Underwriters in a massive environmental insurance coverage dispute in Tucson, Arizona from 1996 through 2005. In a previous life, he flew over 4,000 hours in jet fighter and other aircraft with the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard in 22 years of service and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross three times.

Firm: Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo

2800 N Central Ave #1400 , Phoenix , Arizona 85004

Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Civil , Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Products Liability, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice

Scott I. Palumbo is a co-founder of Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Mr. Palumbo received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a letterman on the varsity football team. He went on to obtain his law degree from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He has since dedicated his legal career to defending the rights of personal injury victims and those who have lost loved ones to wrongful death.. Mr. Palumbo is the immediate past President of the Arizona Association for Justice / Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Mr. Palumbo is included in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation and Medical Malpractice Law and was named the 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Law. Super Lawyers® has included Mr. Palumbo in its Super Lawyers lists and recognized him as one of the “Top 50 Arizona Super Lawyers” every year since 2014, making him the youngest Arizona attorney to ever receive that recognition. Mr. Palumbo has been repeatedly honored by AZ Business Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Arizona Lawyers.” He maintains an AV® peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell® – its highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.. Mr. Palumbo is also a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – an organization that maintains membership exclusively for those lawyers who have recovered settlements or verdicts in excess of $2 million dollars. He has held a “Superb” 10/10 rating on for well over a decade.