U.S. Supreme Court
| 1998 |
Professional Pilots Federation v. Federal Aviation Administration, (counsel to Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, The Organization of Black Airline Pilots, Inc. and American Association of Retired Persons on amicus curiae brief in support of petition for certiorari) |
| 1983 |
Franklin Mint v. TransWorld Airlines, Inc.
(counsel to International Air Transport Association as amicus curiae on Warsaw Convention issue) |
U.S. Court of Appeals
| 1996 |
Professional Pilots Federation v. Federal Aviation Administration (D.C. Cir.), (counsel for Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association as amicus curiae on challenge to Age 60 Rule) |
| 1993 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation (9th Cir.)
(counsel for Goodyear; interlocutory appeal; choice of law) |
| 1993 |
Polec v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (6th Cir.)
(appeal of 18 month jury trial and pretrial issues) |
| 1989 |
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987
(6th Cir.) (counsel for Northwest Airlines; interlocutory appeal of severance of third parties in air crash trial) |
| 1984-85 |
Friends For All Children, Inc. v. Lockheed (D.C. Cir.)
(counsel for Lockheed; multi-district; air crash; personal injury; injunctive relief) |
| 1982 |
Schneider v. Lockheed (D.C. Cir.)
(counsel for Lockheed; multi-district; air crash; personal injury) |
| 1979 |
Lockheed v. United States (D.C. Cir.)
(counsel for Lockheed; federal common law of contribution) |
U.S. District Court
| 1994-95 |
American Bio-Safe Fluids, LLC v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al. (E.D. Va.)
(counsel for American Bio-Safe; patent infringement of bio-medical products) |
| 1994 |
Ruane-Bolin v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (E.D. Mich.)
(counsel for Northwest Airlines; personal injury; aircraft accident) |
| 1994 |
Hanson v. County of Wayne, Mich., et al. (E.D. Mich.)
(counsel for Northwest Airlines; personal injury; aircraft accident) |
| 1994 |
Quinn v. County of Wayne, Mich., et al. (E.D. Mich.)
(counsel for Northwest Airlines; personal injury; aircraft accident) |
| 1992-93 |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (C.D. Cal.)
(counsel for Goodyear; product liability; contribution/indemnity) |
| 1991-92 |
Lethem v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (E.D. Va.)
(counsel for Northwest Airlines; wrongful deaths) |
| 1992 |
Ratliff v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. (E.D. Mich.)
(counsel for Northwest Airlines; one week jury trial on damages in wrongful death) |
| 1991 |
American Transair v. American Airlines, Inc. (D. Md.)
(counsel for American Airlines; aircraft property damage and loss of use) |
| 1989-91 |
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987
(E.D. Mich.) (counsel for Northwest Airlines;18 month jury trial - liability air crash) |
| 1987 |
Rivkalex (E.D. Va.)
(corporate; securities; injunctive relief) |
| 1986 |
D.C. D.C. v. G.T. Murphy (D.D.C.)
(counsel for D.C.D.C; construction contract) |
| 1985 |
Mt. Vernon Savings & Loan v. McMahon (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Mt. Vernon Savings; UCC/commercial) |
| 1985 |
Little Six Enterprises v. Hodel (D.D.C./N.D. Minn.)
(counsel for Little Six; administrative law; Indian rights; injunctive relief) |
| 1984 |
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. v. American Export Group, Inc. (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Manufacturers Hanover; banking; mistaken payment) |
| 1982-83 |
In Re Accident at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Lockheed; multi-district; air crash; product liability; wrongful death) |
| 1977-86 |
In Re Saigon Air Crash on April 4, 1975 (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Lockheed; air crash multi-district litigation that involved 12 jury trials on personal injury causation, more than 20 other individual pretrial proceedings, one jury trial on liability and wrongful death, and three global settlements) |
| 1976-77 |
Blackman v. Hustler, Inc. (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Blackman; copyright infringement) |
| 1976-77 |
Bookman v. Hall (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Hall; securities fraud) |
| 1975-76 |
Atabani v. Avis (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Atabani; personal injury) |
| 1975-76 |
Stovall v. Ridgewells' (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Stovall; personal injury) |
| 1975-76 |
Smith v. Peoples Bicentennial Commission (D.D.C.)
(counsel for PBC; contracts; intellectual property) |
| 1976 |
Berkowitz v. Corcoran Gallery (D.D.C.)
(counsel for Berkowitz; contracts; intellectual property) |
| 1976 |
Dorsey v. WMATA (E.D. Va.)
(personal injury) |
D.C. Court of Appeals
| 1979 |
Friendship Neighborhood Coalition v. D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment
(counsel for FNC; zoning) |
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
| 1995 |
USAfrica Airways Ch. 11 Proceeding (Bank. D. Del.)
(counsel for Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde) |
| 1989 |
AirAmerica Ch. 11 Proceeding (Bank. C.D. Cal.)
(counsel for Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde) |
State Trial Courts
Practice in D.C. Superior Court since 1975. Recent cases include: commercial, large firm law partnership; commercial lease/landlord tenant, sale in lieu of partition, collection of foreign judgment; fraud; breach of fiduciary duty, business torts and personal injury; probate.
Practice in other state courts: aviation cases in courts of Los Angeles, California, Harris County, Texas and Wayne County, Michigan; probate in Montgomery County, Maryland.
