Aviation

Murray, Morin & Herman, P.A. represents U.S. and foreign clients in every area of aviation law, including handling cases in litigation as well as providing advice and counseling with respect to liability risks, contractual warranty and indemnity issues, insurance, transactions, and regulatory issues.   We offer strong combination of legal skills and industry knowledge.  Many of our attorneys are licensed pilots, providing yet another layer of expertise most law firms cannot match.

For more than 25 years we have successfully handled all aspects of aviation-related cases.  Whether the case involves a major airline disaster, the design or manufacture of aircraft or component parts, aircraft and airline operations or aircraft maintenance, piloting and pilot proficiency issues, our attorneys will be be fully knowledgeable of and understand the relationships between the key technical, regulatory and legal issues.  Additionally, our aviation litigation attorneys have broad experience in the legal doctrines, conventions and statutes that arise with regularity in the aviation context including the Warsaw Convention/Montreal Convention, Airline Deregulation Act and Federal Aviation Act preemption, Federal Aviation Regulations, the government contractor defense, the economic loss doctrine,  the General Aviation Revitalization Act and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Our broad experience has allowed us to successfully represent a wide array of clients including the world’s preeminent aviation insurers; major commercial, international, regional, and charter airlines; corporate aircraft owners and operators; aircraft, aircraft engine, and aviation component manufacturers and distributors; airports, airport operators, and ground handlers; fixed base operators and flight schools; and aviation maintenance and repair facilities.