Aviation

FAA Grounds That Type of Plane as Top Aviation Attorney Robert Clifford Says FAA’s Swift Action May Signal Serious Concern About Possible Defect in the Fleet As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounds all Boeing MAX9 aircraft across the country following the emergency landing last night (Friday, Jan. 5, 2024) of one of those planes. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and Lead Counsel in the pending civil…

Alaska Airlines has grounded the Boeing MAX9 jets after a window and a chunk of the fuselage blew out of the plane shortly after takeoff, causing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, late Friday night (January 5, 2024). Photos from the plane that was able to land safely reportedly show a large hole in the plane’s side. Oxygen masks apparently were deployed indicating that the passenger cabin had been depressurized. Minor…

John V. Kalantzis, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Travel Law Conference in England on “Aviation Law in the U.S.” on October 19, 2023. He will speak about what makes the judicial system in the United States distinct and the methods of illustrating the devastation wrought upon families by an aviation disaster to a civil jury. Part of the aviation legal team in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet…

    Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the 13th Annual McGill University/PEOPIL Conference on “International Aviation: Liability, Insurance & Finance” in Paris, France. Clifford, who serves as Lead Counsel in the pending litigation in federal district court in Chicago regarding the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia, spoke in late April at the two-day conference before leading judges, lawyers, and experts in the aviation…

Tracy A. Brammeier, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law’s 2023 Air and Space Law Symposium on Friday, March 31, presenting an update on the ongoing Boeing 737 Max Litigation in federal court. The court-appointed Liaison Counsel for all plaintiffs in the lawsuit arising from the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane, Tracy is part of the Clifford Law Offices aviation…

Families of Boeing Crash Victims Will Speak About Two VigilsHeld the Morning of March 10, 2023 at Ethiopian Crash SiteMarking the Four-Year Anniversary of the Crash that Killed 157  Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia held a memorial protest in front of the Boeing headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, marking the four-year anniversary of the tragic event. They also spoke about two private memorials…

FAA to Hold Safety Summit March 15 in the Wake of Numerous Airplane Incidents;Top Aviation Attorney Calls for “Deep Investigation” into Bombardier Challenger Following Recent Death of Former White House and 9/11 Commission Official The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a safety summit 10:30 a.m. March 15 regarding the recent rash of airplane incidents.  The FAA also reportedly is forming a team of experts to review airline safety, and top aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford…

Families of Boeing Crash Victims Coming from as Far Away as France, Germany and Canada to Commemorate Four-Year Anniversary of MAX 737 Crash; Will Mark the March 10 Date at Boeing’s New Virginia HQ as Senate Holds Hearings on March 8, 2023, on Aircraft Certification and Safety Act Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial protest in front of the…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, has been inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame, honoring his outstanding legal career as an acclaimed personal injury attorney and the diligent work of his Chicago-based firm. Lawdragon is known for highlighting the careers of leading lawyers and sharing their stories and insights with the legal community. In his interview, Mr. Clifford discusses his initial draw to tort law over forty years ago, after…