Background

COOLING & HERBERS, P.C.

AVIATION

Fields of Concentration

Transactional FAA Violations

Corporations Insurance

Environmental Hangars

Products Liability Lienholder Actions

Cooling & Herbers, P.C. has in-depth experience to serve all of your legal needs. Our attorneys can help you negotiate the purchase or lease of aircraft or an airline; evaluate and make recommendations regarding tax questions or product liability exposure; advise you on aircraft and operating insurance needs; represent your interests in the certification and registration of aircraft, operations or pilots; or, should it ever be necessary, defend your company against liability claims.

Our group of attorneys includes FAA licensed pilots and over 100 years' combined experience in aviation law. Our group includes a member of the National Business Aviation Association Board of Directors, the former President of the Aviation Insurance Association; a former FAA regional counsel; a contributing editor of Flight Training magazine; a former member of the Board of Editors of The Journal of Air Law and Commerce; a member of the NBAA Tax Committee; a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association Legal Advisory Council; a former experimental test pilot; the former chairman of the Aviation, Space and Transportation Law committee of the American Bar Association; a president-elect of the Missouri Bar Board of Governors; members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; and members of the National Transportation Safety Bar Association.

WE WORK IN THE HEART OF AMERICA FOR CLIENTS WORLD-WIDE

Along with our home office in Kansas City, Missouri, Cooling & Herbers operates offices in Shawnee Mission, Kansas and Denver, Colorado. The firm has represented clients from Los Angeles to New York City and from Australia to Argentina to London and Paris. We have attorneys who are knowledgeable and experienced in international aviation transactions.

If you or your company own, operate or insure aircraft of any kind, consider how thoroughly we will understand your aviation-related problems and opportunities. Consider our location in the geographical center of the United States. Consider how quickly we can be effective in your behalf. Consider whether you want experienced attorneys to handle your aviation needs. Consider our experience:

Aircraft Acquisition, Leasing and Operations

Purchase, lease and re-engining of Part 121 air carrier aircraft for U.S. and international airlines.
Negotiation, purchase and leaseback of transport category aircraft for Part 135 charter operators and corporate users.
Negotiation, purchase and sale of corporate business jets and fractional ownership of aircraft for Fortune 500 companies.
Aviation counsel of corporate legal departments regarding FAA and IRS ownership considerations.
Aviation counsel of publicly held, diversified flight services companies on governmental compliance, flight operation, ground support services, environmental compliance, military contract procurement and performance.

Products Liability

Trial defense of aircraft, avionics, and aircraft component manufacturers.
Defense of airport equipment manufacturers.

Litigation and Insurance

Declaratory judgment actions and defense of bad faith claims on aviation policy exclusions, warranties and other aviation insurance issues.
Trial defense of aviation insurance fraud claims and lienholder actions.
Re-insurance issues.
Defense of negligence claims against major airlines and commuter airlines, FBO's, pilots, air ambulance and other commercial operators and airport security services.
Defense of environmental insurers arising out of airport operations.

Aircraft, Operator and Pilot Certification

Negotiation of Part 121, 125, and 135 certification process with FAA personnel.
Representation of pilots, operators and maintenance facilities before the FAA and the NTSB.