Baum Hedlund Team: John A. Greaves

JOHN A. GREAVES
JGreaves@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Airline Crash Litigation, Aviation Accidents, Aviation Product Liability, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Helicopter Crash Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

Kansas City, February 18, 1948

Education:

University of Missouri at Kansas City (B.A., 1976)
Airline Transport Pilot License, USA (1982)
Drake University Law School (J.D., With Honors, 1992)
Drake University College of Business and Public Administration (M.P.A., 1992)

Admissions:

Iowa, 1992
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1992
California, 1994
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1994
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1995
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2000
District of Columbia, 2001
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2002
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2002
Missouri, 2004

Member:

State Bar of California
State Bar of Iowa
District of Columbia Bar
State Bar of Missouri
Iowa Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association, The Forum on Air and Space Law, Litigation Section and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
The American Association for Justice, formerly ATLA, Aviation Law Section
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
Air Line Pilots Association
Delta Theta Phi
George McBurney Complex Litigation Inn of Court
Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Crash, near Carrollton, Georgia, 1995
Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Singapore Airlines Crash, Taipei, Taiwan, 2000
Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1448, American Airlines 587 Crash, Belle Harbor (Queens), New York, 2001
Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation

Lectures/Speeches:

The 1999 Aviation Litigation Seminar by the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association
"Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in California," Lorman Education Services, January 2002

Awards and Honors:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the West
Air Line Pilots Association, Counsel 37, Distinguished Service Award
Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers, believed by the International Air Transport Association's Legal Dept. to be one of the most elite lists of aviation law practitioners ever produced
National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Published Cases:

Feazell v. Mesa Airlines, Inc., 917 S.W. 2d 895 (Tex. App. 1996)
In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000 145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001)

Non-published Cases:

In re September 11 Litigation No. 21 MC 97 (AKH), 2003 WL 22251325 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)

Practice Areas:

Airline Crash Litigation
Aviation Accidents
Aviation Product Liability
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Helicopter Crash Litigation
Personal Injury Law
Wrongful Death Law

PILOT EXPERIENCE

Ratings:

Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, Multi-Engine Land, with type ratings for the EMB-110, SD-3, SF-340 airliners

Hours:

10,000 + hours total flight time since 1966
3,000 + hours as Captain in Part 121 and Part 135 scheduled airline operations
39 years as a licensed pilot
5 years as a pilot in scheduled airlines service, 4 years of which in the capacity of captain

Aviation Activities:

Comair Airlines, Captain
Wright Airlines, First Officer
Aero-Mech Airlines, First Officer
Air Illinois, First Officer
As Captain; supervised flight and ground crews, ensured compliance with all FAA operations, and maintenance regulations, documents and inspections
6 years as a Flight Instructor
4 years experience as a Charter Pilot and Charter Company Operator/President/CEO of VIPilot, Inc.
Contract Administration Committee Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, Council 37

Awards:

Air Line Pilots Association, Council 37, Distinguished Service Award

Qualified as Pilot-In-Command in:

Saab-340
SD-3
EMB-110
Piper Aerostar
Piper Navajo
Piper Seneca
Cessna 310
Cessna 340
Cessna 411
Cessna 421
Cessna 441 Conquest
Beechcraft 99 Airliner
Beechcraft Baron
Beechcraft King Air

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