MICHAEL L. DWORKIN, founding and managing partner
Michael L. Dworkin has been practicing aviation law since 1973. He got his start as an attorney for the Federal Aviation Administration followed by working as in-house counsel for United Airlines. Since then he practiced as Michael L. Dworkin and Associates before forming the Avialex Law Group, LLP with John T. Van Geffen.
Michael has been published in the FAA Enforcement Journal, the Transportation Law Journal and American Bar Association’s Urban Lawyer, the Journal of Air Law and Commerce, the Lawyer Pilot’s Bar Association Journal, the Virginia Law Weekly, the ABA’s Air and Space Lawyer, the National Transportation Safety Board Association Newsletter, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, AeroPodium Expert and bloomberg.com (to name a few).
Michael is a past President and Executive Vice President of the International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association (formally the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association) and past President of the Northern California Business Aviation Association.
You can reach Michael at mdworkin@avialex.com
John T. Van Geffen, “Of Counsel”
Since 2006 John T. Van Geffen has been practicing law, negotiating business transactions and actively litigating with admissions to the California Supreme Court, U.S District Court for the Central District of California, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and numerous Superior Courts throughout California.
For roughly ten years John was both the Western-Pacific Regional Vice President for the International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association and Trustee on the Board of the Oakland Aviation Museum. He is currently an Exec. Committee Member of the California Law Association’s International Law and Immigration Section, VP of the Emery Unified School District School Board and an acting attorney with the Public Advocacy Office of the California Public Utilities Commission working on behalf of California citizens with the goal of ensuring safe, reliable, and affordable utility services while advancing the state’s environmental objectives.
John has presented at, or been published by, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the State Bar of California’s International Law Section, The American University Law School, California Highway Patrol Air Operations, and the Northern California Business Aviation Association. John was awarded the National Business Aviation Association’s 2019 “Top 40 Under 40 Award” in Business Management.
While John can be contacted at john@avialex.com, for prompt response to any inquiries, please contact Michael L. Dworkin directly at law@avialex.com
John Van Geffen named 2020 Northern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers (July 2020)
consultants and experts
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