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At Bowman and Brooke, we have defended aviation clients in courtrooms across the country in a wide range of disputes. Our attorneys have handled litigation arising from aviation accidents occurring in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, involving both general aviation and commercial aircraft. Our attorneys have represented foreign and domestic carriers, aircraft operators, owners, flight schools, manufacturers and insurers in aviation accident litigation, product liability, personal injury and discrimination disputes, as well as matters arising under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Montreal Convention. 

  • July 14, 2026
    News

    Steve Coxhead has joined Bowman and Brooke as a Partner in its Miami office, further strengthening the firm's nationally recognized product liability and complex litigation practices. Steve brings decades of litigation and trial experience representing manufacturers and corporate clients in high-exposure product liability, aviation, transportation and commercial litigation. Throughout his career, he has successfully defended clients in catastrophic injury, wrongful death, mass casualty, and other sophisticated matters in state and federal courts across the United States and internationally.

  • April 16, 2024
    Legal Alert

    On April 12, 2024, in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a transportation worker need not work for a company in the transportation industry to fall within the exemption from arbitration located in Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). As a result, companies that manufacture or sell products—but also employ workers to package, load or transport products—may find arbitration agreements with those employees unenforceable as those employees may be exempt from arbitration under the FAA’s Residual Clause. 

  • November 1, 2022
    News

    Los Angeles Partner Larry Ramsey, Detroit Partner Matthew Berard, Detroit Associate Sunny Rehsi  have been appointed to new roles within DRI. Larry will serve as a newly appointed liaison between California’s local defense bar associations and DRI. Matthew assumes the Aviation Law Leadership Committee vice chair position.

  • March 30, 2020
    Articles

    Detroit associate and DRI Aviation Law Committee Programming Chair Matthew Berard recently interviewed the Vice-Chairman of the NTSB Bruce Landsberg for the Committee’s new podcast “Wingtips."

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