Phillip Kolczynski manages his own law firm in southern California.  Mr. Kolczynski has 25 years of experience as an aviation lawyer, and a national practice, representing aviation businesses, pilots and other aviation professionals.  Mr. Kolczynski is not only an experienced air crash lawyer, but he is a recognized expert in FAA certificate enforcement cases and represents aviation clients in contract and regulatory compliance matters.

 

Prior to moving to California in 1983, he was a trial attorney in the Aviation Unit, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., and prior to that, the Litigation Division, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C.   While at the Justice Department, Phil received the Justice Department’s Special Achievement Award for Trial Performance and was a regular lecturer and instructor at the Attorney General’s Civil Trial Advocacy Institute.  In private practice, Mr. Kolczynski has worked as an associate and partner in large law firms in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.

 

Mr. Kolczynski graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, in December 1976, where he was the Law Review Notes Editor of the Journal of International Law.  He graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1969, where he held a Navy ROTC Full Scholarship.  Before entering law school, Phil Kolczynski was a Marine Corps Captain and F-4 Phantom Pilot.  He holds an FAA Commercial Pilot’s License with Single Engine, Multi-Engine and Instrument Ratings.

 

Mr. Kolczynski teaches Aviation Law at the University of Southern California School of Engineering, Aviation Safety and Accident Investigation Institute.  He was the Chairman of the 1990 American Bar Association National Institute of Aviation Litigation in Washington, D.C. and for three years Chairman of the Orange County Bar Association Aviation Section.  Phil is the Aviation Law Editor for “AVWEB”, the Internet Aviation News Service & Magazine – http://www.avweb.com – where his recent articles on Aviation Law are available for review.  In 2005, Mr. Kolczynski was selected as a Los Angeles “Super Lawyer” in the fields of transportation (aviation) and business by an independent research panel and peer review.  His e-mail address is: phil@aviationlawcorp.com  Phil’s web site is: http://www.aviationlawcorp.com