Foundations of Aviation Law

Michael W. Pearson is a trial lawyer with extensive civil litigation experience, on matters including complex litigation, personal injury and wrongful death cases, including aircraft accidents. He also handles FAA enforcement cases for a variety of Part 91, 121 and 135 clients. He is currently the managing member at the Phoenix, Arizona law firm Curry, Pearson & Wooten, PLC and licensed to practice law in several state and federal court jurisdictions. Michael Pearson and the firm are both rated 'AV' by Martindale Hubbell. Pearson and the firm are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. The Bar Register is a unique guide to the legal community's most eminent professionals. It includes only those select law practices that have earned the highest AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory and that have been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field. Michael is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Michael also worked for the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller for more than 26 years, serving in several high-density terminal radar approach control facilities (TRACONs) and Towers in various locations across the United States. He was a Quality Assurance Specialist for the Federal Aviation Administration and is a graduate of the Department of Transportation aviation accident investigation program. Michael has been a professor teaching aviation law and related subjects at Arizona State University for more than 22 years. Mr. Pearson often speaks at academic and professional conferences regarding aviation and legal topics. Most recently, Pearson spoke on the subject of human factors in air traffic control at the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology conference at Wright Patterson Air Force base at the invitation of the United States Air Force Research Laboratory. Daniel S.Riley has practiced law in Arizona since graduating with distinction from law school. Prior to joining his curr