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Richard F. SchadenAviation Attorney Richard F. Schaden, founding partner, is an aeronautical engineer and highly experienced trial lawyer. His unique background and courtroom skills have directed the firm's focus primarily to aviation and other cases dealing with complex technologies. Over 50 multi-million dollar courtroom verdicts and hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements have earned him the respect of both the legal and technological community. Three decades of successful litigation have won Mr. Schaden a distinguished national reputation as an aviation lawyer. He has been appointed by courts throughout the United States as lead counsel and as a member of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in most major air disaster cases. These include Northwest Flight 255 at Detroit; Continental Flight 1713 at Denver; United Flight 232 at Sioux City; United Flight 585 at Colorado Springs, Comair Flight 3272 in Monroe, MI; USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh; TWA Flight 800 near Long Island; and American Airlines Flight 587, among others. He has tried jury cases involving general aviation, common carrier, and military aircraft in numerous state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Schaden is widely published in the field of aviation law and design liability, including his book Product Design Liability. He has also contributed to the American Jurisprudence Series, Trial, and has written many papers and articles in legal journals and magazines. Before his career as an aviation attorney began, Mr. Schaden worked for the Boeing Airplane Company as a flight test engineer. Aircraft in which he has specific flight test experience include the Boeing 707, 727, B-52, and C-135. He has conducted extensive engineering flight tests on several general aviation aircraft. During his employment with Boeing, he attended graduate school and studied mechanical engineering and nuclear physics. Richard Schaden's career as an aviation lawyer began over 35 years ago. He holds the highest FAA license, Air Transport Pilot. Every year he completes advanced recurrent jet pilot training and has recently received his rating in the firm's newest aircraft, a Falcon 50 corporate jet. Mr. Schaden has served on the Board of Governors of the Michigan and Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. He is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate and is past Chairman of the Aviation Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Space and Technology Section of the Michigan State Bar, and the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Mr. Schaden is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Illinois and Michigan. Over the last 35 years, Richard Schaden and the firm have become leaders in aviation and product liability law. The Firm litigates the most complex aviation accident cases involving wrongful injury and death resulting from negligence and product design. |
