Is your pilot legal and safe? Many pilots enjoy personal flying because it provides a sense of freedom. However, their passengers are entitled to expect that a pilot who has a license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration is qualified and competent to conduct the flight and will do so safely and in accordance with

Trial lawyer Mark Pierce’s verdict for a pilot’s injuries in the airplane crash case of Sajib v. Global Aviation Services, Inc. has been named the largest aviation verdict in Texas in 2016, according to multiple verdict search services, including topverdict.com and Texas Lawyer magazine. Mr. Pierce represented the co-pilot in the Sajib case, who was severely injured when,

Austin aviation attorneys Mark Pierce and Jason Flaherty have presented and recorded a State Bar of Texas-sponsored program on pitfalls in aircraft buy-sell transactions. Mr. Pierce and Mr. Flaherty shared their experience and expertise at the State Bar of Texas on March 29, 2017, on a wide range of issues that may arise for buyers

Aviation attorneys in Texas are being encouraged to join in a campaign to petition the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) to create a new specialty area in Aviation Law. Currently only Florida recognizes Aviation Law as a specialty that merits board certification for members of the bar who

When President Trump announced a plan to create a new non-governmental entity to handle the air traffic control function of the Federal Aviation Administration, a chorus of objections arose from aviation organizations around the country. The Trump proposal was seen as a threat to business aviation, non-commercial pilots and rural communities, and a transfer of

Mark Pierce, an Austin-based aviation trial attorney, has been elected to chair the Aviation Law Section of the State Bar of Texas for 2017-2018. A former president of the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and past chair of the Aviation Section of the American Association for Justice, as well as an FAA-certified commercial pilot and flight instructor,