John J. "Jack" Veth

Of Counsel

John J. "Jack" Veth is Of Counsel to the California office of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP. He graduated from New York University's School of Education in 1963 and began pilot training with the United States Air Force that same year. While on active duty, Mr. Veth earned a Master of Science Degree in Education from Troy State University and a Master of Public
Administration Degree from Auburn University.

In his twenty-year career in the United States Air Force pilot, Mr. Veth accumulated over four thousand flying hours as a Command Pilot. He culminated his miliary flying career as an Aircraft Commander and Instructor Pilot in the record-setting supersonic SR-71, Blackbird, strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Following military service, Mr. Veth joined Northrop Corporation's Development and Production Team for the Advanced Technology (Stealth) Bomber, the B-2, at Northrop's Advanced Systems Division in Pico Rivera, California. A 1987 graduate of Western State University College of Law, Mr. Veth was admitted to the California Bar the same year.

He is a member of:

• the American Bar Association
• the American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Bar Association
• Past-President and member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Barristers
• Past-Chair of the Aviation Section of the Orange County Bar
• and Past-President and member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

Mr. Veth served on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the litigation arising out of the August 6, 1997 crash of Korean Airlines Flight 801 on Guam and the January 31, 2000 Alaska Airlines crash off the coast of Southern California. He was also co-lead counsel in the SilkAir MI 185 and China Airlines 611 litigation. He has handled product liability cases against the Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Helicopters, Inc., Robinson Helicopters Inc., Cessna Aircraft, Inc., and was lead plaintiffs' counsel in the litigation stemming from the Brazilian TAM Fokker 100 crash in San Paulo, Brazil which occurred in October of 1996.

Mr. Veth combines his experience in aviation with his legal education in a practice that includes aviation and complex tort law, personal injury, and product liability litigation. He maintains contact with the academic community as an instructor for the University of Southern California's School of Engineering, Aviation Safety and Security Program, and the University of California Extension, Irvine. His articles have been published in the Western State University Law Review and the Orange County Lawyer.

Over the years he has made numerous presentations at the annual conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Symposium, the Lawyer Pilots' Bar Association, the ABA annual TIPS Seminar, and the Consumer Attorneys of California Hawaii Seminar.

In addition, Mr. Veth:

• is a past Editor of the Orange County Trial Lawyers quarterly publication, The Gavel
• was inducted into the Western State University College of Law Hall of Fame in May of 2004
• was selected as the Orange County Trial Lawyers, Product Liability Top Gun Trial Attorney for 2005
• was honored as the Western State University Alumnus of the Year for 2006
• and was selected as a "Super Lawyer" in Southern California in 2007

In 2006 Mr. Veth received a Master of Laws in Taxation (L.L.M.) Degree from Chapman University, School of Law.