Justin T. Green

Partner

Justin T. Green joined Kreindler & Kreindler LLP in 1997 and became a partner in January of 2003. He focuses on aviation, products liability, maritime and other complex litigation.

Mr. Green is a Persian Gulf War veteran; he served in the United States Marine Corps as an attack helicopter pilot and aviation safety officer, responsible for his squadron's flight safety and for investigating aviation accidents. He is a 1990 graduate of the Aviation Safety Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

He holds a commercial license from the Federal Aviation Administration in airplanes and helicopters, and he is instrument-rated in both. He has flight time in many different aircraft, including aircraft manufactured by Bell Helicopter, Inc., Cessna Aircraft Company, Sikorsky Helicopter and Piper Aircraft, Inc.

Mr. Green holds an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest peer rating awarded by the organization. He was also selected as a 2007 New York Super Lawyer (read the article).

As an aviation lawyer, Mr. Green has litigated dozens of major aviation cases, including wrongful death cases that arose from the following crashes:

• U.S. Air Force CT-43 (Boeing 737) in Croatia, carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown
• September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
• SwissAir Flight 111
• EgyptAir Flight 990
• Whyalla Airlines Piper PA-31 airplane in Australia
• Colgate Palmolive BK-117 corporate helicopter in New York
• Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters in Canada and Ireland
• UH-IN "Huey" helicopters in Texas and California
• Cessna 206 airplanes in New Jersey and Montana
• Bell 206L Long Ranger helicopters in British Columbia and New York
• MD-520 helicopter in Switzerland
• and Cirrus SR 22 airplane in New York

He has also handled important personal injury cases involving claims of negligence and products liability.

Mr. Green belongs to numerous professional groups, including the American Bar Association, where he served as Vice-Chairman of the Torts and Insurance Practice's Aviation Section for 2004-2005, and as a member of the Air & Space Law Section. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, where he has served as the Aviation Section's Newsletter Editor for 2004-2005, Treasurer and Secretary for 2005-2006, Vice-Chairman for 2006-2007, and is currently Chair-Elect.

He has authored numerous articles on aviation safety, products liability and wrongful death law.

His recent articles include the following:

• The Need for Mandatory Aviation Insurance, Aviation Law Vol. 15, No. 2, Winter 2008
• 2007 Aviation Law Highlights, Aviation Law Column, New York Law Journal, November 20, 2007 (with Steven Pounian)
• Federal Jurisdiction and the Aviation Case, Aviation Law Column, New York Law Journal, August 28, 2007 (with Steven Pounian)
• Litigating Aviation Disaster cases in the United States, presented at the 2007 Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia
• Challenges in General Aviation Accident Litigation, Aviation Law Column, New York Law Journal, June 29, 2007 (with Steven Pounian)
• Security and New York City's Airspace Rules, Aviation Law Column, New York Law Journal, February 27, 2007 (with Steven Pounian)
• Five years after 9/11: Plaintiffs' Counsel Survey the Litigation Landscape, California Civil Litigation Reporter (with Brian Alexander), Volume 28/Number 4, August 2006
• When Rescue is Too Risky, Trial Magazine, February 2006
• Aviation Tort Reform: The General Aviation Revitalization Act, Advocate Magazine, September 2005, Journal of Consumer Attorneys for Southern California
• Public Policy Update, ATLA Aviation Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 3, Spring 2005
• Recent Developments Relating to the General Aviation Revitalization Act, ATLA Aviation Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 1, Fall 2004

Mr. Green guest lectures on aviation law at Fordham Law School and as an aviation lawyer has spoken at numerous professional conferences, including:

• 2007 Annual Convention of Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
• When Things Go Bad, Air Navigation Services Liability, Air Navigation: Flying Through Congested Skies, International Civil Aviation Organization & McGill University Institute of Air & Space Law, Montreal, Canada, September 27-29, 2006
• Federal Preemption in Aviation Cases, Journal of Law and Commerce 29th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, Dallas, Texas, February 24-25, 2005
• What's New? Recent Developments in Aviation Law, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Aviation and Space Law Committee's Annual Conference: "Practical Views From the Cockpit to the Courtroom" Washington, D.C., October 21-22, 2004

Mr. Green has been interviewed as an aviation attorney by major media, including The New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, USA Today, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Fox News, CNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," CNN, CBS News, WPIX News, BBC News and National Public Radio.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and earned his law degree from Fordham Law School in New York City. While at Fordham, he served as the Writing and Research Editor of the Fordham Urban Law Journal and was a member of the school's Moot Court Board.

Mr. Green clerked for the Honorable Alfred J. Lechner, U.S.D.J., in the United States District Court in New Jersey before joining Kreindler & Kreindler LLP.