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Live Event

Aviation Law


CLE Hours: 6 including 6 General, 0 Specialty Credits TBD

Location:
State Bar of Georgia - Atlanta, Georgia

Dates


Tags: Aviation Law


Description

Agenda to be posted soon.

Speaker

Mr. E. Alan Armstrong's Profile

Mr. E. Alan Armstrong Related Seminars and Products

Alan Armstrong Attorney at Law


Alan Armstrong is an Airline Transport Pilot rated aviation lawyer who practices in Atlanta, Georgia. He appears in the Martindale-Hubble Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers celebrating 35 years, and is recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer and in the Atlanta Magazine 2025 Edition of the Top Lawyers in Georgia. He frequently appears on both local and national television as a commentator on aviation accidents and disasters. For example, on the date President Trump grounded the Boeing 737Max fleet, he was summoned to appear on CNN. He flies on the air show circuit as an air show demonstration pilot and has written over 100 articles on aviation law published in peer review and aviation periodical publications.    


Mr. William Dallas NeSmith III's Profile

Mr. William Dallas NeSmith III Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Georgia


Deputy General Counsel for the State Bar of Georgia since 2014.
 
•Originally from Macon.
 
•Graduate of Mercer University with a Juris Doctor Degree from the Walter F.George School of Law at Mercer University.
 
•Served on the Investigative Panel for the State Disciplinary Board for the State Bar of Georgia (now the State Disciplinary Board)and was a member for seven years. Served as Chair.
 
•Formerly a county attorney in two counties,city attorney in three cities, and represented several other governmental authorities.
 
•He was formerly a municipal court judge in eight cities and is currently the judge in Ideal Georgia. District 3 representative for the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges.
 
•He is currently teaching Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business at Georgia Southwestern for the School of Business and Computing. He has been teaching at the college level since 1999.
 
•Bill regularly teaches continuing legal education courses in ethics and professionalism for the State Bar of Georgia and continuing education courses for the Institute for Continuing Judicial Education.
 
•Parliamentarian for the State Bar of Georgia.


Mr. Ivy Neal Cadle's Profile

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Immediate Past President

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC


As a business-focused lawyer, Ivy partners with clients to solve complex, high-exposure disputes involving multiple parties, representing companies of all sizes across various industries in complex business litigation. From the outset, his approach is guided by his extensive jury trial experience. As a licensed certified public accountant, he also understands his clients' financial metrics and the risks to their bottom lines. Ivy takes ownership of his clients' legal concerns and counsels them with the heart of a teacher. By taking ownership of their legal risks, Ivy allows his clients to get back to their core business sooner so they can do what they do best.

Ivy cut his litigation teeth as a leading "dirt lawyer," becoming a skilled problem solver who provides business solutions to clients at every stage of a dispute from risk assessment through appeal. Having managed hundreds of cases through the litigation life cycle, he capably handles early resolution and dismissal of actions, complex motions practice, and trial in state and federal courts. Ivy also brings his litigation experience to the table when he negotiates and implements real estate solutions concerning land use plans, real property appraisals, business valuations, and conservation easements.

He represents clients from a wide variety of industries. They include oil and gas interests; fast food franchisors and franchisees; hotel investors; private medical practices; hospitals; insurance companies; cellular service providers; banks; mortgage servicers; commercial shopping center and office developers; national drugstore chains; residential real estate developers; convenience store chains and a variety of individually owned enterprises; and business operations.

Additionally, Ivy is experienced in real estate and property litigation matters, including eminent domain, land use, zoning issues, and conservation easements across Georgia, with a focus on the Atlanta-metro, its outlying towns, including Marietta, Alpharetta, Lawrenceville, McDonough, Douglasville, and Cumming, as well as other metropolitan areas such as Macon, Savannah, Columbus, and Augusta.


David I. Katzman Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Katzman Lampert & Stoll


Mr. Arthur James Park's Profile

Mr. Arthur James Park Related Seminars and Products

Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP


Arthur Park practices in the areas of aviation litigation, subrogation, civil litigation, and insurance coverage. He has represented major airlines, pilots, airports, maintenance facilities, aerial applicators, fixed base operators, and air ambulances in civil suits across the Southeast. Mr. Park has also successfully defended suits involving product liability, motor vehicle accidents, and medical malpractice in state and federal court. In the subrogation context, he has actively participated in the recovery of over $15 million in connection with aviation, fire, water, and Carmack Amendment claims.

Mr. Park was born in Griffin, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia where he received a B.A. in History, magna cum laude, in 2007. He then attended the University of Mississippi School of Law where he graduated in the top ten percent of his class, magna cum laude, in 2010. During law school, Mr. Park served as a member of the Mississippi Law Journal’s editorial board.

Mr. Park previously worked with an insurance defense firm in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mr. Park remains an active member in good standing with the State Bar of Virginia and West Virginia, in addition to his membership with the State Bar of Georgia. He has been admitted to practice in every state, federal, and appellate court in Georgia as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Park served as the editor of the Aviation Law Section Newsletter and was a member of the Young Lawyers Division Ethics & Professionalism Committee.

Mr. Park has authored numerous scholarly articles and taught various CLE courses related to aviation and civil defense, including the Montreal Convention, indemnity, and default judgments. Outside of the office, he enjoys playing soccer, attending church, and spending quality time with his wife and sons.


Rickey J. Smith Related Seminars and Products

Director of Aircraft Services

Phoenix Air Group, Inc


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