Mr. Randall H. Davis

Phoenix Air Group Inc

RANDALL H. DAVIS

            Randall H. Davis maintains a private practice of law including work in the areas of aviation law, regulatory compliance/defense, and litigation.  He is also Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of Phoenix Air Group, Inc., a world-wide provider of specialized jet aircraft services to government and industry. 

            Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College and a J.D. degree from the Emory University School of Law.  Prior to joining Phoenix Air, he was a partner with the law firm of Neely & Player in Atlanta, having practiced there for more than ten years.  In that practice, he represented various manufacturers, insurance companies, and businesses, including United States Aviation Underwriters, Associated Aviation Underwriters (now Global Aerospace), Southeastern Aviation Underwriters, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, and Piper Aircraft Corporation.  Some of his more recent clients have included AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines, AIG Aviation, Inc., Chippewa Aerospace, Inc., Collier Family Enterprises (Naples, FL), Nick Price Group, Inc., Troup County Airport Authority, and Prestige Helicopters, Inc.  His practice also included a concentration in the defense of FAA enforcement actions and transactions involving aircraft regulatory issues. 

            Mr. Davis has authored numerous articles for publications on aviation law and has provided legal commentary on national television.  He has also acted as an adjunct professor and consultant in aviation law at DeKalb Community College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

            Mr. Davis is an active pilot and holds FAA Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor Certificates, as well as a helicopter rating.  He also holds type ratings for the Learjet, Citation, and Gulfstream 159/1159 (GI, II, III and IV) aircraft and is a qualified international captain in those aircraft. He has accumulated more than 17,000 hours of total pilot flight time.  He made his first transoceanic flight while a sophomore in college when he delivered a small twin-engine aircraft from Boston to London.

            Mr. Davis is admitted to the Bar in the States of Georgia, Florida, and New York.  He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, the Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and the International Aviation Transportation Safety Bar Association.  He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia.