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Justin T. Green - New York, NY
750 Third Avenue32nd Floor New York, NY 10017
Kreindler & Kreindler LLP
New York Aviation Accident Lawyer
Overview
Justin has successfully represented families in many major aviation cases. These include airline disasters, corporate airplane and helicopter accidents, and civil airplane and helicopter accidents. His practice has also included personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from other transportation accidents.
His recent major cases include:
• In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001
• Continental Connection Flight 3407 Disaster near Buffalo, New York
• Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 Disaster near Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Hudson River Midair Collision near Hoboken, New Jersey
• Asiana Flight 214 Crash at San Francisco International Airport
• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance
Justin is a CNN Aviation Analyst. He often speaks on aviation law and aviation safety. He edits the leading treatise on U.S. aviation law: Kreindler, Aviation Accident Law published by Lexis/Nexis. He is the author of many influential articles on aviation law.
Justin is the Immediate Past President of the International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association, past Chair of the American Association for Justice, Aviation Section, and is Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's Torts and Insurance Practice's Aviation Section. He is a former Chair of the Aviation Section of the American Association for Justice.
Justin learned to fly in the United States Marine Corps and served as his squadron's aviation safety officer after graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School's Aviation Safety Program. He has an airplane and helicopter commercial license, he is instrument-rated and has flight time in many different airplanes and helicopters.
He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and earned his law degree from Fordham Law School in New York City.
Justin is a board member of the Kid's Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow (www.kidsclubtarrytown.org), which supports children in need. He supports the Semper Fi Fund (www.semperfifund.org), which provides financial support for injured members of our military and their families, and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (www.mcfs.org), which provides scholarships to military children.
Justin lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York with his wife and their three sons. In his spare time he enjoys running and usually completes at least one marathon every year.
About Justin T. Green
Practice Areas
- Aviation Accident
- Helicopter Accidents
- Wrongful Death & Serious Injury
- Terrorism Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
Other Affiliations
- Co-Chair, Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, Boeing 737 MAX 8 Litigation
- President, International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association
- Co-Chair, AAJ Veterans and Military Services Committee
- Vice-Chair, American Bar Association’s Torts and Insurance Practice’s Aviation Section
- Vice-Chair, American Bar Association: Aviation and Space Law General Committee
- Chairman, American Association of Justice's Aviation Security Section
- Member, Aeronautics Committee, New York City Bar Association
- Member, Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium
- Past Vice-Chair, ABA Aviation and Space Law General Committee
- Past Chair, AAJ Aviation Section
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1995
J.D. - Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1984
B.A.
Major: Economics
Past Positions
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Hon. Alfred J. Lechner, Law Clerk, -
- Haight, Gardener, Poor & Havens, Associate, -
- United States Marine Corps, Pilot and Aviation Safety Officer, -
Pro Bono Activities
- Board Member, Kid's Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow, 2015 - Present
Classes and Seminars
- Panelist, Update on Products Liability Cases and a Case Study on Major Accident Litigation: Plaintiff and Defendant Strategies, 12th Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability, Insurance & Finance, 2019, Montreal, Canada
- Moderator, Federal Preemption Panel, 2018 International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association Conference: Air and Transport Law Conference, Washington, DC
- Panelist, Investigating, Prosecuting and Defending Military-Civilian Aviation Accident Cases, 2018 AViCON Conference, Stevensville, MD
- Speaker, Retiring Forum Non Conveniens, 2018 AAJ Conference, Denver, CO
- Speaker, Terrorism Lawsuits in Action: An Interactive Oral Argument on Recent Jurisdictional Developments, 2017 ABA Aviation Litigation Committee Meeting, Washington, DC
- Panelist, Conducting Written Discovery and Depositions Against Foreign Bad Actors, 2017 AAJ Annual Convention: Aviation Agenda CLE/Meeting, Boston, MA
- Vice Chair, Program Co-Chair, Panelist, 2016 American Bar Association Aviation and Space Law General Program: Mediation Advocacy, Washington, DC
- Speaker, TIPS From Cockpit to Courtroom, 2016 American Bar Association Aviation and Space Law Committee, Washington, DC
- Speaker, Pilot Depression and Suicide - How to Improve Aviation Safety in the Wake of GermanWings, 2016 AViCON - Aviation Insurance Conference, RTI World Headquarters and Research Centre, Stevensville, MD
- Moderator, Defending Military Contractors Against War Zone Tort Actions, 2016 American Bar Association 22nd Annual National Institute on Aviation Litigation, New York, NY
- Speaker, 2016 International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association Conference, Washington, DC
- Moderator, The Future of Federal Preemption in Aviation 2015 Aviation and Space Law program: Litigation Fundamental in Modern Times, Washington, DC
- Speaker, Litigation Fundamentals in Modern Times, 2015 American Bar Association: Aviation and Space Law Litigation Program, Washington, DC
- Speaker, 2014 International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association Conference, New York, NY
- Speaker, Preemption and Punitive Damages - The Colgan Flight 3407 Buffalo Crash, 23rd Annual Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium 2012, Orlando, FL
- Speaker, 2011 Aviation Litigation CLE Seminar, New York, NY
- Speaker, The Power of Demonstrative Evidence, 2010 Beaumont Conference, London, England
- Speaker, 2008 American Bar Association: Aviation and Space Law Litigation National Program, Washington, DC
- Panelist, Preemption: Is There Anything Left to Argue About?, 2008 American Bar Association, Aviation and Space Law Litigation National Program in Washington, DC
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Justin T. Green
Included on the 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Selected as 2020 Super Lawyers®, 2007-2019
- Awarded 5/5 Peer Reviewed Rating, Martindale Hubbell®
Office Information
Address
750 Third Avenue32nd Floor New York, NY 10017
Phone
Fax
- (212) 972-9432
Websites
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