PAUL STEPHEN DEMPSEY
McGill University Institute of Air & Space Law
3690 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3A 1X1
paul.dempsey@mcgill.ca
Paul Stephen Dempsey is Tomlinson Professor of Global Governance in Air & Space
Law and Director of the Institute of Air & Space Law at McGill University, in Montreal,
Canada. For more than two decades, he held the chair as Professor of Transportation
Law, and was Director of the Transportation Law Program at the University of Denver.
He was also Director of the National Center for Intermodal Transportation, a
consortium of the University of Denver and Mississippi State University. Earlier, he
served as an attorney with the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Interstate Commerce
Commission in Washington, D.C., and was Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the I.C.C.
Dr. Dempsey holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor, University of
Georgia; Master of Laws, George Washington University; Doctor of Civil Laws, McGill
University. He is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Georgia and the District of
Columbia.
Professor Dempsey was a Fulbright Scholar, was awarded the Transportation Lawyers
Association Distinguished Service Award, and was designated the University of
Denver's Outstanding Scholar. He was the first individual designated the University of
Denver's Hughes Research Professor, and DePaul University's Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Law. The Colorado transportation community named him “Educator of
the Year”, and inducted him into the Colorado Aerospace Hall of Fame. For 23 years,
he was faculty editor of the Transportation Law Journal. He also served on the Editorial
Boards of the Denver Business Journal, and The Aviation Quarterly (Lloyds, London), and
currently serves on the Editorial Board of the German Journal of Air & Space Law, and is
Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Air & Space Law. He is President of the International Air
& Space Law Academy, and vice-Chair of the Aviation Section of the Transportation
Lawyers Association. Professor Dempsey has published more than two dozen books,
100 law review and academic journal articles, and scores of newspaper and news
magazine editorials.
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From 1986 to 1998, he was host of KWGN-TV's weekly talk show, "Your Right to Say It."
Professor Dempsey has appeared on the ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings, the
MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, ABC World Business Report, NBC Today, ABC Good
Morning America, CNN Crossfire, National Public Radio, CBS Radio, NBC Mutual
Radio, and other news broadcasting networks in the United States and abroad. His
editorials have been published in major newspapers and news magazines, including for
example, Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
From 1994-2009, Paul Dempsey was Vice Chairman & Director of Frontier Airlines
Holdings, Inc., and Chairman of Lynx Aviation, Inc.. He was a founder and first
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Certified Claims Professional Accreditation
Council, Inc., and President and Director of the Genesee Foundation, Inc. He has also
served as a consultant to U.S. and foreign airlines, railroads, motor carriers, bus and taxi
companies, transportation labor organizations, industry associations, government
agencies, and telecommunications companies.
Dr. Dempsey has delivered expert witness testimony and studies before the Public
Utility Commissions of the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Washington, the Province of British Columbia, the courts of Missouri
and Nevada, United States District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Cour de
Cassation (France), and the Australian Competition Commission. He has testified
before the transportation committees of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, the Canadian Senate, and the state legislatures of Colorado, Michigan
and Texas. He has lectured in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China,
Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany,
Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,
Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT & ACTIVITIES
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
2008 – present
Graduate Program Director, McGill University
2002 – present
Director, Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University;
http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/
2002 – present
Director, Center for Research on Air & Space Law, McGill
University; http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/centre/
2011 – present
President, Savannah Properties, LLC, Golden, CO
2009 – 2013
President, DEW Gmbh, Ganserndorf, Austria
2007 – 2009
Vice Chairman & Director, Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc., Denver,
CO; http://www.frontierairlines.com
Paul Stephen Dempsey
2007 – 2009
2001 – 2002
1994 – 2007
1979 – 2002
1999 – 2002
1981 – 1983
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Chairman & Director, Lynx Aviation, Inc.
President, Genesee Foundation, Inc.; Director (1999–2002);
http://www.geneseefoundation.org/
Vice Chairman & Director, Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Director, Transportation Law Program, University of Denver;
http://www.law.du.edu/
Director, National Center for Intermodal Transportation;
http://www.ie.msstate.edu/ncit/
Chairman, Board of Governors, Certified Claims Professional
Accreditation Council, Inc.; Governor (1981-93);
http://www.ccpac.com/
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2002 – present
Tomlinson Professor of Law & Global Governance, McGill
University Faculty of Law; Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Air & Space
Law
1979 – 2002
Transportation Lawyers Association Professor of Law, University
of Denver College of Law; Faculty Editor, Transportation Law Journal
1989 – 1990
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, DePaul University,
Chicago, Illinois
1985 – 1986
Hughes Research Professor of Law, University of Denver College
of Law (also 1989-90, 1992-93)
LEGAL POSITIONS
Admitted to the Practice of Law in Georgia (1975), District of Columbia (1977), and Colorado
(1986)
1981 - 1982
Legal Advisor to the Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, D.C.
1977 - 1979
Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel; and Bureau of
Pricing and Domestic Aviation, Civil Aeronautics Board,
Washington, D.C.
1975 - 1977
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Proceedings, Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C.
JOURNALISM POSITIONS
1995 - 1999
Editorial Board of Contributors, Denver Business Journal
1986 - 1998
Host, "Your Right To Say It," KWGN-TV, Channel 2, Sunday
morning Public Affairs television program.
COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY DEGREES
 DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAWS (D.C.L.) (cum laude), Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill
University, Montreal PQ, Canada (1986).
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MASTER OF LAWS (LL.M.) in International Law (summa cum laude), National Law
Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1978); Staff: Journal of
International Law & Economics
JURIS DOCTOR (J.D.) School of Law, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (1975);
Chief Justice, Main Court of the Student Judiciary; Editorial Board, Georgia
Journal of International & Comparative Law
BACHELOR OF ARTS in Journalism (A.B.J.), School of Journalism, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia (1972); minor: political science.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
 George Mason University Law and Economics Institute for Law Professors,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. (1987)
 Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (1976)
 Sessions on Public and Private International Law, The Hague Academy of
International Law, the Hague, The Netherlands (1974)
 Seminar on the European Economic Community, Institut d'etudes Europeenes,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (1974)
AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (2000)
 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Residence, Westminster College, Salt Lake City,
Utah (1998)
 Inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame (1995)
 Canadian Institutional Research Grant (1989-90)
 Economic Policy Institute Grant on Airline Deregulation (1989-90)
 Hughes Foundation Research Grant in International Dispute Resolution at the U.N.
International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal, Canada (1987-88)
 Fulbright Fellowship, Western European Regional Research Program (1986-87)
 University of Denver Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Outstanding
Scholarship (1987)
 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute Research Grant in Oil and Gas Law (1987)
 Transportation Lawyers Association Distinguished Service Award (1986)
 Certified Claims Professional Accreditation Council Award for Outstanding Service
(1983)
 Hughes Foundation Research Grant in International Maritime Law (1982)
BOOKS
1. SPACE LAW (Oxford University Press 2015) (five-volume treatise updated quarterly).
2. AIRPORT ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (World Bank Conference Report 2015) (with
Shruti Vijayakumar).
3. TRANSIT LAW, volume 5 of SELECTED STUDIES IN TRANSPORTATION LAW
(Transportation Research Board 2nd ed. 2014).
4. AVIATION LIABILITY LAW (2nd ed., Lexis/Nexis 2013).
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5. PUBLIC POLICY AND THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION (with Professor
Laurence E. Gesell, Coast-Aire 2013).
6. AIRLINE MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (with Professor Laurence
Gesell, 3rd ed., Coast-Aire 2012).
7. THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED REGULATORY REGIME FOR AVIATION AND SPACE (with
Professors Jakhu and Sgobba, Springer 2011).
8. AVIATION AND THE LAW (with Professor Laurence Gesell, 5th ed. Coast-Aire 2011).
9. AIR TRANSPORTATION: FOUNDATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (with Professor Laurence
Gesell, 3rd ed. Coast-Aire 2010).
10. PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW (McGill 2008).
11. AIR NAVIGATION: FLYING THROUGH CONGESTED SKIES (editor, McGill/ICAO 2007).
12. INTERNATIONAL AIR CARRIER LIABILITY: THE MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999 (with
Professor Michael Milde, McGill 2005).
13. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION POLICY FOR CANADA (editor, McGill 2005).
14. EUROPEAN AVIATION LAW (Kluwer Law International 2004).
15. AIR COMMERCE & THE LAW (with Professor Laurence Gesell, Coast Aire 2004).
16. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING PROCESS (3 volumes, with Professors Goetz & Larson; National Center for
Intermodal Transportation 2000).
17. AIRPORT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT: A GLOBAL SURVEY (McGraw Hill 1999).
18. DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: LESSONS LEARNED (with Professors Andrew Goetz
& Joseph Szyliowicz, McGraw-Hill 1997).
19. AVIATION LAW & REGULATION (with Professors Robert Hardaway and William
Thoms) (2 volume treatise, and abridged student edition; Butterworth Legal
Publishers 1993).
20. AIRLINE DEREGULATION AND LAISSEZ FAIRE MYTHOLOGY (with Professor Andrew
Goetz) (Quorum Books, 1992) (Japanese language edition 1995).
21. FLYING BLIND: THE FAILURE OF AIRLINE DEREGULATION (Economic Policy Institute,
1990).
22. THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF DEREGULATION (Quorum Books, 1989).
23. LAW & FOREIGN POLICY IN INTERNATIONAL AVIATION (Transnational Publishers, Inc.
1987).
24. LAW & ECONOMIC REGULATION IN TRANSPORTATION (with Professor William Thoms)
(Quorum Books, 1986).
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. “Liability of the Carrier," in COLOGNE COMPENDIUM ON AIR LAW IN EUROPE 965-76
(Hobe, von Ruckteschell & Heffernan, ed. 2013).
2. “Overview of United States Policy and Law”, in NATIONAL REGULATION OF SPACE
ACTIVITIES 373-404 (R. Jakhu ed. 2010).
3. “The Regulation of Aerospace Vehicles”, in SPACE SAFETY REGULATIONS AND
STANDARDS (J. Pelton & R. Jakhu ed. 2010) (with Dr. Michael Mineiro).
4. “ICAO’s Legal Authority to Regulate Aerospace Vehicles”, in SPACE LAW: LEGAL
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CONTOURS (P. Kumar, ed. 2010) (with Dr. Michael Mineiro).
5. “Space Traffic Management: A Vacuum in Need of Law”, in OUTER SPACE: WARFARE
AND WEAPONS (P. Kumar, ed. 2010) (with Dr. Michael Mineiro).
6. ”Haftung des Luftfrachtführers”, in KÖLNER KOMPENDIUM LUFTHRECHT (Carl
Heymanns Verlag 2010).
7. “Transportation and the United States Constitution”, in 8 TRANSPORTATION LAW AND
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (Transportation Research Board 2007).
8. “The Evolving Relationship between Governments and Air Navigation Services”, in
AIR NAVIGATION: FLYING THROUGH CONGESTED SKIES (McGill/ICAO 2007).
9. “Motor Vehicle Law”, in 8 TRANSPORTATION LAW AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
(Transportation Research Board 2007).
10. “Report of Conclusions”, in AIR NAVIGATION: FLYING THROUGH CONGESTED SKIES
(McGill/ICAO 2007) (with Yaw Nyampong).
11. “Audience Polling Results”, in AIR NAVIGATION: FLYING THROUGH CONGESTED SKIES
(McGill/ICAO 2007) (with Yaw Nyampong).
12. “Intercarrier Agreements and Alliances: The Competitive Challenge”, World Market
Series Business Briefing: Aviation Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities of
Liberalization 52 (Mar. 2003) (Proceedings of the ICAO International Air Transport
Conference, Montréal, March 27, 2003).
13. “Predation in the Air: Competition and Antitrust Law in Commercial Aviation,” in
INTERNATIONAL DEREGULATION AND PRIVATIZATION 123-189 (Christian Campbell, ed.,
Transnational 2000).
14. “Globalization As a Euphemism for Cartelization,” HANDBOOK OF AIRLINE
MARKETING 513-32 (G. Butler & M. Keller, ed., McGraw Hill 1998).
15. “Air Traffic Congestion & Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Asia Region”
23-47 (with Prof. Kevin O’Connor) (C. Findlay, C. Sien & Karmjit Singh, ed., Institute of
Southeast Asia Studies 1997).
16. "Dysfunctional Economics and the Airline Industry," HANDBOOK OF AIRLINE
ECONOMICS 185-200 (D. Jenkins, ed., McGraw Hill 1996).
17. “Transportation and International Sustainable Development: A Preliminary
Conceptualization and Application,” OECD PROCEEDINGS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT 118 (1996).
18. "Deregulation and Regulation: Policy, Politics & Economics," HANDBOOK ON
REGULATION & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (V. Schwartz & D. Rosenbloom, ed. 1994).
19. "Foreign Trade & Economic Injury: A Survey of U.S. Relief Mechanisms," THE LAW
OF TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS 12-1 to 12-74 (V. Nanda ed. 1981).
20. "The Experience of Deregulation: Erosion of the Common Carrier System", 13
TRANSPORTATION LAW INSTITUTE 121-76 (1980).
21. "Foreign Direct Investment - Legislative Incentives for Industrial Investment," in
GERMAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DM IN USA (1979).
22. "Motor Carrier Regulation by the ICC", National Academy of Sciences, Motor
Carrier Economic Regulation 618 (1978).
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. “National Laws Governing Commercial Space Activities: Legislation, Regulation &
Enforcement “, to be published in the NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW & BUSINESS (2016).
2. “Federal Preemption of State Regulation of Airline Pricing, Routes, and Services:
The Airline Deregulation Act”, to be published in the FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW (2016).
3. “The Future of International Air Law in the 21st Century “, GERMAN JOURNAL OF AIR
AND SPACE LAW (ZLW) (2015).
4. “The Emergence of National Space Law”, XXXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 30342 (2013).
5. “Aviation Law: Cases, Laws and Related Sources”, XXXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE
LAW 583 (2013) (book review).
6. “Aviation Law: Cases and Materials”, XXXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 587
(2013) (book review).
7. “Aviation Safety Requires Global Uniformity”, XXXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE
LAW 525-42 (2013) (co-authored with Kuan-Wei Chen).
8. “Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects in International and National Law”,
XXXVII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 333-69 (2011).
9. “The Rise and Fall of the Interstate Commerce Commission: The Tortious Path from
Regulation to Deregulation of America’s Infrastructure”, 95 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
LAW REVIEW 1151-1189 (2012).
10. “All Along the Watchtower: Forum non Conveniens in International Aviation Law”,
XXXVI ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 323-75 (2011).
11. “Contracts of Carriage by Air”, XXXVI ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 611 (2011)
(book review).
12. “Montreal v. Brussels: The Conflict of Laws on the Issue of Delay in International Air
Carriage”, 35 AIR & SPACE LAW 297 (2010) (co-authored with Swedish Supreme
Court Judge Svante O. Johansson).
13. “Independence of Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities: Keeping the Foxes from
the Henhouse”, 75 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 223 (2010).
14. “Accidents and Injuries in International Air Law: The Clash of the Titans”, XXXIV
ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 285-310 (2009); republished in the KOREAN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 235-70 (2009).
15. “The Financial Performance of the Airline Industry Post-Deregulation”, 45 HOUSTON
LAW REVIEW 421-85 (2008).
16. “The Evolution of Air Transport Agreements”, XXXIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW
127-230 (2008).
17. “The Evolution of US Space Policy”, XXXIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 324-43
(2008).
18. “Privacy Issues with the Use of Smart Cards”, TCRP LEGAL RESEARCH DIGEST 25
(April 2008).
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19. “Theory and Law of Airport Revenue Diversion,” ACRP LEGAL RESEARCH DIGEST 2
(May 2008).
20. “Blacklisting: Banning the Unfit from the Heavens”, XXXII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE
LAW 29-64 (2007).
21. “Governance of Commercialized Air Navigation Services”, XXXI ANNALS OF AIR &
SPACE LAW 213-347 (2006) (with Janda, Nyampong, Saba and Wilson).
22. “Nationality Requirements and Cabotage Restrictions in International Aviation:
Sovereignty Won and Sovereignty Lost”, 20 STUDIES IN AIR & SPACE LAW 129-51
(2006).
23. “Compliance & Enforcement in International Law: Achieving Global Uniformity in
Aviation Safety”, 30 NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW &
COMMERCIAL REGULATION 1-74 (2004) (lead article).
24. “Carrier Liability for Loss & Damage of International Air Freight: Plaintiffs’ and
Defendants’ Elements of Proof”, XXIX ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 91-145 (2004).
25. “Flights of Fancy and Fights of Fury: Arbitration and Adjudication of Commercial
and Political Disputes in International Aviation”, 32 GEORGIA JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW 231-305 (2004).
26. “Air Cargo Liability and Baggage Liability and the Tower of Babel”, 36 GEORGE
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 239-308 (2004).
27. “Aviation Security: The Role of Law in the War against Terrorism”, 41 COLUMBIA
JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW 649-733 (2003).
28. “Transportation: A Legal History”, 30 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 235-366
(2003).
29. “The Cyclical Crisis in Commercial Aviation: Causes and Potential Cures,” XXVIII
ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 1-17 (2003), reprinted in Transportation Lawyer 30
(July 2003).
30. “Privatization of the Air: Government Liability for Privatized Air Traffic Services,”
XXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 95-119 (2003).
31. “Olympic Airways v. Husain: The US Supreme Court Gives the Term “Accident” a
Whole New Meaning, XXVIII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 333-56 (2003).
32. “Tug of War: The Conflict between the European Union and Its Member States Over
Bilateral Air Transport Agreements”, TRANSPORTATION LAWYER 26 (Apr. 2003), and
18 INTERNATIONAL LAW QUARTERLY 14 (Spring 2003).
33. “Local Airport Regulation: The Constitutional Tension between Police Power,
Preemption & Takings”, 11 PENN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW 1-43 (2002)
(lead article).
34. “Carving the World Into Fiefdoms: The Anticompetitive Future of Commercial
Aviation”, XXVII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 247-304 (2002).
35. “Predatory Pricing & Monopolization in the Airline Industry: A Case Study of
Minneapolis/St. Paul”, 29 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 129-87 (2002) (lead
article).
36. “Airline and Airport Security: Law as a Deterrent to Aerial Terrorism”, XXVII
ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 167-246 (2002).
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37. “The Road Ahead: McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law”, XXVII
ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 305-12 (2002).
38. “Predation, Competition & Antitrust Law: Turbulence in the Airline Industry”, 67
JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 685-840 (2002).
39. “Free Trade But Not Free Transport: The Mexican Standoff,” 30 DENVER JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW & POLICY 91 (2002).
40. “Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Findings and Recommendations for
Improving Transportation Planning”, 32 PUBLIUS: THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 87
(2002) (with Professors Andrew Goetz & Carl Larson).
41. “Transportation Education at the University of Denver”, 29 TRANSPORTATION LAW
JOURNAL 87-127 (2001) (with Professors Andrew Goetz & Joseph Szyliowicz).
42. “Competition in the Air: European Union Regulation of Commercial Aviation”, 66
JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 979-1153 (2001).
43. “Airport Landing Slots: Barriers to Entry and Impediments to Competition”, 16 AIR
& SPACE LAW 20-48 (2001).
44. “The Law of Intermodal Transportation: What It Was, What It Is, What It Should
Be,” 27 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 367-417 (2000).
45. “Trade & Transport Policy in Inclement Skies – The Conflict between Sustainable Air
Transportation and Neo-Classical Economics,” 65 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE
639-693 (2000).
46. “Symposium on Intermodal Transportation: Introduction,” 27 TRANSPORTATION LAW
JOURNAL 295 (2000) (with Professor Joseph Szyliowicz).
47. “Denver’s New Airport Finally Takes Wing,” 13 FORUM 19 (Spring 1998).
48. “Pennies From Heaven: Breaking Through the Liability Limitations of Warsaw,”
XXII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 267-93 (1997).
49. "Taxi Industry Regulation, Deregulation & Reregulation: The Paradox of Market
Failure," 24 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 73-120 (1996).
50. “Dysfunctional Economics and the Airline Insustry,” XX-I ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE
LAW 141-77 (1995).
51. "Airlines in Turbulence: Strategies for Survival, 23 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL
15-98 (1995).
52. "The Prospectus for Survival and Growth in Commercial Aviation," XIX ANNALS OF
AIR & SPACE LAW 163-219 (1994).
53. "Must the Airline Industry Collapse?", JURISCONSULTUS 59-78 (1994).
54. "The U.S. Short Line Railroad Phenomenon: The Other Side of the Tracks,"
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 425-48 (1993) (with William G. Mahoney);
republished in 21 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 383-408 (1994).
55. "Airlines, Airports and Antitrust: A Proposed Strategy for Enhanced Competition,"
85 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 455-507 (1992) (with Professor Robert
Hardaway).
56. "Interstate Trucking: The Collision of Textbook Theory and Empirical Reality," 20
TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 185-254 (1992).
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57. "Airline Deregulation in the United States: Competition, Concentration, and Market
Darwinism," XVII ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 199-243 (1992).
58. "European Aviation Regulation: Flying Through the Liberalization Labyrinth," 15
BOSTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW 311-74 (1992).
59. "The Re-Regulation Reaction," AVIATION ECONOMIST 2 (1992).
60. "Has Deregulation Derailed American Industry?" ECONOMICS 92/93 61 (1992), and
BUSINESS & SOCIETY REVIEW 53 (1991).
61. "The Disintegration of the U.S. Airline Industry," 20 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL
9-46 (1991).
62. "Running on Empty: Trucking Deregulation and Economic Theory," 43
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW 253-319 (1991).
63. "The Civil Rights of the Handicapped in Transportation: The Americans with
Disabilities Act and Related Legislation," 19 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 309-33
(1991).
64. "Canadian Transport Deregulation: Rolling Across the Great White North," 19
TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 113-92 (1991) (with Prof. William Thoms and Sonja
Clapp).
65. "Airline Deregulation and Laissez Faire Mythology: Economic Theory in
Turbulence," 56 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 305-412 (1990) [lead article].
66. "Robber Barons in the Cockpit: The Airline Industry in Turbulent Skies," 18
TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 133-171 (1990).
67. "The Americans with Disabilities Act: The Transportation Provisions," 9 PREVENTIVE
LAW REPORTER 12 (1990).
68. "The Six Billion Dollar Myth," TRANSLAW (Fall, 1990), at 3.
69. "America's Grand Experiment in Airline Deregulation: Good Intentions and Bad
Results," XIV ANNALS OF AIR & SPACE LAW 21-34 (1989).
70. "Corporate Pirates Assault the Heavens: Leveraged Buy-Outs and the Airline
Industry," 2 DEPAUL BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL 59-95 (1989).
71. "Adam Smith Assaults Ma Bell With His Invisible Hands: Divestiture, Deregulation,
and the Need for a New Telecommunications Policy," 11 HASTINGS
COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 527-606 (1989); republished in
part in US WEST ACADEMIC SEMINAR 115 (1988).
72. "Airline Deregulation Ten Years After: Something Foul in the Air," 54 JOURNAL OF
AIR LAW & COMMERCE 927-63 (1989) (with Prof. Andrew Goetz).
73. "Deregulation of Airlines: The Bloom Is Off the Rose," FORUM 79 (1989).
74. "Market Failure and Regulatory Failure as Catalysts for Political Change: The
Choice between Imperfect Regulation and Imperfect Competition", 46 WASHINGTON
& LEE LAW REVIEW 1-40 (1988) [lead article].
75. "Aerial Dogfights Over Europe: The Liberalization of EEC Air Transport," 53
JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 615-736 (1988) [lead article].
76. "The Empirical Results of Deregulation: A Decade Later, And the Band Played On,"
17 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 31-100 (1988).
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77. "Free Wheeling? A Reference for Economic Deregulation in the Trucking Industry,"
17 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 167 (1988) (book review).
78. "The Dark Side of Deregulation: Its Impact On Small Communities," 39
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW 445-65 (1987), republished in Law Review Digest, and
in Journal of Transportation Management 36-72 (1988).
79. "Antitrust Law & Policy in Transportation: Monopoly I$ the Name of the Game," 21
GEORGIA LAW REVIEW 505-99 (1987) [lead article]; reprinted in Journal of
Transportation Management 250-298 (1987).
80. "The Deregulation of Intrastate Transportation: The Texas Debate," 39 BAYLOR LAW
REVIEW 1-28 (1987) [lead article]; reprinted in 10 Public Utilities Law Anthology 79106 (1987).
81. "Aerial Terrorism: Unilateral and Multilateral Responses to Aircraft Hijacking", 2
CONNECTICUT JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 427-62 (1987).
82. "The Role of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Deregulation,
Discrimination & Dispute Resolution" 52 JOURNAL OF AIR LAW & COMMERCE 529-83
(1987) [lead article].
83. "Turbulence In the 'Open Skies': The Deregulation of International Air Transport,"
15 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 305-388 (1987).
84. "The Interstate Commerce Commission: The First Century of Economic Regulation,"
16 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 1 (1987).
85. "Legal Education on the Move - Law and Transportation at the University of
Denver," 15 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 1 (1986).
86. "The Interstate Commerce Commission: Disintegration of An American Legal
Institution," 34 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1-51 (1984) [lead article];
republished as a chapter in ASS'N OF TRANSPORTATION PRACTITIONERS, WESTERN
TRANSPORTATION LAW SEMINAR PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS 57-74 (1984).
87. "Compliance and Enforcement in International Law - Oil Pollution of the Marine
Environment by Ocean Vessels," 6 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
& BUSINESS 459-561 (1984).
88. "Transportation Deregulation - On a Collision Course?" 13 TRANSPORTATION LAW
JOURNAL 329-92 (1984). Reviewed favorably by syndicated columnist, Hobart
Rowen in the Washington Post, September 29, 1983, at A21, and other daily
newspapers.
89. "Rate Regulation and Antitrust Immunity in Transportation: The Genesis and
Evolution of This Endangered Species," 32 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 335375 (1983).
90. "Congressional Intent and Agency Discretion - Never the Twain Shall Meet: The
Motor Carrier Act of 1980," 58 CHICAGO KENT LAW REVIEW 1-58 (1982) [lead article];
discussed in the Wall Street Journal, August 5, 1981, at 50; reproduced in Lexis.
91. "Oil Shale and Water Quality: The Colorado Prospectus under Federal, State and
International Law," 58 DENVER LAW JOURNAL 715-49 (1981) [lead article].
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92. "Oil Pollution by Ocean Vessels - An Environmental Tragedy: The Legal Regime of
Flags of Convenience, Multilateral Conventions and Coastal States," 10 DENVER
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW & POLICY 37-87 (1980) (with Lisa Helling).
93. "Erosion of the Regulatory Process in Transportation - The Winds of Change," 47
ICC PRACTITIONERS' JOURNAL 303-20 (1980).
94. "The Rise and Fall of the Civil Aeronautics Board - Opening Wide the Floodgates of
Entry," 11 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 91-185 (1979).
95. "Foreign Investment Incentives in the Developing World: The Legislation of Greece,
Egypt, Pakistan, Thailand and the Republic of China," 11 CASE WESTERN RESERVE
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 575-611 (1979).
96. "The Transportation Law Program," 9 TRANSPORTATION LAW JOURNAL 1 (1979).
97. "U.S. Export Policy: New Directions," 9 GEORGIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL &
COMPARATIVE LAW 463 (1979).
98. "The International Rate & Route Revolution in North Atlantic Passenger
Transportation," 17 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW 393-449 (1978).
99. "The Solicitation of International Capital by the Southeastern United States Environmental & Legislative Inducements for Foreign Direct Investment," 8
CUMBERLAND LAW REVIEW 661-81 (1978).
100."The Contemporary Evolution of Intermodal & International Transport Regulation
Under the Interstate Commerce Act: Land, Sea and Air Coordination of Foreign
Commerce Movements," 10 VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW 505-55
(1977) [lead article]; republished in 46 ICC Practitioners' Journal 360-404 (1979).
101."Foreign Commerce Regulation Under the Interstate Commerce Act: Intermodal
Coordination of International Transportation in the United States," 5 SYRACUSE
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW & COMMERCE 53-92 (1977).
102."Entry Control Under the Interstate Commerce Act: A Comparative Analysis of the
Statutory Criteria Governing Entry in Transportation," 13 WAKE FOREST LAW REVIEW
729-72 (1977).
103."Foreign Commerce Regulation Under the Lanham Trade Mark Act: False
Designation of Origin," 19 IDEA (JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY) 53-63 (1977).
104."Economic Coercion and Self-Defense in International Law: The Arab Oil Weapon
and Alternative American Responses Thereto," 9 CASE WESTERN RESERVE JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 253-321 (1977).
105."Primary Tax Incentives for Industrial Investment in the Southeastern United
States," 25 EMORY LAW JOURNAL 789-813 (1976).
106."Legal and Economic Incentives for Foreign Direct Investment in the Southeastern
United States," 9 VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW 247-93 (1976).
** These books and law review articles have been cited in:
 Thibodeau v. Air Canada, 2014 SCC 67 (Canadian Supreme Court 2014);
 In re Air Crash at Georgetown, Guyana on July 30, 2011, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2014 WL 3746463
(E.D.N.Y. 2014).
 Star Equipment, Ltd. v. State, Iowa Dept. of Transp., --- N.W.2d ----, 2014 WL 346521 (Iowa,
2014);
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 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v PT Garuda Indonesia and Another (No 9),
212 FCR 406, 2013 WL 1452996; [2013] FCA 323;
 Elharradji c. Cie nationale Royal Air Maroc; 2012 CarswellQue 1063; J.E. 2012-286, 2012
QCCQ 11; Cour du Québec; January 10, 2012;
 Neudorfer c. Swiss International Air Lines SA; 2011 CarswellQue 10122; J.E. 2011-1519, 2011
QCCQ 8664; Cour du Québec; August 09, 2011; Cour fédérale; July 13, 2011;
 Thibodeau v. Air Canada, [2011] F.C.J. No. 1030 (Federal Court, Ottawa 2011);
 Thibodeau c. Air Canada; 2011 CarswellNat 6096; 239 C.R.R. (2d) 301, 2011 FC 876, 2011 CF
876;
 Association of Taxicab Operators, USA v. City of Dallas, 760 F.Supp.2d 693 (N.D.Tex 2010);
 Somo Japan Ins. v. Nippon Cargo Airlines, 522 F.3rd 776 (7th Cir. 2008);
 Plourde v. Service aérien F.B.O., 2007 CarswellQue 4562 (Quebec Court of Appeals 2007);
 Plourde c. Service aérien F.B.O. inc. (Skyservice); 2007 CarswellQue 14304; [2007];
 Plourde c. Service aérien F.B.O. inc. (Skyservice); 2007 CarswellQue 4562; J.E. 2007-1150, 2007
QCCA 739; Cour d'appel du Québec; May 28, 2007;
 Croteau v. Air Transat, 2007 CarswellQue 4666 (Quebec Court of Appeals 2007);
 Croteau c. Air Transat A.T. Inc.; 2007 CarswellQue 4566; J.E. 2007-1151, 2007 QCCA 737,
[2007] R.J.Q. 1175; Cour d'appel du Québec; May 28, 2007;
 Tzanova v. Czech Airlines, 2007 CarswellQue 2099 (Quebec Court of Appeals 2007);
 Tzanova c. Czech Airlines; 2007 CarswellQue 2099; J.E. 2007-898, 2007 QCCQ 1964; Cour du
Québec; March 15, 2007;
 Byrd v. Comair, 501 F. Supp. 2nd 902 (E.D. Ky 2007);
 Baah v. Virgin Atlantic Airways, 473 F. Supp. 2nd 591 (S.D.N.Y. 2007);
 In re Air Crash at Lexington, Kentucky, August 27, 2006, 501 F.Supp.2d 902 (E.D. Ky. 2007);
 Continental Insurance Co. v. Federal Express Corp., 454 F.3rd 951 (9th Cir. 2006);
 Spirit Airlines v. Northwest Airlines, 413 F.2nd 917 (6th Cir. 2005);
 New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass’n v. Rowe, 377 F. Supp. 2nd 197 (D. Maine 2005);
 Midwestern Machinery Co. v. Northwest Airlines, 392 F.3rd 265 (8th Cir. 2004);
 Duck Head Footwear v. The Mason & Dixon Lines, 41 Fed. Appx. 692 (4th Cir. 2002);
 International Air Transport Association: Agreement Relating to Liability Limitations of the
Warsaw Convention, U.S. Dep’t of Transportation, 1996 WL 33483870 (1996); Dockets OST95-232-68, OST-96-1607-38; DOT Order 96-11-6;
 In re Trans World Airlines, 185 B.R. 302 (E.D. Mo. 1995);
 Fox Valley and Western Limited v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 15 F.3rd 641 (7th Cir. 1994);
 Matlack v. Louisiana Public Service Commission, 622 So. 2nd 640 (La. 1993);
 Minnesota Transportation Regulation Board v. United States, 966 F.2nd 335 (8th Cir. 1992);
 West Coast Truck Lines v. Weyerhauser Co., 893 F.2nd 1016, 1024 (9th Cir. 1990);
 Carriers Traffic Service v. Anderson, Clayton & Co., 881 F.2nd 475, 480 (7th Cir. 1989);
 Louisiana Tank Truck Carriers Inc. v. Louisiana PUC, 549 So. 2nd 850, 854 (La. 1989);
 A-1 Moving & Storage, Inc. v. Louisiana PUC, 548 So. 2nd 935, 935 (La. 1989);
 CTS Enterprises Inc. v. Louisiana PUC, 540 So. 2d 275, 283 (La. 1989);
 General Chemical Corporation v. United States, 817 F. 2nd 844, 847 (D.C. Cir. 1988);
 Pinney Dock and Transport Co. v. Penn Central RR Corp., 838 F.2nd 1445 (6th Cir. 1988);
 Kilbourne v. Diversified Trucking Corp., 1987 U.S. Dist. Lexis 15727 (W.D. Mich. 1987);
 Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust Litigation, 759 F.2nd 1305, 1312 (7th Cir. 1985);
 Seaboard Tank Lines v. Pennsylvania PUC, 502 A.2nd 762, 767 (Pa. 1985); and
 Central Forwarding Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 698 F.2nd 1266, 1269 (5th Cir.
1983).
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AMICUS BRIEFS
 Amicus Brief before the U.S. Supreme Court on Eid v. Alaska Airlines, 621 F.3rd 858 (9th Cir.
2010).
 Amicus Brief before the Toulouse Court of Appeal in Airbus – Armavia Airlines Réf. 2008-0091
 Amicus Brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in UPS Supply Chain
Solutions v. Qantas Airways, resulting in Chubb Insurance Company of Europe S.A. v. UPS
Supply Chain Solutions, 634 F.3rd 1023 (9th Cir. 2011).
 Amicus Brief before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in In Re: Air
Crash at Georgetown, Guyana, on July 30, 2011
 Amicus Brief before the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Div., in Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission v. PT Garuda Indonesia
EDITORIALS PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES:
Air Line Pilot
Arizona Republic
Atlanta Journal & Constitution
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
Charlotte Observer
Christian Science Monitor
Chicago Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dallas Times Herald
Denver Business Journal
Denver Post
Des Moines Register
Ft. Worth Star Telegram
The Gazette (Montreal)
Houston Chronicle
Houston Post
Mobile Register
La Presse (Montreal)
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Los Angeles Times
N.Y. Journal of Commerce
New York Times
Newsweek
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Recorder
Rocky Mountain News
Roll Call
Seattle Times
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Tampa Tribune
Traffic World
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Washington Times
Column: Denver Business Journal (1995-99).
Column: "Law School Notes," Transportation Lawyers Association Your Letter of the Law
(1980-90).
Column: "Trucking and the Law," Road Runner Country (1980-81).
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
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“Airport Monopolization: Barriers to Entry & Impediments to Competition”, Hearings on
the State of Competition in the Airline Industry, before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S.
House of Representatives (2000).
“Airport Monopolization & Megacarrier Predation: Barriers to Entry & Impediments to
Competition,” Before the Transportation Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
(2000).
Barriers to Airline Competition, Before the Transportation Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate
Appropriations Committee (1998).
Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997).
Aviation Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science &
Transportation (1997).
Competition in the Airline Industry, Before the Subcomm. on Economic and Commercial
Law, House Comm. on the Judiciary (1993).
The State of the Airline Industry, Before the Subcomm. on Aviation of the U.S. Senate
Comm. on Commerce, Science and Transportation, 102nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1991).
The Financial Condition of the Airline Industry and the Adequacy of Competition, Before
the Subcomm. on Aviation of the House Comm. on Public Works and Transportation,
102nd Cong., 1st Sess. 122-39, 281-304 (1991).
The Effect of Airline Deregulation on the Rural Economy, Before the Subcomm. on Rural
Economy and Family Farming of the Senate Comm. on Small Business, 100th Cong. 1st Sess.
91-141 (1987).
Oversight of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, Before the Subcomm. on Surface Transportation
of the House Comm. on Public Works and Transportation, 97th Cong. 1st Sess. 438- 505
(1981).
Examining Conditions in the Trucking Industry and the Possible Necessity for Change in
the Manner and Scope of its Regulations, Before the Subcomm. on Surface Transportation of
the House Comm. on Public Works and Transportation, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. 1298 (1980).
SPEECHES, PAPERS AND TESTIMONY DELIVERED BEFORE SEMINARS,
CONFERENCES, REGULATORY AGENCIES AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
2015 Turkish Aviation Academy and the Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey;
Eighth Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance, Montreal;
Canada; Florida International University Aviation Law Symposium, Miami, Florida; East China
University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China; China University of Political Science
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and Law, Beijing, China; 7th Annual Airport Economics & Finance Conference, Airports Council
International & World Bank Group, London, UK; International Civil Aviation Organization
Council Retreat, Mt. Tremblant, Canada; University of Cologne Institute of Air & Space Law,
Cologne, Germany; International Conference on New Challenges in Space Law, The Space
Treaties at Crossroads: Considerations for de lege ferenda, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Greece; 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel.
2014 Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance, London, UK; Singapore
Aviation Academy, Singapore; Seminar on Emerging Issues in Space Law, and ALAANZ
Annual Air Law Conference, Melbourne, Australia; Garuda International Airlines Board of
Governors Retreat, Jakarta, Indonesia; HEC, Le Bourget of Paris, Concordia University,
Montreal; Airport Development Conference, Dublin, Ireland; 2nd Manfred Lachs International
Conference on Global Space Governance, Montreal; International Bar Association Conference
on Aircraft Finance, Montreal, Canada; UN COPUOUS Conference on National Space Law,
Beijing, China; International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Conference
Safety is Not an Option, in Friedrichshafen, Germany; American Bar Association Forum on Air
and Space Law 2014 Annual Conference, Montreal; International Air Law Conference, Warsaw,
Poland; National Airlines Conference of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Northwest University of
Politics and Law Conference on International Aviation Law, Xi’an, China.
2013 Conference on Commercialisation of Space: Opportunities and Challenges, Kings College,
London, UK; United National Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space, Vienna, Austria;
International Board of Advisers, Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore; Space Security
Index, Montreal; “Global Governance in International Aviation” at HEC, Le Bourget of Paris,
Concordia University, Montreal; 6th Annual meeting of the International Association for the
Advancement of Space Security, Montreal; McGill Conference on ICAO for Space, Montreal;
Beihang University Institute of Aviation Law and Standard, and National Research Center of
Air Traffic Management Law and Standard, Beijing, China; CAAC Conference on Airport
Regulation, Tianjin, China; Civil Aviation University of China School of Law, Tianjin, China;
Northwest University of Political Science & Law, Xi’an, China; International Conference on the
Montreal Convention of 1999, Xi’an, China; Harbin Institute of Technology School of Law,
Harbin, China; 6th Legal Forum of Harbin Trade Fair on The legal Issues on International Trade
or Business between China and Other Foreign Countries, Harbin, China; • World Economic
Forum/McGill Global Agenda Council on Space Security Workshop - Bringing Space Down to
Earth, held at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal; McGill Conference on
International Aviation Liability & Insurance, Montreal; ICAO/McGill University Pre-Assembly
Conference: Enhancing Air Transport Connectivity and Profitability, Montreal; Course on
Introduction to Air Law at the Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore.
2012 Superior Academy of Aeronautical Science, and Dominican Civil Aviation Institute, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic; Center of Excellence on Defense Against Terrorism, Ankara,
Turkey; Seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria; Workshop &
International Conference on Air Transport, Air & Space Law & Regulation, New Delhi, India;
HEC, Le Bourget of Paris, Concordia University, Montreal; Conference on Aircraft
Transactions, Montreal, Canada; ICAO/CERG Warsaw Air Law Conference, Warsaw, Poland;
Conference on the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by
Air (Montreal Convention of 1999), KOC University Law School, Istanbul, Turkey; Colloquium
on the Law of Outer Space, International Institute of Space Law, Naples, Italy; Singapore
Aviation Academy, Singapore; University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden; Conference on
Aviation Liability & Insurance, London, U.K.; IASL European Alumni Association, Stockholm,
Sweden.
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2011 First East Africa Aviation Law Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya Civil Aviation Authority,
Nairobi, Kenya; Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore; Beihang University College of Law,
Beijing, China; Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China; China University of Political
Science and Law, Beijing, China; Civil Aviation Administration of China, Beijing, China; IATA
Legal Symposium, Vancouver, Canada; International Conference on International Aviation
Liability & Insurance, Montreal, Canada; ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada; HEC Conference on Air Law, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada;
International Galileo Governance and Liability Workshop, Transinne, Belgium; International
Institute of Space Law Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
2010 China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China; Northwestern University of
Political Science and Law, Xi’an, China; Singapore Aviation Academy Seminar on International
Air Law: Concepts and Applications, and Singapore Aviation Academy Civil Aviation
Management Programme, Singapore; Indonesia Civil Aviation Seminar: Aviation Safety and
Airport Security, Jakarta, Indonesia; McGill/SAA/National University of Singapore
Conference on Current Developments in International Aviation, Singapore; 43rd International
Conference on Air and Space Law, Korea Aerospace University, Seoul, Korea; PEOPIL/McGill
Conference on International Aviation Liability and Insurance, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
ICAO/McGill Conference on International Aviation: Which Route to $ustainability?, Montreal,
Canada; Conference on New Threats and Challenges in Civil Aviation, Bucharest, Romania
2009 Introduction to Air Transport, Air & Space Law and Regulation & International
Conference on Air Transport, Air & Space Law and Regulation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates; Lund University College of Law, Lund, Sweden; Conference on International
Aviation Liability & Insurance, Montreal, Canada; Singapore Aviation Academy Seminar on
International Air Law: Concepts and Applications, and Singapore Aviation Academy Civil
Aviation Management Programme, Singapore; 43rd International Conference on Air and Space
Law and Policy, Seoul, Korea; and Safeskies Aviation Safety Conference on "Managing
Aviation Safety in a Changing Environment."
2008 Air Transport Research Society World Conference, Athens, Greece; International
Conference on Air Transport and Space Activities, China University of Political Science & Law,
Beijing, China; Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, China; Singapore Aviation
Academy, Singapore; PEOPIL Conference on Aviation Liability, Strasbourg, France; Chinese
Society of Civil Aviation, Aviation Civil Aviation Law & Flight Safety Seminar, Taipei,
Taiwan; Symposium on Space Solutions to Earth’s Global Challenges, International Space
University, Strasbourg, France; University of Toronto/Osgoode Hall Law School Seminar on
International Law, Toronto, Canada; University of Houston Law Review Symposium: 30 Years
of Airline Deregulation - A Structure, Conduct, and Performance Review, Houston, Texas;
Workshop on Introduction to Air Transport, Air Law & Regulation, and Conference on
Contemporary Issues in Air Transport, Air Law & Regulation, New Delhi, India.
2007 Brazil-American Chamber of Commerce, Bela Horizonte, Brazil; Conference on Regulation
of Air Transport, Rio de Janerio, Brazil; Arab Aviation Security Conference, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia; International Space University, Strasbourg, France; Workshop on International Air &
Space Law, University of Macau, Macau, China; Conference on Contemporary Issues in Air &
Space Law, Macau, China; Aviation Security Seminar, Taipei, Taiwan; Singapore Aviation
Academy, Singapore; International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India.
2006 ICAO Regional Conference on Aviation Security, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Association of
Australian and New Zealand Aviation Law, Auckland, New Zealand; 57th International
Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain; University of Leiden, The Hague, The Netherlands;
European Aviation Club, Brussels, Belgium; Mexican Intermodal Transportation Association,
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Mexico City, Mexico; Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore; McGill IASL European Alumni
Association, Bucharest, Romania.
2005 IATA Legal Symposium, Santiago, Chile; Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore;
National University of Singapore, Singapore; TIAC Canada Tourism Leadership Summit,
Quebec, Canada; Workshop in International Aviation Policy for Canada, Montreal, Canada;
Annual Meeting of the Air Transport Association of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; American Bar
Association/McGill University Conference on Aviation & Space, Montreal, Canada; University
of Leuven, Brussels, Belgium; University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
2004 Arab Air Carriers Organization 37th Annual Meeting, Amman, Jordan; Worldwide
Conference on Current Challenges in International Aviation, Montreal, Canada; Air Currents
Conference, Ottawa, Canada; Transportation Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, West Palm
Beach, Florida; European IASL Biennial Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.
2003 Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore; Latin American Aviation Conference, Bogotá,
Colombia; Air & Space Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; International Civil Aviation
Organization Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in Civil, Montreal, Canada; EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida; Transportation Lawyers Association
Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; Canadian
Transportation Lawyers Association, Mt. Tremblant, Canada; Canadian Airports Council
Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada; Conference on the Trans-Atlantic Aviation Relationship,
Dean Rusk Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; The European Union ‘Open Skies’
Decision: Implications for International Aviation, University of Montreal Institute for European
Studies, Montreal, Canada; Inaugural Conference: Strategies and Skills for Revitalizing
Aviation, CUNY Aviation Institute at York College, New York, N.Y.
2002 11th International Aerospace Symposium, Seoul, Korea; 50th Anniversary Conference of
McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law, Montreal, Canada; Canadian Transport
Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada; ACI-NA 11th Annual Conference, Salt
Lake City, Utah; 34th Annual Transportation Law Institute, San Antonio, Texas; Annual Airport
Conference, Phoenix, Arizona; Transportation Roundtable, Washington, D.C.; “Conference Sur
La Lutte Contre Le Terrorisme,” University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
2001 Conference on “Air Transport – Quo Vadis?”, Free University of Brussels, Brussels,
Belgium; IIR Conference on Airport Slot Trading, London, UK; NCIT Conference on
Transportation Systems in China and the U.S., Denver, Colorado; NCIT Conference on
Technology, Innovation & Law, Denver, Colorado; University of Denver Conference on the
North American Free Trade Agreement, Denver, Colorado; Intermodal Access at U.S. Airports,
Transportation Research Board 80th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC; First Annual
Transportation/Academic Research Forum, Washington, D.C.
2000 First Annual International Air Law & Insurance Forum, London, U.K.; 79th Annual
Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.; Hearings Before the
Colorado House of Representatives Transportation Committee, Denver, Colorado; Operation
Stimulus 2000 Colorado 19th Annual Transportation Forum, Denver, Colorado; Conference of
Italian Airports Executives, Bologna, Italy; IIR Conference on Strategies for Overcoming Airport
Slot Limitations, London, U.K.; Denver Regional Council of Governments, Denver, Colorado;
National Center for Intermodal Transportation, Denver, Colorado.
1999 Sino-American Conference on Intermodal Transportation, Beijing, China; Center for
International Legal Studies First Annual European Law Forum in Krumbach, Austria; World
Summit on Health Issues Surrounding Airport Development sponsored by the Health Council
of the Netherlands, in Heerlen, The Netherlands; Air Carriers Association of America and the
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State Attorneys General, Washington, D.C.; Embry-Riddle University Distinguished Faculty
Lecture, Daytona Beach, Florida; Jefferson County Commissioners, Golden, Colorado.
1998 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association, Montreal, Canada;
Wright State University, National Aerospace Conference, Dayton, Ohio; Weldon Taylor
Executive Lecture, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah; Intermodal Transportation
Institute, Workshop on ISTEA, Denver, Colorado; Operation Stimulus, Thornton, Colorado;
Gyro Club, Denver, Colorado; U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C.
1997 Korean Association of Air & Space Law, International Conference on Air and Space
Policy, Law and Industry, Seoul, Korea; American Association of Airport Executives, St. Louis,
Missouri; Port of Seattle, Conference on the Flight to Prosperity, Seattle, Washington; Airports
Council International, World Economic Specialty Conference, Denver, Colorado; Columbine
Kiwanis Club, Littleton, Colorado; Intermodal Transportation Institute, North American
Intermodal Transportation Summit, Denver, Colorado.
1996 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern American Association of Airport Executives,
Monterey, California; OECD Conference on Sustainable Transportation, Vancouver, British
Columbia; Fifth Annual Phoenix International Aviation Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona;
Lakewood Kiwanis Club, Lakewood, Colorado.
1995 Transportation Law Institute, San Francisco, California; Colorado Motor Carrier
Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado; .Mile-High Rotary Club, Denver; The Colorado Motor
Carriers Association, Denver; The Transportation Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, San
Diego; National Confectioners' Logistics Council Annual Meeting, Orlando; The Colorado
Public Utilities Commission, Denver; The Kansas Public Utilities Commission, Topeka
1994 Japan Aeronautics Association, Tokyo, Japan; Conference on Asia-Pacific Airports '94,
Singapore; Commencement Address, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kanto-Gakuin University, Japan; Transportation
Lawyers Association 57th Annual joint Conference with the Canadian Transport Lawyers
Association, Kiawah Island, South Carolina; Air Line Pilots Association Leadership Conference,
Reston, Virginia; American Airlines, Dallas, Texas; Aspen Salon, Aspen, Colorado.
1993 Conference on Airline Growth & Survival in the 1990s, Hong Kong; Conference on
Multilateral Aviation in the 1990s, Singapore; Conference on Airport Development &
Expansion, Hong Kong; House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law,
Washington, D.C.; National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry,
Washington, D.C.; American Bar Ass'n Forum on Air & Space Law, Annual Forum on Aviation
Law, Orlando, Florida; 19th Annual Conference of the Transportation Claims & Prevention
Council, Orlando, Florida; 16th Annual Conference of Regulatory Attorneys, Whitefish,
Montana; Transportation Committee of the Colorado Senate, Denver, Colorado; 56th Annual
Conference of the Transportation Lawyers Ass'n, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Air Line Pilots Ass'n
Executive Council, Washington, D.C.; IBM Travel School, Dallas, Texas; International Ass'n of
Machinists Lodge 141, Las Vegas, Nevada; United Airlines Union Coalition Labor Summit,
Chicago, Illinois; Society of American Business Editors & Writers, Denver, Colorado; Rocky
Mountain Business Travel Association, Denver, Colorado; 35th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Forum, New York, N.Y.; The Heritage Club, Denver, Colorado;
International Conference & Exposition on Aviation & Airport Infrastructure, Denver, Colorado;
Annual Meeting of the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, Beaver Creek, Colorado; Aviation
Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Toronto, Canada; Canadian Motor Coach
Ass'n, Toronto, Canada.
1992 Embry-Riddle International Symposium on Aviation Law/Insurance, Brussels, Belgium;
Canadian Senate, Committee on Transportation and Communication, Ottawa, Canada; 18th
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Annual Conference of the Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, Las Vegas, Nevada;
Colorado General Assembly Seminar, Denver, Colorado; Air Line Pilots Association Executive
Council, Reston, Virginia; Air Line Pilots Association Denver Council, Denver, Colorado;
Denver Mile High Rotary Club, Denver, Colorado; Cherry Creek Kiwanis Club, Denver,
Colorado; Second Annual Conference on Airlines, Airports and Aviation, Washington, D.C.;
51st Annual Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
Transportation Trades Department, Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Annual National
Transportation Week Conference, Boise, Idaho; Embry Riddle University, Las Vegas, Nevada;
Oregon Trucking Associations Annual Meeting, Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
1991 Seminar on Strategic Options for Transport Development, Depts of Transport and
Aviation, and University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 40th
Anniversary Colloquium of the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada; Colorado House & Senate Joint Transportation Committee, Denver, Colorado; Atlas
24th Annual Conference on Moving America Forward, Chicago, Illinois; Ohio Public Utilities
Commission, Columbus, Ohio; National Defense Transportation Ass'n, Lowery AFB, Colorado;
Colorado Transfer & Warehouseman's Ass'n, Denver, Colorado; University of Colorado College
of Business Administration, Boulder, Colorado; Regular Common Carriers Conference Board of
Governors, Washington, D.C.; Colorado Motor Carriers Ass'n 52nd Annual Convention, Beaver
Creek, Colorado; Transportation Trades Dep't Executive Committee, Miami, Florida;
Conference on Airlines & the Future of Aviation, Denver, Colorado; Air Line Pilots Assn
Executive Committee, Washington, D.C.; Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Denver,
Colorado; Pueblo Kiwanis Club, Pueblo, Colorado; Colorado Democratic Party Leadership
Conference, Denver, Colorado; National Conference of State Transportation Specialists, 33rd
Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan; ALPA Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C..
1990 National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; Transportation Law Institute, San Francisco,
California; 32nd Annual Transportation Research Forum, Long Beach, California; Section on
Canadian-American Cooperation, and Section on Aviation & Space Law, Ass'n of American
Law Schools, San Francisco, California; DU Mile High Alumni, Denver, Colorado; El Paso
County Bar Ass'n, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Weber Aircraft Aviation Conference, Los
Angeles, California; University of North Dakota Center for Aerospace Sciences, Grand Forks,
North Dakota; Ass'n of Professional Flight Attendants Executive Committee, Dallas, Texas;
Transportation Trades Department First Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
1989 Michigan House of Representatives Transportation Committee, Lansing, Michigan;
California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, California; Section on Graduate
Programs, Ass'n of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Western Social Sciences
Ass'n Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Southeastern Ass'n of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners, Williamsburg, Virginia; Northern Illinois University School of Law, DeKalb,
Illinois; Burlington Northern General Chairman's Ass'n Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado;
Michigan Bar Ass'n, Lansing, Michigan; University of North Dakota Center for Aerospace
Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota; DePaul University College of Law Alumni, Chicago,
Illinois; Chancellor's Breakfast, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado; Canadian Transport
Lawyers Ass'n Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
1988 Air & Space Law Section, Ass'n of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Miami,
Florida; US West Academic Seminar, Keystone, Colorado; National Conference of State
Transportation Specialists, 30th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri; Transportation Lawyers
Association 51st Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Second International Education
Conference, American Society of Transportation and Logistics and Delta Nu Alpha
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Transportation Fraternity, St. Louis, Missouri; Duclos-Gordon Seminar in Transportation
Regulation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; NARUC Biennial Regulatory
Information Conference, Columbus, Ohio; California Public Utilities Commission, San
Francisco, California; British Columbia Motor Carrier Commission, Vancouver, British
Columbia.
1987 American Bar Ass'n, Section on Administrative Law, Long Boat Key, Florida; National
Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 99th Annual Convention and Regulatory
Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana; Duclos-Gordon Seminar in Transportation Regulation,
Syracuse University School of Management, Syracuse, New York; College of Business, Boise
State University, Boise, Idaho; First International Education Conference, American Society of
Transportation and Logistics and Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity, San Jose,
California; Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, Durango, Colorado; Senate
and House Committees, Legislature of the State of Texas, Austin, Texas; North Dakota State
University, Fargo, North Dakota; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Delta Nu Alpha
Transportation Fraternity, Denver, Colorado; Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Transportation
Practitioners Associations, Denver, Colorado; Colorado Bar Ass'n 89th Annual Convention,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1986 Canadian Transport Lawyers Ass'n, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia; MidContinent Assn. of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, Keystone, Colorado; American
Society of Transportation & Logistics, Chicago, Illinois; Colorado Senate Transportation
Committee, Denver, Colorado; Intermountain Chapter of the Association of Transportation
Practitioners, Salt Lake City, Utah; Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity, 46th Annual
International Education Conference, Orlando, Florida; Annual Transportation Conference of
the Fertilizer Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
1985 Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity, 45th Annual International Education
Conference, San Antonio, Texas; Colorado Senate Transportation Committee, Denver,
Colorado; Rocky Mountain Chapter of Delta Nu Alpha, Denver, Colorado.
1984 Transportation Practitioners Ass'n, 7th Western Transp. Seminar, San Francisco,
California; National Retail Merchants Ass'n., 63rd Annual Traffic Conference, Denver,
Colorado; Transportation Lawyers Assn, Annual Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia; Colorado
Finance Council, Denver, Colorado; Iowa Public Utilities Commission, Des Moines, Iowa;
University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1983 Shippers National Freight Claims Council, 9th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida;
Forward America, Organizational Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas; National Conference of State
Transportation Specialists, 25th Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada; American Trucking Assn's,
Interstate Carriers Conf. Annual Meeting, Durango, Colorado; Iowa Trucking Ass'n, Annual
Meeting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1982 Colorado Finance Council, Denver, Colorado; Rocky Mountain Chapter of Transportation
Practitioners Ass'n, Denver, Colorado.
1981 Chicago Traffic Club, Chicago, Illinois; National Council on Physical Distribution
Management, Houston, Texas; Motor Carrier Lawyers Assn., Annual Meeting, Kona, Hawaii.
1980 Transportation Law Institute, Keystone, Colorado; Ohio Northern University School of
Law, Ada, Ohio.
1979 ICC Practitioners Assn., Denver, Colorado; Delta Nu Alpha, Denver, Colorado.
1978 Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee.
1977 Economic Development Council of the New Orleans Area, New Orleans, Louisiana.
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
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University of Denver/Smithsonian Institution Conference on Airlines, Airports &
Aviation Washington, D.C., May 28-29, 1992).
International Conference and Exposition on Aviation & Airport Infrastructure (Denver,
Colorado, December 5-9, 1993).
Roundtable Discussion on EU Open Skies Decision - January 31, 2003, at the McGill
University Faculty of Law, attended by approximately 50 registrants.
McGill Air and Space Society – Inaugurated on Dec. 17, 2003, with ICAO Council
President Dr. Assad Kotaite giving the keynote luncheon address; we have held several
other successful luncheon events during past years.
 Worldwide Conference on Current Challenges in International Aviation – Sept. 24-26,
2004 (co-sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and preceding the
35th Session of the ICAO Assembly) held at the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel in Montreal
with more than 350 attendees from more than 70 nations;
 Conference on International Aviation Policy for Canada – May 13-14, 2005 (sponsored by
SSHRC and the Conference Board of Canada), held at the Faculty of Law of McGill
University with approximately 100 participants;
 Conference on the Airline Industry’s Financial Crisis, Brussels, Belgium – May 19-20, 2005
(co-sponsored by the University of Leuven Institute for International Law, and the
University of Leiden Institute for Air & Space Law);
 Conference on Aviation & Space: Are the Skies Brightening? - September 29-October 1,
2005 (co-sponsored by the American Bar Association) held at the Marriott Chateau
Champlain Hotel in Montreal, and attended by 250 registrants.
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Conference on AIR NAVIGATION: FLYING THROUGH CONGESTED SKIES,
sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization and McGill University’s
Institute of Air & Space Law, and held on September 27-29, 2006, at ICAO Headquarters
in Montreal. The Conference was attended by approximately 175 registrants.
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The Air & Space Law Seminar, led by McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law
in conjunction with The Civil Aviation Authority of Macau SAR, and ADA Administration of Airports, LTD was held at the University of Macau, on April 16-18,
2007. The Seminar was attended by approximately 75 registrants.
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International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Air & Space Law, held 18-21 April
2007, at the Wynne Hotel & Casino, in Macau, China, led by McGill University’s
Institute of Air & Space Law in conjunction with the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau
SAR, and ADA - Administration of Airports, Ltd., was attended by approximately 125
registrants.
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Conference on Aviation Safety, Security & the Environment: The Way Forward,
sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization and McGill University’s
Institute of Air & Space Law, and held on September 14-16, 2007, at the Hilton
Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal. The Conference was attended by approximately 250
registrants from around the world.
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Worldwide Conference on Aviation Safety, Security & the Environment in Montreal on
September 14-16, 2007, in cooperation with the International Civil Aviation
Organization prior to the 36th meeting of the ICAO General Assembly, attracting more
than 300 delegates from around the world.;
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Workshop on Introduction to Air Transport, Air Law & Regulation, organized by
McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law in conjunction with Airports Authority
of India and the Centre for Aviation Studies of the University of Petroleum and Energy
Studies (India), held at the Radisson Hotel in New Delhi, India, on April 21-23, 2008.
The Seminar was attended by approximately 75 registrants.
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International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Air Transport, Air Law &
Regulation, held 23-25 April 2008, at the Radisson Hotel, in New Delhi, India, led by
McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law in conjunction with the Airports
Authority of India and the Centre for Aviation Studies of the University of Petroleum
and Energy Studies (India). The conference was attended by approximately 150
registrants.
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Workshop on Space Security Index (2008) – May 15-16, 2008 held at the Faculty of Law
of McGill University, with approximately 40 international participants
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Air & Space Law: A Global Perspective – jointly sponsored by the IASL and the American
Bar Association at the Marriott Chateau Champlain Hotel in Montreal, Sept. 18-19, 2008,
and attended by approximately 200 registrants.
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Workshop on Introduction to Air Transport, Air & Space Law and Regulation – April 1214, 2009, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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International Conference on Air Transport, Air & Space Law and Regulation – April 1416, 2009, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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International Conference on Air Transport, Air Law and Regulation – co-organized by
the Institute of Air & Space Law with the National University of Singapore Centre for
International Law and The Singapore Aviation Academy, held at the Singapore Aviation
Academy, 24-26 May 2010.
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Air Transport: What Route to Sustainability? Third McGill/ICAO pre-Assembly
Conference – organized conjointly with the Air Transport Bureau of ICAO, held at the
Hilton Montreal Bonaventure hotel, 26-27 September 2010, and attended by 248
registrants.
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McGill-PEOPIL Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance: Current
Issues & Controversies – held at the Grand Sofitel Hotel, Amsterdam on 8-9 October
2010 and attended by 65 participants.
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Annual Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance – presented by the Institute of
Air & Space Law at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel, May 6-7, 2011, and attended by 175
registrants.
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American Bar Association-McGill IASL –Annual Meeting & Conference at the Marriott Chateau
Champlain Hotel, Montreal – Sept. 22-23, 2011, attended by 200 registrants.
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McGill-PEOPIL Conference on International Aviation Law & Insurance, held at the Law Society,
London, England - Apr. 19-21, 2012 – 75 participants.
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Third Workshop & Conference on
EMERGING TRENDS IN AVIATION & SPACE
APPLICATIONS, National Law University, New Delhi – April 25-29, 2012 65 participants.
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Conference on International Aviation Law and the Montreal Convention of 1999 at the
Northwestern University of Political Science and Law, Xi’an, China.
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Seventh Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance, held on
October 25-26, 2013, at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal, attended by 200 registrants.
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ICAO/McGill University Pre-Assembly Conference: Enhancing Air Transport Connectivity and
Profitability, Montreal, attended by 175 registrants.
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Conference on the Commercialisation of Space: Opportunities and Challenges, co-organised with
the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom;
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Workshop on Space Security Index, held at the Faculty of Law McGill University, Montreal,
Canada;
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IAASS/McGill 6th IAASS Conference - Safety Is Not an Option, held at Faculty of Law, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada;
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McGill/ICAO Manfred Lachs Conference on the Regulation of Emerging Modes of Aerospace
Transportation (REMAT), held at the Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada;
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World Economic Forum/McGill Global Agenda Council on Space Security Workshop - Bringing
Space Down to Earth, held at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;
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Fourth ICAO/McGill University Pre-38th Assembly Symposium - Enhancing Air Transport
Connectivity and Profitability, held at ICAO Headquarters, Montreal;,
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Canada’s 2nd Annual Symposium on Emissions Trading and International Civil Aviation: Role of
Market-Based Mechanisms, held at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;
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American Bar Association Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting, held Oct.
17-18 in Montreal.
McGill co-sponsored the 33rd Annual ALAANZ Conference in Melbourne,
Australia;
McGill Seminar on Emerging Issues in Space Law, Melbourne, Australia – 30
participants;
2nd Manfred Lachs International Conference on Global Space Governance –
Montreal, 120 participants;
International Bar Association (IBA) Conference on Aircraft Finance, sponsored
by McGill IASL - Montreal, 100 participants;
Co-sponsored and served on the planning committee American Bar Association's
Forum on Air and Space Law 2014 Annual Conference in Old Montreal, 200
participants;
Strategic Space Law Program in Montreal, 45 participants; and
Sponsored IAASS Conference Safety is Not an Option, in Friedrichshafen,
Germany, 250 participants
Seventh Annual McGill/PEOPIL Conference on International Aviation Liability
and Insurance, held Feb. 7, 2014, held at the Law Society, in London, UK – 100
participants.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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Arbitrator, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission,
Shanghai, China.
International Board of Advisors, Singapore Aviation Academy (2005-present).
Board of Directors, China Institute of Air & Space Law (2007).
External Examiner, Aviation Management Program of the National University of
Singapore (2004-06).
Member of the Editorial Board, Soochow Law Journal (2004-present).
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Member of the Editorial Board, Zeitschrift fur Luft- und Weltraumrecht (German Journal of
Air & Space Law) (2001-present).
Member of the Editorial Board, Rivista del Diritto della Navigazione (Navigation
Law Review) (2010-present).
Board of Advisors, Asian Journal of Air & Space Law (2011-present).
Member of the Advisory Council of the Foundation for Aviation and Sustainable
Tourism, Delhi, India (2002-04).
Board of Advisors, Jordan Center for Aviation Security & Safety, Amman, Jordan (200004).
Member of the Citizens Advisory Council of Denver International Airport (1997-2002).
Vice President of the Air Carriers Association of America (1998-2000).
Editorial Board, Lloyd’s Aviation Quarterly (London) (1997-2000).
President and co-founder, Americans for Sound Aviation Policy (1993-97).
Chairman, Section on Air & Space Law, Association of American Law Schools (19891990).
Vice Chairman, Transportation Committee of the Administrative Law Section of the
American Bar Association (1988-92).
Advisor, Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board,
National Academy of Sciences (1996-1999).
Project Director, Conference on Airlines and the Future of Aviation (Denver, Colorado
April 12-13, 1991).
Member, Commercial Board of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (1987present).
Member of the Colorado Department of Transportation Committee on Tolls, Tunnels
and Public Highway Authorities (1991).
President and Member of the Board of Directors, Citizens for Responsible
Transportation, Inc. (1984-1986).
Member of the Board of Advisors, International Aerospace Institute (1982-1986).
Member of the Governor's Special Committee on Colorado Public Utility Commission
Appointments (1988-1989).
Member of the Mayor's Selection Committee for a New Denver Stapleton International
Airport Director (1992).
Consultant to the Colorado Faculty/State Oil Shale Review Program, Center for
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Denver (1979-1981).
Judge for the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, final rounds, at the Annual
Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington, D.C. (1980).
Judge, Telders Moot International Court Competition, The Hague, The Netherlands
(2005-present)
Current or former member of the American Bar Association, the American Society of
International Law, Transportation Lawyers Association, Transportation Practitioners
Association, Transportation Research Forum, Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity,
Western Social Science Association, Canadian Transport Lawyers Association, Federal
Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, and Order of St.
Ives.
Appeared on the following broadcast networks: ABC Radio, ABC Evening News with
Peter Jennings, ABC World Business Report, Australian Broadcasting Company, Biznet,
Paul Stephen Dempsey
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Business Radio Network, California Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., CSPAN, CBS Radio, CBS This Morning, CNBC, Cable News Network, CNN Crossfire,
Financial News Network Market Wrap, MacNeal-Lehrer News Hour, National Public
Radio, NBC Today, NBC Mutual Radio, Newstalk Radio Network, Newsweek On Air,
Pacific Public Radio, PBS, PBS Nightly Business Report, Radio New Zealand,
Transportation Digest, The Travel Channel, Unistar Radio Network, Voice of America,
and Wisconsin Public Radio.
Quoted by the following news wire services: Associated Press, Knight-Ridder, Los
Angeles Times, Newhouse Newspapers, Reuters, and United Press International.
Quoted by the following periodicals: Air Line Pilot, Aircraft & Aerospace (Australia),
Airline Business (London), Airport, American Lawyer, Arizona Republic, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Constitution, Aviation Daily, Aviation Week & Space
Technology, Baltimore Sun, Berlin Ske-Tidend (Copenhagen, Denmark), Bond Buyer,
Boston Globe, Bronx Riverdale Press, Business Today (India), Business Travel News,
Business Week, Chicago Sun Times, Christian Science Monitor, Commercial Aviation
News, Corporate Crime Reporter, Crains Detroit Business, Dallas Morning News,
Denver Business Magazine, Denver Post, Detroit News, Financial Post (Canada), Florida
Times Union, Fresno Bee, Frequent Flyer Magazine, Grand Forks Herald, Houston
Chronicle, Journal of Commerce, Kansas City Star, Kiwanis Magazine, Los Angeles
Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, National Business Review (New Zealand), New York
Times, New York Times Sunday Magazine, New York Newsday, Newsweek, OAG
Frequent Flyer, Omaha World Herald, Parade, Pet Business Journal, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Pittsburgh Press, Rocky Mountain News, Saf (Sweden), St. Louis PostDispatch, St. Paul Pioneer Press, San Diego Union, Seattle Times, Sydney Sun Herald
(Australia), Time, The Times (London), Times Picayune (New Orleans), Toledo Blade,
Toronto Star and Tribune, Tour and Travel News, USA Today, Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, Washington Post National Weekly Edition, and Washington Times.
Interviewed on the following television stations: KCNC-TV (Denver), KMGH-TV
(Denver), KPIX-TV (San Francisco), KRMA-TV (Denver), KSTP-TV (Minneapolis/St.
Paul), KUSA-TV (Denver), KWGN-TV (Denver), KTVB-TV (Boise), Channel 9
(Australia), and Channel 10 (Australia).
Interviewed on the following radio stations: Radio 2BL (Sydney, Australia), Radio 2SER
(Sydney, Australia), KBCO-AM & FM (Denver), KBEN-AM (Los Angeles), KBOL-FM
(Boulder), KBX-AM (Denver), KCFR-FM (Denver), KHOW-AM (Denver), KLZ-AM
(Denver), KDEN-AM (Denver), KNUS-AM (Denver), KOA-AM (Denver), KYGO-AM
(Denver), WAMU-FM (Washington, DC), WEEI-AM (Boston), WILL-AM, FM (Chicago),
WNTR-AM (Washington, DC), WNWS-AM (Miami), WOAI-AM (San Antonio), KFYIAM (Phoenix), KBCW-FM (Salt Lake City), KING-AM (Seattle), KIRO-AM (Seattle),
KMOX-AM (St. Louis), and WXYT-AM (Detroit).
Courses taught: Airline Business & Law; Administrative Law, Aviation Law,
Constitutional Law, Decision Process (Legal Method), Government Regulation of Air
Transport, International Business Transactions, International Economic Law,
International Transportation Law, Public International Air Law, Private International
Air Law, Regulated Industries, Torts, and Transportation Law.
Additional Teaching Interests: Antitrust.
Biography published in Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the West; Who's
Who in Colorado; Who's Who in U.S. Executives; Directory of Distinguished Americans;
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Directory of American Scholars; Community Leaders of America; Personalities of
America; Dictionary of International Biography; The International Who's Who of
Intellectuals; the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership; The International
Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement; Men of Achievement; Five Thousand
Personalities of the World; International Register of Profiles; Personalities of the
Americas.
References and writing samples are available upon request.