Kenneth P. Quinn
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The Chambers USA 2007 Guide again singled out Mr. Quinn for praise and ranked Pillsbury’s aviation practice as “National, Tier 1.” Mr. Quinn is co-chair of Pillsbury’s Aviation, Aerospace, and Transportation Practice. He represents airlines, aerospace companies, airports, security companies, on-line travel companies, global distribution systems, governments, banks, private equity, hedge funds, and aircraft lenders/lessors in a variety of regulatory, litigation, acquisition, antitrust, enforcement, legislative, product liability, and criminal matters.
His most recent efforts include serving as lead counsel in the successful battle to gain U.S. Department of Transportation certification for Virgin America. He is litigating cases in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for an airport, and in the Ninth Circuit for an airline. He is a preferred provider of legal services for one of the world’s largest leasing companies, represents multiple aircraft and engine manufacturers on Federal Aviation Administration matters, counsels developers in airspace hazard matters, and advises private equity funds and many corporations involving the use of corporate aircraft, and banks and other lenders in airline, fixed-based operator, aircraft, and maintenance company acquisitions.
Mr. Quinn serves as the General Counsel and Secretary of the Flight Safety Foundation, which has over 900 members in 142 countries around the world. He has served on FSF’s Board of Governors for the past five years. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Air & Space Lawyer of the American Bar Association since 1997. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He has served as a Member of the CCH Aviation Law Advisory Council since 1999. He is a founding Director of the DePaul International Aviation Law Institute. He is the past Chair of the ABA Forum on Air & Space Law, past chair of its annual meeting, and a Member of its Governing Committee since 1994.
Mr. Quinn was Chief Counsel of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1991–93, and served as counselor to the Secretary of Transportation from 1989–91. He was a Senior Advisor to the Office of the President-elect in 1988. He is a member of the ABA Forum on Air & Space Law, ABA Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Committee, and ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He is a frequent lecturer, panelist, author, and moderator for professional and industry groups and publications.
He is listed in The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers since 2004. He is also listed in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers and in Who’s Who International Aviation Lawyers. He is a member of the Wings Club, International Aviation Club, Aeroclub, Airports Council International—Legal Committee, National Republican Lawyers Association, British American Business Association, Army-Navy Country Club, and the Federalist Society.
He is a member of the District of Columbia and Illinois bars, and admitted to practice before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and Northern District of Illinois. He holds a JD from DePaul University College of Law (1985), with Honors, where he was an Editor of the DePaul Law Review, and the A.S.I.L.S. International Law Journal. He holds a B.S. degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University (1982).
Mr. Quinn also serves on the Parish Pastoral Council at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., and serves on its Stewardship and Development Committee. He is a third degree in the Knights of Columbus.