The Aviation staff specializes in the defense of aviation and space-related cases arising primarily out of the activities of the FAA, NWS, NOAA, NASA, the military services and multiple agencies involved in aerial firefighting. The Aviation staff generally retains primary responsibility for the defense of aviation litigation, including preparation and trial, particularly if questions of broad national import with particular precedential significance are involved, or if the litigation will raise questions concerning the use of air traffic control services or dissemination of weather and in-flight information to operators of commercial and private aircraft. In any aviation case handled primarily by an Assistant United States Attorney, there should be close cooperation with the Aviation Staff.

[updated April 2018]