LAWYERS
(202) 331-3348 | dkirstein@yklaw.com
David M. Kirstein has been actively engaged
in aviation legal and policy matters since 1976 when he joined the
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). Mr. Kirstein served in a variety of
positions at the CAB, including Executive Assistant to the Chairman and
General Counsel under Chairman Cohen and McKinnon. In 1982, Mr.
Kirstein, at the request of Senator Kassebaum, became Majority Counsel
to the Aviation Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce
and was instrumental in the passage of the Airport and Airways
Improvement Act of 1982.
Mr. Kirstein has represented domestic and
foreign air carriers, airports and aviation suppliers in a broad
spectrum of commercial transactions such as negotiations and
documentation of aircraft leases, purchases, charters, Aircraft Crew
Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) and joint service arrangements, ground
handling and maintenance agreements.
Mr. Kirstein represented aviation clients in
a wide range of issues before the Department of Transportation and
Federal Aviation Administration including the start-up of new airlines,
competition issues and enforcement and hazardous materials issues. In
addition, he has represented and advised aviation and other clients on
administrative law, antitrust, international data privacy,
congressional and criminal investigations, and legislative matters. He
has conducted commercial litigation in state and federal trial and
appellate courts. Mr. Kirstein is on the adjunct faculty of the
University of Virginia Law School.
Areas of Experience
- Administrative Law - Federal Administrative Procedure Act
- Department of Transportation Aviation Regulation
- Federal Aviation Administration Regulation including Hazardous Materials Regulation and general aviation issues
- Aircraft lease, charter and maintenance agreements, airline alliance agreements, commercial agreements
- Federal Legislative including Congressional investigations
- Antitrust litigation
- Libel/defamation counseling/litigation
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1971
- B.A., University of Connecticut, 1968
Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
