Aviation Law Certification.

• Author: Eversole, John F., III
• Position: Annual Reports of Committees of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

The Florida Bar now has 42 attorneys board certified in aviation law. Over the years, this committee has met the challenge of changing the exam with the times, such as incorporating space law and drones in the current exam. In addition, the committee has worked to ensure that the exam reflects the very diverse field of aviation law, which includes, but is not limited to, aircraft registration, aircraft transactions, FAA pilot regulation, and the area most identified with aviation law, aircraft crash litigation.

We encourage anyone who wants to be board certified in aviation law to review the criteria on The Florida Bar website, sign up and take the exam. This committee has developed an excellent examination study guide, which is complete with key cases, regulations, statutes, treaties, etc., which is the key to passing the exam, since none of the attorneys who are board certified in this area practice in all the subspecialties of aviation law.

This year we had three applicants take the exam, and we will be publishing the results in the next few months.

If anyone has any questions about the process...