CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Lieff Global LLP is an AV-rated law firm with offices in San Francisco and New York, and affiliate offices worldwide. Lieff Global grew out of the rapid expansion of the international and aviation practices at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, which Robert L. Lieff founded in 1972. Lieff Global represents survivors and families of victims in domestic and international aviation and maritime accidents and foreign citizens in other types of actions.
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Ambrosio & Commodo is a leading Italian plaintiffs' firm and and an active member of the non-profit Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Ambrosio & Commodo's team of attorneys, professors, and doctors has expertise in a diverse set of practice areas including personal injury, product liability and consumer fraud. They represent hundreds of Italian hemophiliacs infected with HIV from contaminated blood products in litigation in the United States and Italy.
Lehman, Lee & Xu is a leading, full-service law firm with over 200 lawyers in eight offices in China. The firm’s experience and expert knowledge in Chinese law and cross-cultural matters has enabled Lehman, Lee & Xu to provide a wide array of legal services to clients throughout China and the world. The firm has pioneered plaintiffs’ practice in China, representing families of victims of the 2004 Batou air crash in United States litigation.
Leonardo Amarante Advogados Associados is a Brazilian law firm focused on representing plaintiffs in civil liability litigation, including product liability, aviation, vehicle and employment cases. The firm has extensive experience in international litigation. Together with Lieff Global, the firm is representing the victims of the recent mid-air collision in the Amazon between a Brazilian airliner and an American executive jet.
Martin-Chico & Associates, an international team of lawyers with offices in Madrid and Bordeaux, is one of the most important European firms representing plaintiffs in aviation litigation. Over the past 15 years they have represented families of victims in over twenty-five air crash cases from around the world. They are also highly skilled in International Private and Comparative Law. Martin-Chico & Associates is also a founding member of the European Federation of aviation Lawyers.
Rochon Genova LLP is a litigation firm based in Toronto, Ontario, with a reputation as one of Canada's leading plaintiffs’ firms in product liability, consumer and investor class actions. The firm’s practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial disputes, and advice in family, immigration and estate matters.
For twenty years, Arnaud CLAUDE-Nicolas SARKOZY and their team of attorneys have represented clients in the fields of civil, corporate and international law. CLAUDE-SARKOZY became a SELAS firm in 2002, and is a founding member of AVOCAT (Lawyers for Victims of Commercial Operations and Transportation Accidents).
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