BIOGRAPHIES

George Leloudas

Dr. George Leloudas is an associate solicitor in the London office of Gates and Partners. He advises on aerospace liability, aviation disaster management and regulatory issues.  He has hands-on experience with the ongoing disaster management of the Helios Airways Boeing 737 crash outside of Athens, Greece in August 2005.  George is an assistant to the legal counsel of the International Union of Aviation Insurers (IUAI). He holds a Doctorate Degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, LLM degree in Air & Space Law from the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, LLM Degree from Bristol University, UK and Bachelor of Civil Laws from the University of Athens, Greece. He is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Association of Athens, Greece.

George's doctoral thesis, "Risk and Liability in Air Law" was published in September 2009 by Informa Law. It is the first book to analyse the relevant international conventions governing the liability of airlines to passengers and third parties on the ground from a risk perspective.


Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell is a partner at the law firm of Perkins Coie.  He has more than 28 years of experience in the areas of aviation, toxic tort and product liability litigation.  Mr. Campbell is the national counsel for a manufacturer of ejection seats used in military aircraft and has represented an aircraft manufacturer in U.S. and foreign litigation arising out of aircraft accidents.  He represented an aircraft manufacturer in several Indian Court of Inquiry proceedings arising out of aviation accidents in New Delhi and Aurangabad, and is currently representing an aircraft manufacturer in accident litigation filed in the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Bobigny, France and The Athens Multi-Member Court of First Instance in Athens, Greece.  Mr. Campbell has tried cases and argued appeals on behalf of these aviation clients.


Allan I. Mendelsohn

Sher & Blackwell
1850 M Street, NW (#900)
Washington D.C. 20036
email: amendelsohn@sherblackwell.com
Tel: 202-463-2508

EDUCATION: 
B.S. (1954) and LL.B. (1955), U. of Illinois; LL.M. (1956) Harvard Law School.  Diplome (1962) Sorbonne

ACADEMIC:
Adjunct Professor, International Transportation

AFFILIATION:
Law, International Conflicts of Law, Georgetown Law Center - 1980 to present.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 
2003-Present: Of-Counsel, Sher & Blackwell
2001-2003:  Partner, Mendelsohn & O’Keefe
2001-2003:  Consultant, OECD (drafting of model open skies multilateral air cargo agreement, focusing especially on issues involving ownership and control of airlines)
2000-2001:  Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation, U.S. Department of State (chaired US delegation that negotiated first multilateral open skies  air transport agreement)
1990-2000:  Partner, Mendelsohn & Szymkowicz
1980-1989:  Partner, Ward & Mendelsohn
1968-1980:  Partner, Glassie, Pewett, Beebe & Shanks
1963-1968:  Attorney, Office of Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State. U.S. Delegate to all major international conferences on air and maritime law.
1959-1963:  Attorney (Supervisory), Office of General Counsel, N.L.R.B., Wash, DC (Kohler litigation; foreign flag of convenience litigation, etc.)
1956-1959:  Lt. U.S. Army JAGC (Frankfurt, Germany); US Army Foreign Claims Commissioner, Beirut, Lebanon (1958)
Member, Board of Editors, J. of Air Law and Commerce (1990-)

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE (both as single and tripartite arbitrator):
- Ecuatoriana Airlines vs. EMSA Airport Services, IATA tripartite arbitration (served as chairman/neutral third arbitrator)
- Arbitration between DynAir Services Inc and VASP Airlines (AAA tripartite arbitration, appointed by party)
- Arbitration Involving the Allocation of Korean Warehouse Space at Kimpo Airport in Seoul, Korea (appointed as sole arbitrator by six US air carriers in dispute over cargo space at airport)
- Sole arbitrator in several arbitrations involving Dalkon Shield claims (including one of almost two weeks duration with sharply contested issues of law and fact)


Joseph D. Lee

Mr. Lee is a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

Mr. Lee received a B.A. Degree in English Literature from UCLA in 1979, graduating magna cum laude.  He is a 1982 graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif and Managing Editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly.  Mr. Lee served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roger Robb of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit during the 1982-83 term.

Mr. Lee joined Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in August 1983 and has been a partner since 1988.  He has had substantial experience in civil and white collar criminal matters, focusing on complex commercial litigation matters and corporate internal investigations.

Mr. Lee has litigated a wide variety of complex litigation matters, including consumer class actions, False Claims Act litigation, and large commercial contract disputes.  Representative litigation matters that Mr. Lee has handled include:
•          Representing the General Electric Company in antitrust, RICO, and unfair competition lawsuits in California state and federal court
•          Representing GE Aircraft Engines in three related wrongful death actions arising from the November, 2004 crash of a China Eastern airplane in the People’s Republic of China
•          Defending Verizon and Verizon Wireless in California and New Jersey class action lawsuits alleging overcharges for telephone services and other billing irregularities
•          Defending Northrop Grumman, and other U.S. defense contractors in False Claims Act litigation and investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office
•          Representing world’s largest bicycle components manufacturer (Shimano, Inc.) in federal court litigation against an alleged infringer of U.S. patents

Mr. Lee has substantial experience in conducting internal investigations regarding possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other laws.  Mr. Lee has conducted internal investigations into alleged FCPA and similar violations in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia and Brazil), Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, and China), Europe (England, Russia, Germany, and Spain), and the Middle East (Israel and the United Arab Emirates).  Mr. Lee has conducted investigations into other alleged violations of U.S. laws, including allegations of title reinsurance kickbacks, backdating of stock options, misuse of funds held by a California charitable trust, and alleged accounting irregularities at a large private university.  In connection with these investigations, Mr. Lee has represented companies in voluntary disclosures to, and negotiations with, the United States Department of Justice, the Securities & Exchange Commission, the California Attorney General, and the California Commissioner of Insurance.

Mr. Lee has counseled major U.S. companies on internal corporate controls and compliance issues and has drafted FCPA compliance programs for U.S. companies.  Mr. Lee has assisted GE and The Boeing Company in drafting procedures for conducting internal investigations.

Mr. Lee has argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Court of Appeal, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.  Mr. Lee has tried cases in Los Angeles Superior Court and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.