Profile: Michael G McQuillen

Aviation

Biography: Aviation

Michael McQuillen, a founding member of Adler Murphy & McQuillen LLP, primarily represents airlines, aircraft and product component manufacturers, and aviation insurers. He is an "AV"-rated and accomplished trial lawyer, having tried several common carrier and product liability cases before juries in state and federal courts for over 20 years. Mr McQuillen has represented major airlines in several high-profile accidents, and has also represented cargo carriers, regional air carriers, helicopter operators, fixed-base operators, individual aircraft owners, and corporate operators. On the products side, he has represented manufacturers of airframes, jet engines, turbine engines, piston engines, valves, vacuum pumps, autopilots, flight control systems, ground proximity warning systems, collision avoidance systems, and various other avionics and component parts.

Mr McQuillen graduated with distinction from The John Marshall Law School in 1984. He has presented numerous speeches and papers on aviation law topics before the Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association, Forum Committee on Air & Space Law, Southern Methodist University School of Law Aviation Law Symposium, as well as many aviation-related conferences and conventions. He has also contributed to John Marshall Law Review, IFR Magazine, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Journal and American Bonanza Society Magazine. He is also a past chairman of the aviation section of Chicago Bar Association, and was voted as one of the "Top Lawyers in Illinois" in Crain's Chicago Business, January 2005.

Mr McQuillen is a commercial rated pilot for single and multi-engine aircraft, holds instrument and seaplane ratings, and has accumulated over 3,300 flight hours since he started flying in 1980.