Profile: Randal Robert Craft Jr

Aviation

Biography: Aviation

Bob Craft is the senior aviation litigation partner in Holland & Knight, which has 1,200 lawyers in 17 offices across the US and two foreign offices. Bob heads the firm's national aviation industry team and previously led the product liability, mass tort, and insurance litigation practice group in the New York City office.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas (Austin) and a JD Degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was selected as the Center's Outstanding Advocate.

Bob has over 35 years of experience primarily devoted to advising and representing aviation clients, especially as lead counsel in major air crash cases and National Transportation Safety Board investigations throughout the United States, including, for example, the TWA Flight 800 B747 crash.

Bob is a frequent speaker and writer on aviation and space law, including the handling of mass accident cases, and he chaired the panel on 'Accident Investigation, Proprietary Information, and Tort Litigation' at the NTSB's April 2000 Symposium on Transportation Safety and the Law.

Bob currently serves as general counsel to the Wings Club, where he has served on the board of governors. Bob is general counsel to the New York City Ballet, where he is also on the board of directors and executive committee, and he is a member of the board of governors of the New York City Center of Music and Drama. He was also general counsel to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics while it was headquartered in New York City.

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