King & Spalding relies upon longstanding aviation experience to serve domestic and international carriers with the full gamut of the sector, ranging from commercial matters, environmental disputes, and international arbitration. Stephen Baskin and David Balser lead a team that acts as lead counsel for Delta Airlines for intellectual property disputes and class actions. Out of Atlanta, Balser attracts widespread praise for his experience representing corporations in class action lawsuits, most notably assisting Delta with a high-profile suit currently in the state court of DeKalb County Georgia, relating to the misappropriation of trade secrets. Baskin is based out of Washington DC and is an expert patent litigator. Other key lawyers in the team include Julia Barrett out of Austin, Darla Kurlancheek in DC, David Williangham, and Arwen Johnson who both work out of the Los Angeles office.
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Key clients
- Air Canada
- Bombardier Inc.
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Embraer S.A.
- GOL Linhas Aéreas S.A
- iAero Group Holdco 6 LLC
- Jetcraft
- Lufthansa
- JetBlue
- United Airlines
Work highlights
Representing Delta Air Lines in a range of high-stakes litigation, including class actions alleging personal injury and greenwashing, among others, as well as a high-profile trade secret matter.
Obtained an appellate victory for GOL Linhas Aéreas in a commercial dispute.
Seeking to enforce an award of more than $25M issued to Air Canada in an ICSID arbitration against Venezuela relating to the blocked repatriation of the proceeds of ticket sales in the country.
Lawyers
Practice head
Stephen Baskin; David L. Balser
Other key lawyers
Julia Barrett; Darla Kurlancheek; David Williangham;Arwen Johnson