Timothy M. Ravich
Partner | Chicago and Miami Offices
Timothy M. Ravich focuses his practice on aviation litigation, representing domestic and international air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, component manufacturers, airports, maintenance and repair organizations, and insurers in state and federal courts. He handles complex disputes involving aviation accidents, personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, insurance coverage, and commercial matters.
Mr. Ravich also advises aviation industry clients on federal aviation regulation, airport operations, and emerging aerospace technologies, including unmanned aircraft systems (drones) and advanced air mobility. He previously served as general counsel to an international unmanned aircraft company, where he helped secure one of the FAA’s earliest authorizations for commercial drone operations in North America. Board Certified in Aviation Law by The Florida Bar, Mr. Ravich is also a former Chair of the Florida Bar’s Aviation Law Committee.
Selected Publications
- Introduction to Aviation Law (West Academic Publishing)
- Commercial Drone Law: Digest of U.S. and Global UAS Rules, Policies, and Practices (American Bar Association)
- Grounding Innovation: How Ex Ante Prohibitions and Ex Post Allowances Impede Commercial Drone Use, Columbia Business Law Review
- 2010: Space Law in the Sunshine State, Florida Bar Journal
- Legal Impacts to Airports from State Legalization of Marijuana, Airport Cooperative Research Program
- Re-Regulation and Airline Passengers’ Rights, Journal of Air Law and Commerce
- Article 33, Jurisdiction in Montreal Convention (Edward Elgar)
Speaking Engagements
Mr. Ravich is frequently invited to speak on aviation litigation, regulatory compliance, airport governance, and emerging aerospace technologies at professional conferences and industry programs in the United States and abroad.
His presentations include the Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce Annual Air Law Symposium, American Bar Association programs, EAA AirVenture, and conferences sponsored by the Aviation Insurance Association, National Science Foundation, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and Transportation Research Board. International engagements include presentations at McGill University in Canada, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, Emirates Aviation University in the United Arab Emirates, and Northumbria University in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Ravich has also testified by invitation before the United States House Judiciary Committee concerning competition and regulation in the airline industry.
Reported Decision
- Kiesler v. Southwest Airlines Co., 2025 WL 4108423 (N.D. Ill. 2025)