Aircraft Disasters / Crashes

• Aircraft accidents

Aviation Law

• Aviation Insurance (Aircraft Hull & Liability, War Risks, & Hangar)
• FAA enforcement actions (certificate action on civil penalty cases
• Aircraft Forfeiture
• Foreclosure of possessory liens on aircraft
• Aircraft purchase and sale dispute
• FAA Licensings

KENT C. KRAUSE the Krause Law Firm of Counsel to Speiser Krause

Kent C. Krause, managing partner for the Speiser Krause law firm’s office in Dallas, Texas.  Speiser Krause law firm has concentrated on mass disaster tort litigation, particularly in the area of commercial and general aviation disasters, since the firm was founded in 1952.  Members of the law firm have served as lead counsel or members of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee or represented victims in virtually every airline disaster in the United States and throughout most of the world.
     
      Kent Krause received his undergraduate degree in 1979 and his Juris Doctor in 1982 from Southern Methodist University.  He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas in 1983, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in 1984 and subsequently to the other Federal Districts in Texas.  Before joining Speiser Krause in 1992 to open and manage the firm’s Dallas office, Mr. Krause practiced extensively in all phases of business litigation, representing corporations and individuals as both plaintiff and defendant. Mr. Krause has litigated numerous business tort and contract claims, including tortious interference with business relations, business defamation and disparagement and other emerging areas of business litigation such as trade secret and non-competition disputes.  Since joining Speiser Krause, Mr. Krause, while continuing his business litigation practice, has significantly expanded his role in aviation related and general personal injury, wrongful death and products liability litigation matters.  Having been involved with his father, Chuck Krause, in aviation all of his life, including piloting single-engine fixed-wing aircraft, Mr. Krause made a natural progression to aviation litigation matters.  He has been actively involved in a number of general aviation litigation matters, including the Christie Brinkley helicopter crash in Telluride, Colorado, Westwind II crash in Guatemala, Beech Baron crash near Swanzey, New Hampshire, Cessna 210 crash in Spicewood, Texas, Cessna 402B crash near Del Rio, Texas, Hot Air Balloon crash near Breckenridge, Colorado, Beech D-55 crash in Corsicana, Texas and the Confederate Air Force B-26 crash near Midland, Texas.  Additionally, Mr. Krause served as lead counsel for the firm in successfully handling cases arising from the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 1999 and is currently involved in several cases arising from the crash landing of America West Flight 794 in Phoenix on August 28, 2002.  Combining his personal aviation background with his commercial litigation experience, Mr. Krause is also active in expanding the law on purely commercial economic loss aviation cases.
     
      Mr. Krause is rated AV ® by Martindale-Hubbell.  He currently serves by appointment of the President of the State Bar of Texas to the Texas Court Rules Committee and was elected Chairman of the Aviation Section of the State Bar of Texas for 2002-2003.  Mr. Krause is an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University Law School teaching Aviation Law and lectures on several litigation topics at various CLE seminars.  Mr. Krause is co-author of the 3-volume treatise Aviation Tort and Regulatory Law, published by West Group, as well as various legal articles.  Mr. Krause is routinely sought after to analyze and comment on aviation matters by members of news media organizations.  He has made numerous appearances on both television and radio broadcasts and is frequently quoted in print media.  Mr. Krause is a member of several bar associations, including the Dallas Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Section and Business Litigation Section); State Bar of Texas (Committee Member 1997-  Court Rules Committee; Council Member 1997-, Chairman 2002-2003, Aviation Law Section; Business Law Section; Litigation Section; and Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section); and the American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Business Law Section).  Mr. Krause is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.  He most recently served on the Board of Directors of The Bridewell Foundation and Washington Street Mission, charitable organizations working to help disadvantaged young people in the Greater Dallas area.

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