Roy Goldberg

About Roy Goldberg

I am an aviation trial, appellate and regulatory litigator focused on cases involving airlines, airports, the Airline Deregulation Act; antitrust law, class actions, general aviation, fixed-based operators, airline catering businesses, aircraft charter companies, and the business aircraft industry, with particular emphasis on using federal preemption and other strategies to defend against class actions, including RICO and antitrust allegations, Air Carrier Access Act claims, the enforcement of federal grant assurances applicable to airports, and transportation industry sustainability issues. I also handle matters before the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, Commerce Clause litigation, draft air carrier contracts of carriage and I work on a wide range of DOT, FAA, and TSA regulatory issues, as well as the pursuit of challenges to airport rates and charges, and state and local taxes and fees as violating the federal Anti-Head Tax Act. I also represent litigants in international trade disputes. On behalf of airlines and other aviation entities, I have successfully challenged hundreds of millions of dollars in government-imposed user fees, taxes and charges in the D.C. Circuit and obtained dismissal of more than a dozen federal and state lawsuits as preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act, including cases relating to ticket fares and taxes, aircraft operations, and air carrier services. I help aeronautical service providers enforce airport grant assurance obligations. I also work on privacy law issues for the airline industry and handle tax disputes for carriers and contract and product liability cases involving aircraft and helicopters. In addition, I have a general commercial litigation practice, including patent litigation, eminent domain, breach of contract and products liability cases across a range of industries. I also have represented domestic and foreign producers in antidumping and countervailing duty cases before the U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission involving a range of commercial industries. I also defend parties in disputes over maritime shipments and regulations. I have argued more than 25 appeals before U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and has obtained preliminary injunctions on behalf of patent holders. In addition, I have represented companies before arbitration panels throughout the United States and Europe.

Experience

1. Attorney and Partner - Aviation, Airports, Drones, Litigation, Trade

   Stinson LLP

   Jun 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Aviation and Litigation Attorney focused in the areas of commercial, regulatory, aviation, transportation and intellectual property matters and advice and counseling to airlines, airports and other aviation entities.Representative ExperienceAirline and Airport Litigation and Lease Issues• Defense of class action claims against airlines relating to taxes, fees and refunds.• Lead counsel for U.S. airlines in challenges to diversion of revenue relating to storm-water treatment fees and Superfund cleanup expenses from Portland International Airport to the City of Portland. • Representation of major airline in federal appeals court and FAA administrative litigation regarding airline gate accommodation at Dallas Love Field Airport. See Southwest Airlines Co. v. DOT, 832 F.3d 270 (D.C. Cir. 2016).• Successful representation of Mexican airline in dismissal of putative class action complaint alleging violation of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in connection with imposition of Mexican tourism taxes, and in denial of appeal before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Almanza v. United Air Lines, et al, CV 215-033, 2016 WL 722159 (S.D. Ga. Feb. 19, 2016), aff\'d 851 F.3d 1060 (11th Cir. Also obtained dismissal in similar case against other airlines in D. Maryland. Litigation• Everett Laboratories, Inc. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc, 573 F. Supp. 2d 855 (D.N.J. 2008)(obtained preliminary injunction against infringement of nutraceutical patents).• Alloy v. Wills Family Trust, 179 Md. App. 255 (Md. App. 2008)(affirming jury verdict that general partners breached fiduciary duty owed to limited partner in connection with liquor distribution warehouse partnership).• Schmitt-Doss v. American Regent, Inc, 2014 WL 38•••84 (W.D. Va. Aug. 5, 2014)(summary judgment for pharmaceutical companies relating to personal injury claim).

Education

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

• The University of Kansas

  BA Political Science, Political Science and Government