Timothy Ravich

Associate

travich@csclawfirm.com

(305) 347-3123

Professional Experience

Mr. Ravich represents individuals and corporations in the prosecution and defense of general and complex civil lawsuits in state and federal court.  Mr. Ravich’s practice focuses on aviation law, business torts, class actions, contract disputes, and products liability.  Mr. Ravich has first-chaired both bench and jury trials.  See, e.g., Gottlieb v. Carnival Corp., 367 F. Supp. 2d 301 (E.D.N.Y. 2005); S&B Invests., LLC v. Motiva Enters., LLC, 2004 WL 3250306 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Pro bono work also is an important part of Mr. Ravich’s practice.  Mr. Ravich has served as a volunteer tutor of the Florida Bar Minority Bar Passage Program (2000-2005), and he has served on the Board of Directors of Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. since 2004.  He is a recipient of the “Put Something Back – Unfair Sales” Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Contribution.

Mr. Ravich teaches Aviation Law at the University of Miami School of Law, and is an adjunct professor of trial and appellate advocacy at Florida International University’s College of Law.  Mr. Ravich is a cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Business Law Review and a member of the Iron Arrow Honor Society. Mr. Ravich has been elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor limited to one percent of all attorneys in the country.

He is the Third Vice President of the Greater Miami Aviation Association and serves on the Florida Bar’s Aviation Law Committee.  Mr. Ravich earned his Masters in Business Administration in Aviation Policy and Planning from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and serves as an “Expert Legal Commentator” for Matthew Bender/LexisNexis in the area of aviation law.  He has written and spoken extensively about aviation issues in the United States and abroad.

Bar Admissions

Florida Bar, 1999

Court Admissions

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
Florida Supreme Court

Activities & Memberships

Mr. Ravich is the President of the Dade County Bar Association (“DCBA”), the largest voluntary bar association in the State of Florida.  He chaired the DCBA’s Professionalism Committee from 2004 to 2006, and has published and organized several professionalism-related articles and programs:

“Lawyers Behaving Badly—An Unfortunately Continuing Column,” The Bulletin (2005-present)
“The Wonderful World of Voluntary Bars,” The Bulletin (2007)
Program Chair, “A Friendly Discussion about Professionalism: Metadata, the Internet, and other Forms of ‘Alternative’ Dispute Resolution,” (featuring former United States Attorney General and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida), Miami, FL (2006)
Speaker, “Civility Is Not a Sign of Weakness,” Florida Bar: Practicing with Professionalism Seminar (Opening Remarks), Miami, FL (2005)
“Judging Judges: Introducing the Judicial Poll,” The Bulletin (2005)
Program Chair, “Introducing ABA President-Elect Robert J. Grey, Jr. to the South Florida Legal Community,” Miami, FL (2004)
Mr. Ravich also serves as a member of the Florida Bar’s Eleventh Circuit Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Aventura-Sunny Isles Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Honors & Awards

Mr. Ravich has been elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor limited to one percent of all attorneys in the country.

Education

J.D., University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, 1999.

Publications

• Aviation Law After September 11th (forthcoming 2009)
• “Should Bad Airline Service Be Illegal?,” (forthcoming 2007)
• “China Blocks Takeoff of New Airlines,” Asia Times (2007) (quoted)
• “Is Airline Passenger Profiling Necessary?,” 62 University of Miami Law Review (2007)
• “Mandatory Retirement for Airline Pilots: A Solution in Search of a Problem?,” Airliners (2007)
• “Airline Alliances: Code-Sharing, not Blame-Sharing,” Airliners (2007)
• “Airline Passenger Profiling Systems after 9/11: Personal Privacy versus National Security,” 44 Journal of the Transportation Research Forum 127 (2005)
• “Deregulation of the Airline Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Industry,” 69 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 387 (2004)
• “Without Reservations,” Daily Business Review (Special Report: Antitrust Issue, Aviation) (2004)
• “Antitrust and Online Airline Travel Distribution: Assessing Deregulation of the Computer Reservations Systems (CRS) Industry,” Aviation Advisor (2004)
• “Re-Regulation and Airline Passengers’ Rights,” 67 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 935 (2002)
• “The U.S. Airline Industry after September 11, 2001,” 8 International Travel Law Journal 254 (2001)
• “Flight or Fight: The Passengers’ Bill of Rights,” 8 International Travel Law Journal 102 (2001)

Consulting

• Lexisnexis Practice Guide: Florida Contract Litigation (2006)
• Lexisnexis Practice Guide: Florida Civil Procedure (2006)
• “Resolving the Tension between Scientific Exchange and the Promotion of Drugs,” 4 Journal of Health Care Compliance 12 (2002) (Co-author)
• “Laws and Ethics for Florida Dental Professionals,” Health Studies Institute (2002)
• “Florida Acupuncture Law,” Health Studies Institute (2002)

Presentations

• Moderator, “Passenger Rights—Government vs. Industry,” Asociación Latinoamericana de Transporte Aéreo, ALTA Aviation Law Americas Conference for Legal and Finance Issues Facing the Aviation Industry, Miami, FL (2007)
• Panelist, “Airline Passengers’ Rights, Miami-Dade Consumer Sense,” Cable-TAP television (2007)
• Speaker, “Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights: Is It Time to Re-Regulate the Airline Industry with New Customer Protections?,” National Public Radio (“The Conversation” KUOW), Seattle, WA (2007)
• Speaker, “From Sputnik to Space Florida,” Florida Bar Aviation Law Certification Exam Review Course, Orlando, FL (2007)
• Speaker, “Why Airline Passenger Profiling is Necessary,” Florida Bar – Aviation Law Committee, Tampa, FL (2006)
• Panel Chair, “Surveillance Society: National Security vs. Personal Privacy,” 46th Transportation Research Forum, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (2005) (panelists: ACLU, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Heritage Foundation, and Transportation Security Administration)
• Speaker, “Your Rights as an Airline Passenger after 9/11,” Miami-Dade Legal Support Association, Miami, FL (2005)
• Speaker, “The U.S. Airline Industry: Regulatory Impulses and Passengers’ Rights,” Policy Law and Management Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (2002)