Mr. Quinn is a partner and co-leader of Pillsbury’s top-ranked aviation practice. He also serves as General Counsel and Secretary of the Flight Safety Foundation, and Editor-in-Chief of The Air & Space Lawyer, the legal journal of the ABA Forum on Air & Space Law.

For the fourth year in a row, the Chambers USA 2009 Guide singled out Mr. Quinn for praise and ranked Pillsbury’s aviation practice as "National, Tier 1." He represents airlines, aerospace companies, airports, Fortune 500 companies, developers, on-line travel companies, global distribution systems, private equity and hedge funds, and aircraft lenders/lessors in a variety of regulatory, litigation, acquisition, antitrust, enforcement, legislative, product liability, and criminal matters.

His recent efforts include successfully arguing on behalf of Virgin America in Ass’n of Flight Attendants vs. Dep’t of Transp., in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld DOT’s certification of the airline over various citizenship objections. He continues to assist the airline in multiple matters. He serves as counsel to Frontier Airlines in regulatory, enforcement, antitrust matters. He was on the winning brief in NRDC vs. Dep’t of Transp. in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld FAA’s decision to fund and permit the relocation of Panama City airport over the objections of several environmental groups.

Mr. Quinn is a preferred provider of legal services for GECAS, one of the world’s largest leasing companies. He has represented the cities of New York and Chicago on litigation, competition, and congestion matters for over a decade. He is representing a coalition of virtually all online and brick and mortar travel agents in connection with various airline applications for antitrust immunity. He represents multiple airlines, cargo carriers, and aircraft, engine, and parts manufacturers on certification, regulatory, and enforcement matters. He counsels municipalities, energy companies, and developers in airspace hazard matters, advises companies involved in the use of corporate aircraft, and represents entities in airline, fixed-based operator, aircraft, and maintenance company acquisitions. He has represented multiple clients in FAA and NTSB investigations, enforcement actions, and criminal prosecutions after airline crashes. He has served as the Chief Judge of an AAA/ICDR arbitral panel in an aviation dispute between two airlines, and is serving as an expert in a legal malpractice case involving an airport Part 16 case. He is also representing pro bono a monastery of Teresian Carmelites.

Mr. Quinn was Chief Counsel of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1991-93, and served as counselor to the Secretary of Transportation from 1989-91. He was a Senior Advisor to the Office of the President-elect in 1988.

He has been listed in The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers since 2004. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers of America, The Irish Legal 100, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers and in Who’s Who International Aviation Lawyers.

After serving as an appointed member of the Parish Pastoral Council at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC and Chairman of its Stewardship and Development Committee, Mr. Quinn was recently elected to a three-year term on the Council, and elected as Chair.

Director, International Aviation Club (2008-present)

General Counsel and Secretary, Flight Safety Foundation (2004-present)

Editor-in-Chief, ABA The Air & Space Lawyer (1997-present)

Editor, Annals of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2006 - present)

Director, DePaul International Aviation Law Institute (2005-present)

Chair (1996-98) and Governing Committee (1994-present), ABA Forum on Air & Space Law

Member, CCH Aviation Law Advisory Council (1999-present)

Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society

Member: ABA Section of Antitrust Law; ABA Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Committee; ABA Section of Antitrust Law, and ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

Member; Wings Club, International Aviation Club, Aeroclub of Washington, Airports Council International-Legal Committee, National Republican Lawyers Association, John Carroll Society, Federalist Society, Army Navy Country Club

DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Moderator, "Open Skies-Alliances and Competition," ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-25, 2009. Chicago, IL.

Moderator, "A Moot Court Argument on Wallace v. Korean Air," The McGill Conference on Aviation Liability & Insurance, Oct. 29-31, 2009. Montreal, Canada.

Speaker, “Criminalization of Aviation Accidents,” National Air Transportation Association 2009 Air Charter Summit, June 9, 2009. Chantilly, VA.

Panelist, “The Criminalization of Aviation Accidents,” Flight Safety Foundation’s 54th Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar, April 21-23, 2009. Orlando, FL.

Moderator, “Moving on from Open Skies—consolidation and the new shape of airlines,” 29th Annual New York Airfinance Conference, April 20-21, 2009. New York, NY.

Moderator, “Mergers and Alliances in the Airline Industry,” ABA Section of Antitrust Law Mergers Committee/Transportation Industry Committee, February 18, 2009. Washington, DC.

Panelist, “The Criminalization of Civil Aviation:  A Global Perspective, “ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s 20th Anniversary Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium, January 7-9, 2009. Orlando, FL.

Moderator, “Safety, CEOs and the Law – Problem or Partnership?” Eurocontrol’s Safety Culture Conference, December 17-18, 2008. Rome, Italy.

Panelist, “The Challenge of Criminalization,” NTSB’s CAC Workshop, November 5-6, 2008. Ashburn, VA.

Panelist, “The Criminalization of Aviation Accidents,” Flight Safety Foundation’s 61st Annual International Air Safety Seminar (IASS) 2008, October 27-30, 2008. Honolulu, HI.

Moderator, "Market-based Remedies to Airport Congestion: Helpful or Harmful?" Webinar, ABA Form on Air & Space Law, October 10, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Panelist, “The Legal Debate and The Zoning Panel, “ FAA’s Competition For The Sky 2008, September 29 – October 2, 2008. Las Vegas, NV.

Moderator, “Global Antitrust and Competition Law,” ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting, Sept. 18-19, 2008. Montréal, Canada.

Panelist, “Data-Sharing in the Spotlight,” 54th Annual Air Safety and Security Forum, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), August 13-14, 2008. Washington, DC.

Panelist, “The ‘Just Culture’ – Criminal Liability and Safety,” 9th Beaumont International Aviation Conference, June 25-26, 2008. London, United Kingdom

Panelist, "Tackling the Issues that LCCs Face," Low Cost Airlines World Americas, June 17-19, 2008. Coral Gables, FL.

Moderator, “Breaking Down Barriers to Global Capital Investment and Ownership,” 28th Annual New York Airfinance Conference, April 21-22, 2008. New York, NY

Moderator, "Criminalization of Aviation Accidents," European Aviation Safety Seminar, March 10-12, 2008. Bucharest, Romania.

Panelist, "Managing Scarce Airport Resources: Slots, Secondary Trading, Auctions, Congestion Pricing, and the Schedules Conferences," Feb. 10-12, 2008. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Panelist, "Dealing with Airport Congestion and Delays," 2008 AAAE Aviation Issues Conference Agenda, Jan. 6-8, 2008. Kona, HI.

Moderator, "Change in the Airline Industry - New Entrants, Mergers, Competition, and Consolidation," ABA Forum on Air & Space Law Annual Meeting, Oct. 4-5, 2007. Memphis, TN.

Panelist, "Claims Handling Developments Around the Word," Munich Liability Seminar of the European Air Law Association, Sept. 21, 2007. Munich, Germany.

Panelist, "Blacklisting of Airlines and Airports Based on Safety and Security Concerns," International Civil Aviation Organization/McGill Institute of Air & Space Law, Worldwide Conference, Sept. 15-16, 2007. Montreal, Canada.

Co-Chair, 27th Annual New York Air Finance Conference. Speaker: "Legal View: Liberalizing Airline Ownership and Control to Drive Growth," April 23-24, 2007. New York, NY.

Moderator, "International Opportunities, International Challenges," ABA Forum on Air & Space Law, Update Conference, Feb 1, 2007. Washington, D.C.