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 fifth year in a row, the Chambers USA 2010 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, private equity and hedge funds, and aircraft lenders/lessors in a variety of regulatory, litigation, antitrust, enforcement, legislative, product liability, and criminal matters.

His recent efforts include representing several clients in DOT antitrust immunity proceedings and DOJ merger reviews. He represents foreign air carriers in code-sharing matters. He is representing the city of Chicago in pending litigation against FEMA in U.S. District Court. He sucessfully represented developers of the world’s largest wind turbine project regarding alleged interference with long range radars raised by the Pentagon.

He successfully argued 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 served as special regulatory and antitrust counsel to Frontier Airlines in its bankruptcy and acquisition 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 represents several of the world's largest onlin travel sites in transaction and antitrust matters. He represents multiple airlines, cargo carriers, and aircraft, engine, and parts manufacturers on regulatory 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 aviation law witness 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 2010 and 2011, The Irish Legal 100, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers and in Who’s Who International Aviation Lawyers.

Mr. Quinn also serves as Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC.

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)

Director, International Aviation Club (2008-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

Panelist, “Airline Consolidation,” 10th Beaumont International Aviation Conference, June 23-24, 2010. London, England.

Panelist, “Specific Jurisdiction: The Issues Surrounding Choice of Law in Foreign Crashes/Incidents,” American Conference Institute’s 2nd Annual Forum on Defending and Managing Aviation Litigation, June 22-23, 2010. Boston, MA.

Moderator, “Airlines Financial Health and Trends in Liberalization, Foreign Ownership, Alliances, and Antitrust,” 30th Annual New York Airfinance Conference, April 26-27, 2010. New York, NY.

Speaker, "Protecting the Integrity of Accident Investigations," 22nd Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar, March 15-17, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

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.