Erin R. Applebaum
Top rated aviation & aerospace attorney in New York, New York
Kreindler & Kreindler LLP
Practice Areas: Aviation & aerospace, Personal injury
Licensed in New York since: 2011
Education: Brooklyn Law School
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2021 
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485 Lexington Ave28th Floor
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Erin is a partner in the aviation practice at Kreindler & Kreindler LLP. Since graduating from Brooklyn Law School in 2010, Erin has dedicated her career to seeking justice for those injured or killed during the course of air travel. She specializes in representing individuals killed in general aviation accidents, helicopter crashes, and commercial airline disasters. Erin is an active member of several professional groups, including the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA); Pan-European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL); American Association for Justice (AAJ); New York City Bar Association (NYCBA); and the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), where she sits as a Vice Chair on the Aviation and Space Law Committee. Erin currently serves on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302/Boeing 737 MAX litigation against Boeing and other defendants.
First Admitted: 2011, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.kreindler.com/Attorneys/Erin-R-Applebaum.shtml
- University of Miami - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 2007
- London School of Economics, 2005
- Objectives:Identify legal ethical issues and solutions when indemnities call upon counsel to represent more than one party Examine scope of privilege and risks of conflicts when representing multiple defendants Review ethical considerations and prohibitions on withholding and then "doctoring" evidence Address the issues of mediation - when does a mediator go too far in "brokering" a settlement?, Panelist, Indemnification to Mediation: Ethical Issues Arising from a Modest Aviation Accident, Lawline, Legal, 2018
- The Evolving Nature of Personal Jurisdiction in Aviation Law, Speaker, The Evolving Nature of Personal Jurisdiction in Aviation Law, American Association for Justice - Aviation Section, Legal, 2021
- The 1999 Montreal Convention (MC99) controls airline liability and jurisdiction in international aviation accident cases. Though the MC99 text is unambiguous, passengers suing air carriers continue to confront daunting challenges when the airlines raise jurisdiction defenses which are really part of a strategy to limit passenger recoveries. The defenses raised most often are to personal jurisdiction over the carrier in the passengers’ chosen U.S. forum and forum non conveniens. The panel intends to explore these issues in light of recent cases, discuss how they have impacted cases like Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, and address why the U.S. Supreme Court’s remarkable Ford v. Montana decision should convince American courts to reject airlines’ interpretation of MC99 that prevents American passengers injured outside the U.S. on foreign carriers from suing those carriers in U.S. courts., Speaker, Montreal Convention Jurisdiction: Where in the World Are We?, Embry-Riddle Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium, Legal; Insurance, 2022
- Airlines Recover and Passenger Rights, Author, Aviation Laws and Regulations Post-Pandemic Aviation News, ICLG - International Global Legal Group, Legal, 2022
- Recent Developments in Aviation and Space Law, Speaker, Recent Developments in Aviation and Space Law, The Aviation Lawyer’s Operating Handbook: Learning to Litigate, Navigate, and Communicate, American Bar Association - Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Conference, Legal, 2019
- Objectives:Examine the Montreal Convention and how it governs passenger personal injury claims Review the major court decisions in this field Gain practice pointers for litigating Montreal Convention Article 17 claims, Lecturer, Montreal Convention for Plaintiffs' Lawyers: Representing Passenger Personal Injury Claims Arising on International Flights, Lawline, Legal, 2021
- , Graduate of TIPS Leadership Academy, American Bar Association, 2019
- American Bar Association - Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) - Vice Chair, Aviation and Space Law Committee, 2022
- Selected to the Plaintiff's Executive Committee for the ongoing litigation against Boeing in the Northern District of Illinois related to the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302., 2020
- International Aviation Women's Association - Member, Government & Law Committee , 2022
- American Association for Justice - Member, Aviation Section; Women Trial Lawyers Caucus, 2022
- New York City Bar Association - Aeronautics Committee - Chair, Subcommittee on Commercial Airline Casualty, 2022
Office location for Erin R. Applebaum
485 Lexington Ave
28th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2021