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Michael W. Pearson is a highly qualified attorney with extensive experience in civil litigation, particularly in aviation and personal injury cases. He holds a Juris Doctorate and an MBA, and has served as a partner in multiple law firms while also being an associate professor at Arizona State University. Pearson is recognized for his achievements with numerous accolades and has a strong background in air traffic control and accident investigation.

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139-37 Michael W. Pearson Resume

Michael W. Pearson is a highly qualified attorney with extensive experience in civil litigation, particularly in aviation and personal injury cases. He holds a Juris Doctorate and an MBA, and has served as a partner in multiple law firms while also being an associate professor at Arizona State University. Pearson is recognized for his achievements with numerous accolades and has a strong background in air traffic control and accident investigation.

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Michael W. Pearson
814 West Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
602.258.1000
www.azlaw.com

Education
Academic
Juris Doctorate
Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona
Cum laude honors graduate- Top 15% GPA
Pedrick Scholar conferred for academic excellence; Honors Legal Writing & Research

Master of Business Administration


Arizona State University College of Business, Tempe, Arizona
Honors Graduate

Bachelor of Business Administration


University of Houston- CLC College of Business, Houston, Texas
Summa cum laude honors graduate (4.00 GPA); Dean's list all semesters.

Aviation
United States Department of Transportation
Aircraft Accident Investigation School
Transportation Safety Institute (TSI)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Federal Aviation Administration


Certified Tower Controller-all FAA classes successfully completed
Certified Radar Controller-all FAA classes successfully completed
Certified Professional Air Traffic Controller (CPC)-all FAA classes successfully completed
Certified Air Traffic Control Instructor- all facilities
Quality Assurance Specialist -all FAA classes successfully completed
Certified Weather Observer (CWO)
Private Pilot

Employment
Professional- Legal
Curry, Pearson & Wooten, P.L.C: 2003- current
Partner, Civil Litigation
Phoenix, Arizona

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Bellah, Harrian & Pearson, P.L.C.: 1997 – 1999, Of Counsel: 2000- 2002
Partner, Civil Litigation
Glendale, Arizona

Law Offices of Michael W. Pearson: 1995-1997


Civil Litigation
Phoenix, Arizona

Extensive civil litigation experience 100% dedicated to litigation. Practice areas include personal
injury, wrongful death, complex civil litigation, FOIA, as well FAA enforcement action cases and
aviation accident cases.

Multidistrict litigation (MDL)/Class Action experience – regarding the manufacture and sale by
defendants of contaminated heparin. Represented clients injured (including wrongful death). All of
the federal heparin lawsuits were eventually transferred to the U.S. District Court in Toledo, Ohio,
becoming part of multidistrict litigation (MDL) coordinated by Judge James G. Carr.

Representative entity clients: Various international airlines such as Air France and Zest Airways. Part
135 clients include TALON Air, Keystone Aviation, FUGA, and GlobalJet.

Other clients: the families of the Arizona “Hotshots” who tragically lost their lives during an out-of-
control inferno in a brush-choked canyon in the worst loss of life for U.S. wildland firefighters in eight
decades to aviation clients including family members who have lost loved ones in accidents, airplane
and helicopter accidents, and those injured on domestic and international flights. Other wrongful
death cases include matters such as electrocution and shooting deaths.

Representative cases: Larue v. Brown, 693 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 18 (App. Div. I, August 19, 2014); Gilding v.
Carr, 608 F.Supp.2d 1147 (D.Ariz., 2009); Mitchell v. City of Flagstaff, 2011 WL 5826014 (D.Ariz. 2011);
Rojas v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 927 F.3d 1046 (9th Cir. 2019); Rojas v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 941 F.3d 392
(9th Cir. 2019).

Rating Services:

“AV” Martindale Hubbell rating


SuperLawyers- selected in the categories of litigation, personal injury, and aviation
AVVO- “10” rating
America’s Top 100 Attorneys
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
Arizona’s Finest Lawyers
Bar Register as a Preeminent Lawyer
Multi-Million Dollar Advocate
National Trial Lawyers Association- Nations Top One Percent

Academic
Arizona State University: 1993 – current
Associate Professor

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Representative Classes: Aviation Law, Aviation Regulation, Aviation Labor Relations

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: 1994 - 1997


Associate/Adjunct Faculty
Classes: Aviation Law, Business Law, and Aviation Labor Relations

Federal Aviation Administration: 1992 - 1994


Quality Assurance Specialist
Classes: Various professional aviation courses

Professional- Air Traffic Control (Radar Approach Control and Tower)


Air Traffic Control Specialist- Phoenix Tower (PHX): 1997 - 2010
Phoenix, Arizona

Air Traffic Control Specialist- Phoenix TRACON (P50): 1989 - 1996


Phoenix, Arizona

Air Traffic Control Specialist- Phoenix Tower (PHX): 1988 - 1989


Phoenix, Arizona

Air Traffic Control Specialist- Houston Hobby TRACAB (HOU): 1984 - 1988
Houston, Texas

Coordinated the movement of aircraft to maintain safe distances between them, in high density and
complex air traffic control facilities. Extensive experience in Air Traffic Control safety and operations
in various regions of the country. Certified air traffic control instructor in all facilities.

Professional- Accident Investigation/Human Factors


Quality Assurance Specialist- Phoenix TRACON: 1992 - 1994
Phoenix, Arizona

Duties included accident/incident data analysis of information collected during investigations of air
traffic controllers and pilots. Responsibilities included the development of recommendations,
specifically from a human factors perspective (both air traffic control and pilot-in-command), in order
to prevent future accidents/incidents.

Professional Memberships
• Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia and Wyoming Bar Associations
• American Association for Justice (AAJ).
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA).
• Lawyers and Pilots Bar Association (LPBA)
• National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association
• Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA).
• University Aviation Association (UAA).

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• American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Accreditation/ Licenses
• Licensed to practice law in Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Wyoming- Federal and
State Courts.
• Certified Control Tower Operator (CTO); Certified Weather Observer (CWO); Certified Air
Traffic Control Instructor; Certified Professional Controller (CPC).

Editorial Board Memberships


• Editorial Board: The CRM Insight, The Aircrew Journal for Cockpit/Crew Resource
Management. Published by the MEI Technology Corporation.
• Panel of Reviewers: Journal of Air Transportation World Wide, A journal of peer-reviewed articles
in all areas of aviation and space transportation research, policy, theory, case study, practice
and issues. Published by the Aviation Institute at the University of Nebraska- Omaha.

Publications
• Foundations of Aviation Law. Pearson, M.W., Riley, D., ISBN: 978-1472445636, Routledge
Publishing Co., 2016.
• Air Traffic Testing Systems: ATC Examination Strategies. Pearson, M.W., Bergevin, P.M.,
Phoenix, AZ: JAB Publishing Co., 1992.

Board Service
• Association of Collegiate Training Institutions (ACTI)
• Aviation Education Council of Arizona (AECA)
• Arizona Call-A-Teen Youth Resources, Inc. (ACYR)
• United States Contract Tower Association (USCTA)

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