Athena Redmond Mineo

ROBERT A. MINEO - RMineo@airlawus.com

Robert A. Mineo's years of experience as a practicing aerospace engineer gives the firm a unique technical basis for its practice in aviation and products liability litigation.

A graduate in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina, Mr. Mineo worked as a civilian aeronautical engineer for the Department of the Navy from 1970 through 1978. His work included responsibility for the C-131 and C-130 weapons systems in the areas of structure analysis and systems engineering, crash investigation, and the computer analysis of failed aircraft systems and components.

In 1973 Mr. Mineo became the Senior Systems Engineer for the AV-8 Harrier weapons systems during the time of its initial development and deployment with the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. Mineo is a graduate of The Campbell University School of Law where he was a member of the editorial staff of the Campbell Law Review. He also wrote for the Campbell Law Observer in the areas of aviation law, admiralty and products liability. During his second year in law school, Mr. Mineo attended the University of Notre Dame Law School's London Center for Legal Studies where he concentrated his studies in the area of European Common Market Law.

As a practicing aviation attorney since 1982, Mr. Mineo has acted as lead counsel in many aviation cases involving major air-carriers, general aviation, helicopter, and military crashes. Some of the more representative air-carrier cases in which he has been involved are the Pan American 103 crash in Lockerbie Scotland, the United 232 crash in Sioux City, Iowa, the crash of USAir Flight 5050 in New York City and the crash of American Eagle flight 3378 in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to these air-carrier accidents, Mr. Mineo has been the lead counsel in numerous general aviation cases resulting from the crash of Piper, Beech, Cessna, and Commander aircraft and the in-flight failures of Continental and Lycoming aircraft engines and other aviation related components. His practice is primarily limited to aviation and products liability related areas with particular emphasis in cases requiring technical evaluation and analysis. His ability to communicate with engineering experts in the areas of structures, aerodynamics, and flight dynamics have proved extremely beneficial during the crash investigation, discovery, and trial portions of a highly technical case.

Mr. Mineo is a member of the Bar of North Carolina and the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina and Western District of North Carolina, District of Maryland, Eastern District of Texas, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Mr. Mineo is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Claims. He is a member of the American and North Carolina Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Mineo is a past member of the Rules Committee for the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association and is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the International Society of Air Safety Investigators [Chief Aircraft Investigator for an excess of 30 major aircraft crashes.]

In addition to his private practice, Mr. Mineo was the Adjunct Professor of Aviation Law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law for many years. Mr. Mineo has been married for twenty-one years to his wife Athena and has a son Rob, age 17 and a daughter Gabrielle, age 19. Mr. Mineo is a member of the Hayes Barton Baptist Church and the Raleigh Concert Band.