Arthur Alan Wolk
| Arthur Alan Wolk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 25, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Temple University, B.S., 1965; Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1968 |
| Occupation | Attorney/Author/Lecturer |
| Known for | Aviation Law and Air Safety |
| Website | airlaw.com |
Arthur Alan Wolk (born October 25, 1943) is an American attorney and author. He is the founding partner of The Wolk Law Firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which specializes in aviation law and air crash litigation for plaintiffs.
Wolk is an author, editor and lecturer on aviation law and air safety with articles published by The Aviation Consumer, Aviation Safety and other publications and has appeared on ABC Evening News,CBS Evening News,CNBC, and CNN Larry King Live.
Wolk is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree cum laude from Temple University in 1965, and his J.D. degree from Temple University School of Law in 1968.
Wolk reports that he represented victims in several major airline disasters. Some of the most notable air crash cases Wolk has had involvement in include:
In 2001, Wolk won a $480 million verdict against Cessna which drew criticism from the AVWeb.com website. In 2002, Wolk sued the website and four people who posted comments there. The website and comment submitters then settled the suit with a payment to charity and published apologies. This settlement in turn drew critical coverage from the Overlawyered.com weblog.Ted Frank then posted a criticism of Wolk on Overlawyered.com for his 2007 lawsuit against Teledyne. In 2009, Wolk sued Overlawyered editor Walter Olson, Frank, and Overlawyered blogger David Nieporent, claiming that the blog libeled him. According to the complaint, Wolk did not discover the article until April 2009. In 2010, Judge Mary A. McLaughlin of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed the lawsuit for failure to comply with the one-year statute of limitations on the grounds that a blog is mass media and the statute of limitations runs from the date of publication. Wolk has appealed the court's decision.
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