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Warren Dean, Jr.

Warren Dean, Jr.

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Washington, D.C.
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  • Education

    • Georgetown University,

      L.L.M., Tax Law, 1979

    • University of Maryland,

      J.D., 1975

      B.A., 1972

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • Maryland

    • US Supreme Ct

    • US Ct Appeals, 4th Circuit (Covers MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

    • US Ct Appeals, 8th Circuit (Covers AR, IA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

    • US Ct Appeals, 9th Circuit (AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, Guam, M. Isles)

    • US Ct Appeals, DC Circuit

  • Affiliations

    • American Bar Association

    • Aero Club of Washington

    • Federal Bar Association

    • International Aviation Club

  • Representative Clients

    • Airlines for America

    • General Ore International Corporation

    • International Air Transport Association

    • Sonair International, Inc.

    • South Carolina Ports Authority

  • Recognitions

    • Listed in Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters), 2013-2020

    • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (by BL Rankings) for Admiralty and Maritime, 2012-2017

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 1998-Present

    • Dyer, Ellis & Joseph

      Partner, 1988-1998

    • U.S. Department of Transportation

      Assistant General Counsel for International Law, 1983-1988

    • U.S. International Trade Commission

      Office of General Counsel, 1975-1978

  • Community

    • Journal of Commerce

      Guest Legal Commentator

  • Instruction

    • Georgetown University of Law Center


      Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program, 1989-Present

      Recipient of the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct, 2007-2008

Warren focuses on federal regulation of business, both domestic and international, and represents several of the nation's largest transportation and energy interests before the courts, federal agencies, and Congress in Washington, DC. He has handled complex regulatory, antitrust, and tax controversies involving the transportation sector.

Warren chairs the Supreme Court Practice Group. His practice is concentrated in the field of international transportation services and other transborder transactions. He represented the U.S. airline industry in obtaining regulatory approval of new liability rules for passengers, Senate approval of new amendments to the Warsaw Convention, and a Supreme Court decision upholding the Convention's preemption of state law causes of action.

Warren also represents international shipping interests and chaired a coalition that was successful in reforming the taxation of shipping income. He argued and won a case before the Supreme Court affirming the immunity of state instrumentalities from private lawsuits in federal administrative proceedings. The case involved a complaint filed against the South Carolina Ports Authority.

Thompson Coburn Publications

Supreme Court to decide limits of attorney client privilege: Why the Ninth Circuit decision spells disaster for the sanctity of legal advice

Publications

“Dissecting the Jones Act”; Journal of Commerce article as entered into the Congressional Record
April 7, 1997

"Shippers, are you ready for SOLAS’ verified container weight mandate?"
April 4, 2016

Co-Author, "Financing Vessels with the Capital Construction Fund Program";
ELT Magazine, March-April 2011

"Alliances, Immunity, and the Future of Aviation";
The Air and Space Lawyer, January 2010

“Jones Act: Who is accountable?” Opinion;
Marine Log, March 1999

“A New Warsaw Convention";
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal, Vol. XXI No. 1, Spring 1999

“Dissecting the Jones Act,” Opinion;
The Journal of Commerce, Tuesday, Mar. 11, 1997

Co-Author, “Procedure for Measuring Damages to Resources Is a Taint Upon Superfund";
The National Law Journal, Monday, Oct. 14, 1996

“Regulatory Reform and Judicial Review";
Administrative Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, Summer 1996

“Discord on Shipbuilding Pact";
Legal Times, Aug. 12, 1996

Co-Author, “Nature’s Cost: Uncle Sam’s destruction of natural resources may bust the budget";
Legal Times, May 13, 1996

”Restructuring the Warsaw Right to Recovery";
Aviation Law Reports, Apr. 10, 1996

“Airline Liability in International Air Transportation: Time for a Change";
The Air and Space Lawyer, Volume 4, No. 2, Winter 1989

Co-Author, “Sunset: The Merger of Civil Aeronautics Board Functions into the Department of Transportation";
Federal Bar News & Journal, Volume 34, No. 1, Jan. 1987

Presentations

AAPA Port Administration and Legal Issues Seminar
Boston, MA August 2, 2013

"Cross-Border Investment in International Airlines";
Air & Space Law Annual Meeting, Global Skies: Working Towards an Open Global Aviation System, August 4, 2000

"Global Warming and the Transportation Industry";
Panel Presentation for the Federal Bar Association at the Department of Transportation, March 15, 2000

"Developments Pertaining to UN IPCC & European Taxation";
IATA Fuel Trade Presentation, San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1999

"Air Transport Liability Regime Changes: DOHSA, Montreal Protocol No. 4 & Revision of Warsaw Convention";
Moderator of Panel Discussion, American Bar Association Transportation Committee meeting, November 10, 1998

"Aircraft Emissions: The Environmental Challenges";
International Bar Association's Biennial Conference in Vancouver, Canada, September 16, 1998

"Free Flight and Emissions Limitations";
IATA Fuel Trade Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 28-30, 1997

"Restructuring the Warsaw Right to Recovery";
30th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, February 28, 1996

"Status of the Warsaw System: 1994";
Forum on Air and Space Law, American Bar Association, Washington D.C., June 3, 1994

"Regulating for Competitiveness";
Air Cargo Shippers Conference, Chicago, IL, September 14, 1993

"The Status of the Montreal Aviation Protocols";
ABA National Institute, Litigation in Aviation, Washington D.C., October 15, 1992