Scott D. Cunningham joined Condon & Forsyth LLP in 1998 and is a partner of the firm. Scott has extensive experience representing international air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, and their insurers in complex litigation in California and in various other jurisdictions throughout the U.S. He has been directly involved in the defense of several major air disaster cases, complex commercial litigation involving international air carriers, and the DVT Multidistrict litigation pending in California. Scott has been closely involved in the defense of the IATA air carriers for the alleged violations of the California Health and Safety Code which is commonly known as the "Proposition 65" litigation.

Scott was honorably selected in 2007 and 2008 a Southern California Super Lawyer - Rising Star. He is admitted to the bar of California (1999), the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Scott was also admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003.

Scott is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association (Editorial Board member 2005-present for the ABA Aviation Law Quarterly), the State Bar of California and the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy Graduate (2005). He is a graduate of Syracuse University (J.D., 1998) and the University of Rochester (B.A., 1994).

Published Works and Presentations:

Contributing Author: IATA Liability Reporter, vol. 2 (Feb. 1999) – vol. 11 (2008).


In the Wake of Husain: Air Carrier Liability after Olympic Airways v. Husain. Co-authored with John Maggio, Aviation Litigation Quarterly (Fall 2006).


Scott spoke on environmental litigation under California's Proposition 65 at the 2007 IATA Legal Symposium which was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from February 12-14, 2007. Scott also presented the tenth volume of the IATA Liability Reporter.