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.

Along with Condon & Forsyth LLP being selected as one of the top aviation law firms for 2011, special mention was made of Scott in the Legal 500 (2011) as being highly recommended for his work. Scott was selected in 2007, 2008 and 2009 as a Southern California Super Lawyer - "Rising Star" and in 2010, he was selected by his peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer. He will be honorably mentioned in The International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers 2011.

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:

Two Year Limitation Period Not Applicable to Contribution and Indemnity Claims Under Montreal Convention. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (February 2011).


Contributing Author: Getting the Deal Through – Dispute Resolution (2009, 2010).


Contributing Author: The Liability Reporter, vol. 2 (Feb. 1999) – vol. 13 (2010). The Liability Reporter is published jointly by IATA and Condon & Forsyth LLP.


Scott was invited to speak about the U.S. legal system for MBA students at INSEAD University in Singapore on February 6, 2009.



The Montreal Convention and the Passenger Bill of Rights. Co-authored with Julia K. Doyle, CCH (May 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.