John Maggio joined Condon & Forsyth LLP in 1999 and is a partner of the firm. John handles all types of civil, commercial and products liability litigation and over the years has represented air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, and insurance companies in cases involving wrongful death, personal injury, contractual disputes, and premises liability. John has extensive experience litigating claims governed by the Warsaw Convention, Montreal Convention, Airline Deregulation Act, and other international treaties and U.S. aviation statutes. Additionally, John has also handled cases involving copyright and trademark infringement disputes. John has litigated in federal and state courts throughout the U.S., including trials in California, New York, and Florida and has argued appeals in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits.

In addition to his legal practice, John has served as a Faculty Member for the Kessler-Edison Program for Trial Techniques at Emory University School of Law since 2004 and as a legal writing instructor for the Continuing Legal Education Paralegal Program at Queens College since 1998. Before joining Condon & Forsyth LLP, John practiced law on Long Island with a focus on aviation, commercial, premises and products liability litigation.

John is admitted to the bar of New York (1997), the District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York (1989), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits (2000) and the U.S. Supreme Court (2003). He is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Committee on Aeronautics), the Nassau County Bar Association, the American Bar Association (Air & Space Law Litigation Section) and the Federal Bar Council.

John is a graduate of Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1996)(Moot Court Executive Board, Inducted into Order of Barristers, Dean's Research and Writing Fellow) and Binghamton University (B.A., 1993).

Published Works and Presentations:

Avoiding Workplace Litigation After Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (November 2007).


New York's Passenger Bill of Rights. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (June 2007)


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


Failure to Warn of DVT Risks Is Not an 'Accident' Under the Warsaw Convention. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (August 2006).


Co-author, Sacking Saks: Transformation of the 'Accident' Requirement, Warsaw Convention, Article 17. The Air & Space Lawyer (Winter 2001).


Applying the Knowledgeable User Doctrine to Dismiss Failure to Warn Claims. Defense Research Institute Hand and Power Tools Newsletter (Winter 1999).

Honors:  Emory Law School 2008 Alumni Service Award