Attorney Profiles: Roderick D. Margo

Recent Published Works and Presentations:

Published Works:

. 3rd ed., Lexis-Nexis, London, 2000. Treatise on the law and practice of aviation insurance and reinsurance, including spacecraft and hovercraft insurance, focusing on English law and London market practice. (1st ed., 1980; 2nd ed. 1989).

Shawcross & Beaumont, Air Law, 4th ed., rev., Lexis-Nexis, London, 2004. (co-editor with David McClean, Richard Gardiner, John Balfour and Jeffrey Goh).

Editor and co-author, The Liability Reporter, published annually by Condon & Forsyth LLP and the International Air Transport Association. 1998-date (10th ed., 2007).

War Risk Insurance in the Aftermath of September 11, 18 Air & Space Lawyer 1 (2003)

September 11, 2001 - An Aviation Insurance Perspective, 27 Air & Space Law 386 (2002).

Insurance Aspects of the New International Passenger Liability Regime, 24 Air & Space Law 134 (1999).

The Role of Insurance in Aviation Finance Transactions, in the Handbook of Airline Finance, Gail Butler & Martin Keller, ed., 279-96 (1999).

Insurance Implications of the IATA Intercarrier Agreements, in The Utilization of the World's Air Space and Free Outer Space in the 21st Century, (Chia-Jui Cheng and Doo Hwan Kim, ed.). 97 Kluwer & Co., The Netherlands, 1997.

Legal Aspects of Electronic Ticketing, XXII Annals of Air & Space Law 177 (1997).

Sexual Harassment by Third Parties, 7:7 The Alert 1997.

Aspects of Insurance in Aviation Finance. 62 J. Air L. & Com. 423 (1996).

Aircraft Leasing: The Airline's Objectives, 21 Air & Space Law 166 (1996).

Kicking and Screaming into the Twenty-First Century: A Practitioner's Prescription for Updating the Chicago Convention, XX Annals of Air & Space Law 49 (1995).

Conflict of Laws in Aviation Insurance, in The Use of Airspace and Outer Space for All Mankind, (Chia-Jui Cheng ed) 309 Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands (1995).

The Chicago Convention and the Resolution of Landing Fee Disputes, (co-author with William T. MacCary) XIX Annals of Air & Space Law 501 (1994).

Risk Management and Insurance, XVII Annals of Air & Space Law 79 (1992).

Insurance Considerations for Airline Operations in the Asia Pacific Region, in The Highways of Air and Outer Space Over Asia (Chia-Jui Cheng and Pablo Mendes de Leon eds) 149 (1992).

Fifty Years After Their Finest Hour, op-ed piece in Wall Street Journal, 14 September 1990, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

Seminars and Presentations:

"Aviation Insurance at the Margins." 25th Annual Conference of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand held in Auckland, New Zealand (April 6-7, 2006).

Moderated panel on Enterprise Risk Management at the IATA Insurance and Risk Management Conference in Bangkok, Thailand (April 3, 2006), and presented a paper on Practical Enterprise Risk Management - A Legal Perspective.

Recent Developments in DVT Litigation. IATA Legal Symposium, Hong Kong (February 12-14, 2006). Rod also presented the ninth volume of the IATA Liability Reporter.

Formulating and Conducting an Airline Risk Audit. IATA Airline Insurance & Risk Management Conference in London (April 12-13, 2005).

Presented the 8th edition of the IATA Liability Reporter at the IATA Legal Symposium in Santiago, Chile (February 9, 2005).

ABA Forum on Air & Space Law. Moderated panel discussion on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the airline industry, Los Angeles (October 28, 2004).

Should the Liability Rules for Surface Damage be Updated? Presentation of the airlines' and aviation insurers' perspective on the current draft amended Rome Convention prepared by the ICAO Legal Bureau, Worldwide Conference on Current Challenges in International Aviation. Institute of Air & Space Law, Montreal, Canada (September 26, 2004).

Trans-Atlantic Litigation and Dispute Resolution - the U.S. Perspective. Presentation at Conference on Doing Business in an Expanded European Union, Los Angeles (September 15, 2004).

Recent Developments in Aviation Treaty Law. Presentation to the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, annual conference, Sydney, Australia (September 5-7, 2004).

Legal Issues Facing Airline Risk Managers. Presentation to the IATA Aviation Insurance Rendezvous, Munich, Germany (April 8-9, 2004).

Recent Developments in Airline Finance, Leasing and Insurance. Moderated panel discussion at the IATA Legal Symposium, Seville, Spain (February 9-10, 2004).

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Aviation Law. Presentation at reception to mark the association between the International Mediation and Arbitration Center (IMAC) and ACI, Lincoln's Inn, London (July 10, 2003).

A U.S. Perspective on Aviation Insurance and State Aid. Presentation to the conference on the entry into force of the Montreal Convention of 1999, International Institute of Air & Space Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands (June 12, 2003).

Legal Aspects of Emergency Response. Presentation to the Willis Asia Pacific Airline Insurance Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (January 20-21, 2003).

Institute of Air & Space Law, Fiftieth Anniversary Conference, moderated panel discussion on aviation liability (April 19-21, 2002).

Expanding Tort Liability for Airlines, presentation at ABA Forum in Air & Space Law, Dallas, Texas (November 8-9, 2001).

The Aftermath of an Air Disaster: Action, Reaction and Interaction. Moderated panel discussion at the IATA Aviation Insurance Rendezvous, New York (April 2-3, 2001).

IATA Legal Symposium, Dubai, U.A.E. Moderated panel discussion on recent developments in airline liability, and gave presentation on the Legal Implications of Deep Vein Thrombosis to IATA Legal Affairs Committee (February 5, 2001).

The legal implications of a hypothetical Australian air disaster. Moderated panel discussion at the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, annual conference, Sydney (October 12-15, 2000).

Legal and Contractual Considerations of E-Business in the Commercial Aviation Industry. Conference on Developing, Implementing and Benefiting from an E-Business Strategy, Phoenix, Arizona (June 21-22, 2000).

The New Montreal Convention on Liability in International Air Transportation - What it all means. Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, Palm Springs, California (February 3, 2000).

The Practical Implications of the Montreal Convention 1999: An American Perspective. Presentation at the Airline Insurance Conference, London, U.K (March 9, 2000).

Some of the Challenges in Adopting a New Warsaw Convention. Presentation at the IATA Legal Symposium, Madrid, Spain (February 7-9, 1999).

Family Assistance for Foreign Airlines. Presentation to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (May 1998).

Insurance Aspects of the New International Passenger Liability Regime. Presentation at the IATA Legal Symposium, Miami, Florida (1997).

If the Warsaw Convention Disappears What Will Replace It? Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, Las Vegas, Nevada (February 12-16, 1997).

Insuring Aviation and Space Activities: What is the Future? Presentation at conference on The Use of the Air and Outer Space at the Service of World Peace and Prosperity, Beijing, China (August 21-23, 1995).

Airline User Charges, presentation to 11th Orient Airlines Association (now AAPA) Commercial Committee Meeting, Manila, Philippines (February 22, 1994).

Legal Aspects of Airline Operations. Seminar presented to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Apia, Western Samoa (February 17-18, 1994).

Litigation of Foreign Claims in the United States, presentation at Lloyd's of London International Aviation Law Seminar, Maui, Hawaii (October 5, 1993).

The Present Day "Regulators" of the Deregulated Aviation Industry in the United States - the United States Antitrust Laws, presentation to the 7th Lloyd's of London International Aviation Law Seminar, Maui, Hawaii (October 4, 1993).

Back to Profile

Roderick D. Margo
1901 Avenue of the Stars. Suite 850. Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 557-2030; Fax: (310) 557-1299
rmargo@condonlaw.com