Justin M. Schmidt joined Condon & Forsyth LLP in 2008 and concentrates his practice on airline liability claims and litigation. He has worked on several major aviation disaster cases, including American Airlines Flight 587, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and Colgan Air Flight 3407. He also has been involved in several military product liability accident cases involving the government contractor defense.

He was a United States Marine Corps Officer from 2001 through 2005. Justin was stationed with the Marine Air Wing in Okinawa, Japan as an Aircraft Logistics Officer, and was then stationed at Camp Pendleton, California with a Marine Infantry Battalion as an Infantry Logistics Officer. He also served a seven month combat tour in Fallujah, Iraq.

Justin is admitted to the bars of New York (2009) and New Jersey (2008), and the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (2010).

Justin is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2008) (Managing Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal; Winner of the 2007 Nathan Baker Moot Court Trial Competition; Member, Rutgers National Moot Court Team; Recipient, Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship). He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan (2001).

Published Works and Presentations:

Contributor, The Liability Reporter, published jointly by IATA and Condon & Forsyth LLP. (15th ed., February 2012).



The Tripartite Relationship and Joint Defense Agreements: Benefits and Pitfalls.   ABA Aviation and Space Law Litigation Seminar, Washington, DC (October 21, 2011).


The Odd Man Out: An Air Carrier's Obligation to Ground Victims Under the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act. ABA Tips Disaster Preparedness Teleconference Series, Aviation and Space Law Committee (September 6, 2011).


Court Holds that the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 Preempts State Law Standards of Care. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Alert (July 2011).


Co-author, Revisiting the Apex Doctrine. IADC Privacy Project Volume IV (2011).


The Second and Ninth Circuits are Divided Over the Starting Point For Application of the Death on the High Seas Act in Non-Commercial Aviation Accidents. Condon & Forsyth LLP Bulletin (March 2011).


Toxic Cabin Air Litigation Continues to Recirculate Through the Courts. Condon & Forsyth LLP Newsletter (Winter 2011).


Toxic Cabin Air Litigation Continues to Recirculate Through the Courts. The Air & Space Lawyer, v.23, no. 2 (2010).


Drawing a Line in the Sea: The Separate Starting Lines Under the Death on the High Seas Act for Commercial and Non-Commercial Aviation Accidents. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (July 2009).


"What You Need to Know to Successfully Depose a Foreign Witness or Obtain Written Evidence Under the Hague Evidence Convention", 76 Defense Counsel Journal 247 (April 2009); originally published in IADC Committee Newsletter: Aviation and Space Law (November 2008).


Do Subrogation Rights Survive CPLR Section 4545? Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (April 2009).


Contributor, "Framing the Government Contractor Defense: Origin, Extension, and Potential", American Bar Association, The Brief, Winter 2009.



Co-Author, "Managing Expert Discovery", DRI The Voice of the Defense Bar - Skywritings (Fall 2008).