Jeffrey Morof has practiced aviation product liability litigation for the past 29 years. He has served as national counsel for McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft and aerospace products, and Teledyne Continental Motors, a manufacturer of piston engines for general aviation aircraft. He was a member of the team that defended the aircraft manufacturer in a 20-month trial arising out of the 1987 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Morof has also counseled clients on certification of their products, developing crisis management programs, participating in accident investigations and safety audits, and contractually limiting their liability exposure. He was also an instructor for a course on liability prevention and risk management that was a required part of Douglas Aircraft Company’s Aircraft System Engineer/Manager Certification Program. He has addressed the following organizations on product liability litigation: World Aviation Congress and Exposition (Los Angeles, Calif., 1996); Design Engineering Conference, National Association of Manufacturers (Chicago, Ill., 1996-1998); and the Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems, Committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers (Williamsburg, Va., 1994).
In 1997, Mr. Morof was one of 331 attorneys worldwide selected for inclusion in An International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, based on surveys and interviews with major corporations and leading products attorneys. In 1998, he was selected by the United States District Court, Central District of California, to serve as a settlement conference attorney for the court; he was reappointed in 2001 to serve an additional two-year term. In 2001, Mr. Morof was one of 170 U.S. attorneys selected for inclusion in An International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers (3rd edition). In 2002, he was selected to appear in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers). In 2003, Mr. Morof was one of only 25 aviation lawyers worldwide included in Euromoney’s Expert Guide, The Best of the Best 2003. Also, since 1998 he has been selected for each edition of Euromoney Legal Publications Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers (the 6th edition is being published in 2008).
Bar and Court Admissions
California, 1982
Missouri, 1979
United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California, District of Colorado, Southern District of Florida and District of New Jersey
Not admitted to practice in Illinois
Education
Washington University, J.D., 1979
University of Michigan, A.B., 1976