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Barry E. Newman

Mr. Newman is a partner in the firm. He is Board Certified in Aviation Law by The Florida Bar and holds an AV®peer-review rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest peer rating an attorney can achieve. Mr. Newman is admitted to practice before the Florida courts and the Federal courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida and The United States Supreme Court.

His primary focus is on Aviation Law, Premises Liability, and Products Liability Claims. He has represented clients in aviation-related claims arising in Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Africa, Afghanistan, Kenya and Saudi Arabia.

FAA-Certified Commercial Pilot

Mr. Newman is an FAA-certified Commercial Pilot and holds multi-engine airplane, single-engine airplane, instrument, and helicopter ratings. He has flown over 1800 accident, incident and violation free hours in various types of airplanes and helicopters. He retired after serving 19 years with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office as a Reserve Police Officer. Of those, he spent six years in the Sheriff's Aviation Unit flying hundreds of hours performing search and rescue, drug interdiction, aerial surveillance and prisoner extradition missions in the department's six airplanes and helicopters. He also worked in other areas of the police department, including patrol, vice and narcotics.

Mr. Newman received his undergraduate degree in Photojournalism from the University of South Carolina in 1984 and Juris Doctorate with honors from the Florida Coastal School of Law in 1999. He currently serves as Co-chair of the Florida Bar's Aviation Certification Committee. His professional affiliations include: The Florida Bar, the American Association for Justice, Florida Justice Association, The Jacksonville Bar Association, the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and the NTSB Bar Association. Mr. Newman is also an adjunct professor at Florida Coastal School of Law.

Mr. Newman is a Jacksonville native and has one son.

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