Ralph’s practice is mainly focused on complex legal matters involving aviation disputes. He has represented engine and component part manufacturers, avionics manufacturers, maintenance providers, airlines, airports and airport ground service providers, in litigation and various forms of Alternate Dispute Resolution throughout the United States and the world.
Before changing careers to become a lawyer, Ralph was an engineer with Western Union, RCA/GE American Communications and AT&T Bell Laboratories, making him well suited for the complex aviation and satellite matters in which the Firm is engaged. Ralph furthers his interest in aviation by actively exercising his privileges as a licensed pilot.
Ralph earned both Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, and subsequently earned an LL.M. in trial advocacy from Temple University, where he later served as an Adjunct Professor for that program.
Ralph regularly writes and delivers papers and speeches on aerospace law for major conferences and journals sponsored by, among others: ABA – Torts and Insurance Practice Section, ABA – Aviation Litigation Section, AIA, Embry Riddle University, Aircraft Builders Council, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, and the International Society for Optical Engineering. In addition, he has been cited in the U.K. Parliament’s Select committee on Trade and Industry, relating to space regulatory matters. Ralph is a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
LOCATION
| New York Tower 49 - 31st Floor Twelve East 49th Street New York, York, NY 10017 212-937-4000 |
New Jersey 116 Village Boulevard Suite 200 Princeton, NJ 08540 609-606-6940 |
EDUCATION
Temple University - LLM in Trial Advocacy, 1997
Fordham University School of Law - J.D., 1993
Stevens Institute of Technology - B.E., 1984;
M.E., 1988
ADMISSIONS
New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, 1993