Media

Publications & Speaking Engagements:

• Diffuse Tensor Imaging (DTI) | Getting Past Daubert, TBI Medlegal Convention, September 25, 2021

• Recent Developments in Personal Jurisdiction for Aviation Cases, ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Newsletter: Winter 2020

• Minimum Equipment List: The Essentials of an Aviation Products-Liability Case, Advocate Magazine June 2020

• Preparing Your TBI Case For Trial From Day One, Brain Society of California webinar, April 2020

• Preservation, Discovery, Subpoenas and Metadata: Court Rules, Case Law and Recent Developments, "Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, and Smartphone Evidence: The Ultimate Guide", National Business Institute seminar, January 2020

• Laying a Foundation: Real-World Scripts/Examples, "Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, and Smartphone Evidence: The Ultimate Guide", National Business Institute seminar, January 2020

• Traversing the Minefield: Overcoming Procedural Obstacles in Aviation Cases, ABA TIPS Aviation Litigation, October, 2019

• Pro-Plaintiff Decisions Post - Daimler & Bristol-Myers, ABA TIPS Aviation Litigation, October 2019

• Liability of Airlines in Intentional Downing of Aircraft, American Association for Justice 2017 Annual Convention, July 2017

• Pro-Plaintiff Decisions Post - Daimler, "Tips From Cockpit to Courtroom", ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Committee meeting, November 2016

• Current Issues of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Drones, American Association for Justice 2016 Annual AAJ-PAPERS 44, July 2016

• A Global View: What's New in Aviation and Space Law - Litigation in the U.S. and Abroad, American Bar Association, 2014 ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference

• The Exclusionary Rule in Strict Liability Cases: A Defect in the Law, American Association for Justice, Products Liability Newsletter Vol.15, No.1, Fall 2010

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Published Cases:

• Inversiones Papaluchi S.A.S. et al, Petitioners v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Robinson Helicopter Company, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest, 20 Cal.App.5th 1055 (Feb 14 2018 CA App 2nd) [Preemptory writ of mandate issued overturning and directing trial court to vacate its prior order denying plaintiffs’ Colombian corporations’ motion to quash service of summons and motion to dismiss cross-complaints, and to issue a new order *granting* plaintiffs’ motion to quash and motion to dismiss cross-complaints against them, dismissing Robinson Helicopter Company, Inc. (for failure to timely effect service within 3 years of filing cross-complaint), Rolls-Royce Corporation and Honeywell (for each failing to adhere to article 19 of the Hague Service Convention)]; the case is often cited as a primer on how to effectuate service of process according to the Hague Service Convention.

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• Selke v. Germanwings GMBH, 261 F.Supp.3d 645 (E.D. Va 2017) (Virginia court agreed with Ilyas that it had personal jurisdiction over a German airline despite the airline not having any offices, employees, planes, equipment, routes or advertisements in the U.S., and never paying taxes in the U.S., in that Virginia’s long arm statute conferred personal jurisdiction over the German airline because it sold its tickets to passengers that resided in Virginia through its authorized agent and proxy, United Airlines; Ilyas represented the family of the only two Americans onboard Germanwings Flight 9525 from Barcelona, Spain to Düsseldorf, Germany, whose co-pilot committed suicide by locking out the pilot and crashing the plane into the French Alps, killing all 150 souls.

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Notable Media Appearances:

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TV

• CNN

• Bloomberg TV

• Bloomberg TV Asia

• KCBS News Los Angeles

• KCAL News Los Angeles

• KNBC News Los Angeles

• Fox 11 News

• KTTV Fox 11 News Los Angeles

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Radio

• KNX 1070 Newsradio CBS Los Angeles

• KQED Public Radio for Northern California

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News

• Andrews Litigation Reporters

• Associated Press

• Athletic Business

• Bloomberg BNA

• Los Angeles Times

• Mealey’s Emerging Drugs and Devices

• National Law Journal

• Reuters.com

• Seattle Times

• Sports Business Daily

• USA Today

• Westlaw Journal, Products Liability