Arthur Alan Wolk
Arthur Alan Wolk (born October 25, 1943) is an American attorney and author. He is the founding partner of The Wolk Law Firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which specializes in aviation law and air crash litigation for plaintiffs. Wolk is an author, editor and lecturer on aviation law and air safety with articles published by The Aviation Consumer, Aviation Safety and other publications and has appeared on ABC Evening News, CBS Evening News, CNBC, and CNN Larry King Live. Wolk is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania. Notable cases. Wolk reports that he represented victims in several major  airline disasters. Some of the most notable air crash cases Wolk has had involvement in include: Suits against AVWeb.com and others. In 2001, Wolk won a $480 million verdict against Cessna On July 26, 2011, Wolk filed a new lawsuit against 42 defendants, including the defendants from his original libel suit, the lawyers who represented those defendants in the suit, The Reason Foundation, "INTERNET BLOGGER '/b/'", and the Manhattan Institute, alleging over 20 causes of action. In the lawsuit, Wolk admitted that he had hired an organization to "place truthful, favorable information" about him on Wikipedia. Writing for Public  Citizen, Paul Levy criticized the lawsuit; Public Citizen's blog reports that Wolk has since filed suit against both Levy and Public Citizen. Wolk has also threatened to sue technology blog TechDirt over their reporting of the suit. Personal aviation experience. Wolk has been a pilot for more than 30 years and holds an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP) certificate for multi-engine land and sea aircraft. Wolk owned a restored Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter that he has flown in air shows throughout the country; performing low level aerobatics and formation flights. In November 1996, Wolk broke his arm  and back when he crashed his F9F Panther. He later sued the National Transportation Safety Board over its report of the crash. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in 2000, also names Honeywell International Inc. and Allied Signal Inc. as defendants, claiming they gave false information to the NTSB to avoid liability. The suit says the NTSB report contained extensive errors, including a statement that Wolk was not qualified to fly the plane. In 2002, the District Court judge dismissed Wolk's suit against the NTSB and other defendants in its entirety. Wolk then appealed unsuccessfully to the U.S.  Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. In this decision, United States Circuit Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr. writes: "We have carefully reviewed the District Court's opinion and, despite the excellent brief and oral argument on appeal by plaintiff, do not find reversible error." Wolk then sought a Supreme Court review of the decision, but the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Wolk represented himself in the lawsuit.