District of Columbia license and practice

David Whitestone is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and is an Active member of the District of Columbia Bar (admitted September 8, 2003). Verify the current record at https://my.dcbar.org/memberdirectory before hiring an attorney.

David Whitestone is a Washington, DC aviation law attorney and the managing partner of Holland & Knight LLP, where he oversees the firm’s strategic growth and operations with the firm’s chair and deputy managing partner. He previously served as executive partner of the firm’s Washington, DC office and as head of its Government Section, and he joined the firm in 1999 after working on Capitol Hill on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. He is a transportation attorney with a concentration in the aviation sector, representing corporations, private equity funds and municipal entities, and he appears before the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Aviation Administration. He earned his law degree from George Mason University School of Law and holds a Certificate of Advanced Finance from the Wharton School. He has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia since 2003.

Matters this legal field covers

Aviation legal work may cover airline and airport regulation, aircraft transactions and financing, Federal Aviation Administration compliance and enforcement, drone operations, and aviation accident and liability matters.

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