EDITORIAL REVIEW
Not content with his sturdy reputation in plaintiffs' aviation law, Podhurst also pushed his firm to gain greatness in commericial lititgation, too.
— Lawdragon,
January 2008
This aviation
ace has also piloted multiple lawsuits against HMOs for “code dropping,” the
brazen practice of paying doctors much less than the agreed-upon rates for patient
care.
— Lawdragon,
February 2007
Fabled among Florida lawyers, he helped spring the
University of Miami from the Big East Conference.
— Lawdragon,
October 2006
Aaron Podhurst took his first airplane crash case in 1972 and hasn't looked back. In that case, the plaintiffs' lawyer represented families of victims who were killed when Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades. Since then, Podhurst and his firm have earned a reputation as one of the leading aviation law firms in the country. Podhurst handled some cases from PanAm Flight 103, which terrorists blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people. The result was a $500 million verdict. He also was involved in the litigation of TWA flight 800, which exploded mid-air and crashed into the ocean off Long Island, New York, killing 230 people. Because of his ties to the Cuban-American community in Miami, Podhurst served as a mediator between the federal government and the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez.
This attorney is a member of the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
— Lawdragon,
October 2005
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BIOGRAPHY - AARON S. PODHURST
Aaron Podhurst has been a distinguished trial lawyer for more than forty years. He was born April 29, 1936, in New York City, and received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1957, and his Juris Doctorate Degree from Columbia University, where he was a Harland Fiske Stone Scholar. Aaron was admitted to the Florida and New York Bars in 1961.
Aaron's distinguished career has brought him honors and offices from virtually every major legal organization, including the presidencies of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers, member of Board of Governors of Association of Trial Lawyers of America, membership in the International Society of Barristers and the Inner Circle of Advocates, and chairmanship of important aviation committees of the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Although Aaron made his reputation as one of the nation's premiere plaintiff's aviation lawyers, and continues to hold that status, he has guided the firm in recent years to its status as one of the major commercial litigation firms in South Florida. At the same time, he has managed to devote countless hours to community service.
