Airports
Making sure your operations stay on course
Airports operate in a uniquely challenging environment, and we’re here to help you navigate the legal hurdles that come with it. From working with federal, state and local governments to engaging with surrounding communities and airport tenants, our knowledgeable team brings decades of experience to the table, including involvement in some of the nation’s most hotly contested expansion disputes.
We provide strategic, creative counsel tailored to the realities of airport operations, including the heightened public scrutiny and significant administrative demands airports face every day. For more than 20 years, we’ve had the privilege of representing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which included the Third Runway expansion at the airport and numerous court appearances before the Washington Supreme Court, various Washington state courts, the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Pollution Control Hearings Board.
Airport clients regularly look to us to provide guidance related to:
- Airfield safety
- Airport zoning
- Avigation easements
- Class action litigation defense
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Construction (bidding and procurement)
- Corporate governance (including Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act)
- Eminent domain and inverse condemnation
- Environmental impacts
- Employment and labor
- Expansion and development matters
- Finance (including bonds)
- Insurance coverage
- Land use (planning, permitting, and disputes)
- Litigation (both administrative and court proceedings)
- Noise issues
- Operational matters
- Part 150 Noise Programs
- Real estate (acquisition, disposition, and leasing)
