Phillip Kolczynski manages his own law firm in Irvine, (Orange County) California. He holds an (AV) rating, the highest peer rating for competency and ethics awarded by The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys. He has a national practice, concentrating in aviation, product liability and business litigation in federal and state courts. Prior to moving to California in 1983, he was a trial attorney in the Aviation Unit, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., and the Litigation Division, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C. While at the Justice Department, Phil was a regular lecturer and instructor at the Attorney General's Civil Trial Advocacy Institute and received the Justice Department's 1981 Special Achievement Award for Trial Performance.

Mr. Kolczynski graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, in December, 1976, where he was the Notes Editor of the Journal of International Law and attended college at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1969 where he held a Navy ROTC Full Scholarship. Before entering law school, Phil Kolczynski was a Marine Corps Captain and F-4 Phantom Pilot. He holds a FAA Commercial Single Engine Pilot's License with Multi-Engine and Instrument Ratings.

Phil Kolczynski has published numerous law review and journal articles as well as chapters in Matthew Bender and James Publishing Company treatises on a wide variety of civil litigation and Aviation Law subjects. He has recently authored the book Preparing For Trial In Federal Court  (James Publishing 1996). Phil is a frequent speaker at forensic expert institutes and aviation technical programs. He also teaches Evidence, Product Liability and Aviation Law at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Aviation Systems and Safety Management. Phil Kolczynski was the Chairman of the 1990 ABA National Institute on Aviation Litigation in Washington, D.C., and has spoken nationally at numerous aviation litigation symposia.

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