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W. Hunter Old

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T (757) 259.3870
F (757) 259.3838
whold@kaufcan.com

Hunter is a partner in the firm’s Williamsburg office and head of the Aviation Law and Finance Team. His civil litigation practice focuses on the representation of individuals and businesses in federal and state courts, primarily in environmental, commercial and fiduciary matters. He also represents lenders and owners/operators regarding the protection of aviation assets. He advises pilots, aircraft mechanics and aviation-based businesses, and acts as outside counsel to a commercial airline.

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Representative Matters

  • Represents national corporations in CERCLA, RCRA and related environmental litigation
  • Represents airmen and mechanics before Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Safety Administration and U.S. Court of Appeals
  • Represents and advises airline, airport and aviation-based businesses on regulatory compliance
  • Represents homebuilders in court and before administrative agencies
  • Represents property owners in defense of real property claims, such as partition suits and sales contract disputes
  • Represents estate executors, trustees and other fiduciaries in contested claims relating to estates, wills and trusts.

Recognition and honors

  • Pro Se Law Clerk; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-1999  

Associations

  • Virginia State Bar; Special Committee on Bench-Bar Relations, Vice Chair 
  • Williamsburg Bar Association; President
  • Housing Partnerships, Inc.; Board of Directors, Secretary 
  • Williamsburg Symphonia; Board of Trustees
  • Virginia Helicopter Association; Board of Directors
  • Youth Aeronautics Education Foundation; Board of Directors 
  • Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
  • International Aviation and Transportation Safety Bar Association 
  • I’Anson-Hoffman American Inn of Court
  • Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Virginia Chapter; Board of Directors, 2008-2011

military service

  • Captain, Aviation; United States Army Reserves, 1991-2005

Education

  • College of William & Mary; B.A., 1991
  • U.S. Army; Initial Entry Rotary-Wing Aviation Course, 1992
  • George Mason University School of Law; J.D., 1998

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