Caitlin LoRusso

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Caitlin received her undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and went on to earn her J.D. at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.  Following law school, Caitlin worked for a financial planning firm where she began focusing on tax preparation and advising for individuals and businesses.  After starting LoRusso & LoRusso, Ltd. with her husband, Joseph, Caitlin turned her focus exclusively to aviation law.  Caitlin focuses on aviation transactions, certificate defense, crash litigation, drone registration and litigation, and aviation tax issues.  

Caitlin is also of counsel at the firm of Ralston, Pope & Diehl in Topeka, Kansas, which focuses on various fields of plaintiff’s litigation, including medical malpractice, car accidents, and personal injury.

When Caitlin is not in the office, she can be found writing articles for various aviation legal publications, such as the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Journal, or building hours and receiving flight instruction from Joseph in a 1943 Stearman 450 biplane.  

 
 

BAR ADMISSION:

  -  Wyoming

  -  U.S. Court for the District of Wyoming

  -  United States Tax Court

EDUCATION:

  -  University of Colorado, B.A.

  -  Washburn University School of Law,     J.D.

 PRACTICE AREAS:

 -  Airman Medical Certification Defense

 -  Airman Legal Enforcement Defense

 -  Aircraft Legal Enforcement Defense

 -  NTSB Airman Medical Appeals

 -  NTSB Airman Legal Enforcement     Defense

 -  Aircraft Accident / Crash Litigation

 -  FAA Regulation Consulting

 -  Aircraft Transactions

 -  Drone Regulation Consulting

 -  Aviation Tax

 -  Corporate Tax

 -  Corporate Formation

 -  Personal Injury Litigation

MEMBER / AWARDS:

  -  Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Panel        Attorney

  -  American Bar Association Air & Space Law        Drone Committee Member

  -  American Bar Association

  -  Wyoming Bar Association

  -  Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association  

  -  American Association for Justice                      Aviation Section  

  -  Colorado Pilots Association      

  -  Women in Aviation International

  -  Lawyer Pilots Bar Association

  -  Phi Alpha Delta

  -  Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

  -  Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Joe      Rudd Scholarship, 2012-2013

PILOT: 

  -  Certified Drone Operator

  -  Student Pilot