Michael S. Krzak is part of the Clifford Law Offices’ team that tackles the highly complex area of aviation litigation and commercial aviation liability. By its very nature, aviation law involves multi-state, multi-national, multi-jurisdictional questions, placing together a number of people together from all walks of life and from a variety of places. Even the component parts of an aircraft can be produced in many different states and countries.

Mr. Krzak’s sense of zeroing in on the issues and his attention to detail is indispensable to the intense preparation of these cases. He has been involved in every commercial aviation crash case the firm has handled since he came to the firm, including the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184, Alaska Air Flight 261, American Airlines Flight 587, TWA Flight 800, Swiss Air Flight 111, USAir Flight 427, American Airlines Flight 585 and the Southwest Airlines crash at Midway Airport in December, 2005. He also has worked on numerous cases involving the crashes of small aircraft and helicopters. Most recently, he was responsible for handling the highly publicized air crash cases involving Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, Kentucky. Clifford Law Offices represented five families who lost loved ones in that crash. Mr. Krzak was part of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee relating to that crash and also was a designated member of the trial team for those cases.

He has served as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Aviation Law Committee in 2006-07. He has spoken to numerous legal organizations, including the American Bar Association, about this area of law. Michael Krzak is a key member of the Clifford Law Offices’ legal team.