Mary’s practice includes general commercial and civil litigation with a focus on class actions.

Mary has represented several foreign and domestic air carriers, including British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa, and United, in consumer class actions involving the enforcement of European Union regulations in the United States, and currently represents LOT Polish Airlines in class action litigation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With over a decade of experience, Mary’s work also includes representing air carriers and other aviation stakeholders in complex tort litigation arising from mass air disasters and general aviation accidents.  She currently advises clients on issues relating to the Boeing 737 MAX and represents the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association in litigation arising from the grounding of that aircraft.

In 2011, Mary spent three months on secondment with a major international airline and gained invaluable experience handling commercial and regulatory issues from the in-house perspective.

Mary graduated from Fordham Law School in 2009, where she served on the Fordham Moot Court Editorial Board and the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal.

Mary is a member of New York’s Women’s Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Newsletters and Bulletins

October 3, 2022 | Client Bulletins
U.S. District Court Denies Boeing Motion to Dismiss Fraud and Misrepresentation Claims Arising from the 737 MAX Grounding

April 4, 2022 | Client Bulletins
Texas State Court of Appeals Revives SWAPA’s Action Against Boeing Ruling that the RLA Does Not Preempt SWAPA’s State-Law Claims

December 8, 2021 | Client Bulletins
Second Circuit Reaffirms the Preemptive Effect of the Montreal Convention

February 1, 2021 | Client Bulletins
Texas Federal Court Rules that Boeing Cannot Withhold Otherwise Discoverable Documents and Information Based on the ICAO Annex 13

January 13, 2020 | Client Bulletins
Court of Appeals Affirms FNC Dismissal of MH370 Litigation

July 22, 2019 | Client Bulletins
European Court of Justice Extends EU 261 to Compensate Passengers for Connecting Flight Delays and Cancellations

February 7, 2019 | Client Bulletins
U.S. District Court Rejects Passenger’s Attempt to Commence Class Action Litigation Based on Class Action Waiver Provision in Ticket Contract

December 3, 2018 | Client Bulletins
Important Change to Aircraft Owner and Lessor Liability Under FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

November 26, 2018 | Client Alerts
U.S. Court Dismisses Litigation Arising Out of Malaysia Flight MH370 on FNC Grounds

June 9, 2017 | Client Bulletins
Federal Court Rules that Montreal Convention Delay Claims From Multiple Flights Cannot Be Certified as a Class Action

February 10, 2016 | Client Bulletins
The Seventh Circuit Issues Its Second Opinion Questioning the Enforceability of EU Regulation 261 in U.S. Courts

January 25, 2016 | Client Bulletins
Supreme Court’s Ruling Limits the Effectiveness of Rule 68 Offers of Judgment in Class Action Litigation

October 8, 2015 | Client Bulletins
ECJ Further Narrows When Technical Problems Qualify as EC 261 “Extraordinary Circumstances”

April 15, 2015 | Client Bulletins
Seventh Circuit Affirms – EU 261 Is Not Judicially Enforceable Outside the Courts of the EU Member States

June 26, 2014 | Client Bulletins
The Last District Court Judge to Determine the Enforceability of EU 261 in the US “Joins the Chorus” in Holding that a Direct Claim for EU 261 Compensation Cannot be Brought in US Courts

February 21, 2014 | Client Bulletins
Court Rules that the ADA Impliedly Preempts Claims for EU 261 Compensation from Being Adjudicated in U.S. Courts

October 9, 2013 | Client Bulletins
No Private Right of Action for Violation of Regulation EU 261 in United States Courts

April 1, 2012 | Client Bulletins
The European Court of Justice Reconsiders Its Interpretation of EC 261 as Providing Airline Passengers with the Right to Standardized Compensation in Cases of Delay

March 15, 2012 | Newsletters
Summary of Pending Litigation in the United States Arising from European Union Regulation EC 261

Published Works and Presentations

Co-Author, “The Changing of a Liability System: The Montreal Convention and Art. 17,” published in Cologne Compendium on Air Law in Europe, Hobe/von Ruckteschell/Heffernan (eds.)(Carl Heymanns Verlag – Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH, 2013)

Contributor, The Liability Reporter, published jointly by IATA and Condon & Forsyth LLP (14th ed., February 2011)