Donald M. Maciejewski
Jacksonville, Florida
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| Phone | (904) 353-3222 |
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Donald M. Maciejewski is a partner in the law firm of Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis & Maciejewski, P.A. in Jacksonville, Florida. His plaintiffs' practice focuses primarily on aviation, airplane and helicopter crash litigation, personal injury and complex product liability suits. Prior to joining the firm, Don was a partner in another Jacksonville law firm, and before practicing law, he was a commissioned officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. He holds a commercial instrument rating in helicopters with extensive flight experience in UH1, OH58 and Hughes 300 aircraft. He is a retired Major in the United States Army Reserve. While in the military, MAJ Maciejewski became a certified aircraft accident investigator and attended advanced courses in Crash Survival & Investigation. He is also a graduate of the Aviation Safety Officer's Course.
Don has represented Plaintiffs in a wide variety of air crash and products liability cases involving commercial, general aviation and military aircraft. He has handled air crash cases in the continental United States (Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Maryland, Kansas, Tennessee and Arkansas) as well as overseas (South Africa, Ecuador, Mexico and Columbia), and has represented victims of air carrier negligence against Gulfstream Air Lines, Delta, USAir and Continental Air Lines. He has also represented Plaintiffs in various military air crash cases involving the UH-60 Blackhawk, F-14 Tomcat, Bell 206 Jet Ranger, Cessna 206, and AH-1 Cobra. Mr. Maciejewski has also handled major products liability suits all over the world. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Three of his more noteworthy cases include the representation of over 40 victims in Tennessee who were seriously injured when a Navy F-14 Tomcat jet crashed after takeoff into a residential neighborhood in Nashville. He also represented some of the most seriously injured victims from a products liability fire and explosion catastrophe that occurred in Doha, Kuwait in July, 1991, following Desert Storm. He also represented 14 victims of an AMTRAC train derailment that occurred in Smithfield, North Carolina. In addition to his specialty in aviation and products liability cases, Don also handles auto and truck crash cases and personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Don received his Bachelor's degree from John Carroll University in biology and chemistry, and his Master's degree from The University of Southern California in safety engineering. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, and the State Bars of Maryland, Florida, Georgia and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Court of Military Appeals. He is an active member of the Army Aviation Association of America, the American Helicopter Society and the American Society of Safety Engineers and is a board-certified aviation law attorney. Don is a frequent lecturer on products liability, safety and aviation law, and a former faculty member at the United States Army School of Aviation Medicine, where he taught aerospace medicine, altitude physiology and aeromedical evacuation. He teaches courses in Aviation Law and Products Liability Law at the Florida Coastal School of Law.
Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (FAASV) Fire & Explosion - Garlsdadt, Germany 1990; Cessna 150/Cessna 172 Mid-Air Collision - Green Cove Springs, Florida 1991; Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (FAASV) Fire & Explosion - Doha, Kuwait 1991; Piper PA-28 Airplane Crash -Sikorsky CH-53 Helicopter Crash - Jacksonville, Florida 1992; New Port Richey, Florida 1992; Bell 47G Helicopter Crash – Panama City, Florida 1993; Sikorsky RH53 Helicopter Crash – Virginia Beach, Virginia 1994; UT-60 Blackhawk Crash – Wiesbaden, Germany 1994; OH-58 Helicopter Crash – Mercury, Nevada 1995; OH Helicopter Crash – Bisbee, Arizona 1995; Bell 206 Jet Ranger Helicopter Crash – Lamoille, Nevada 1994; UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter Crash – Hortense, Georgia 1995; F-14 Tomcat Crash – Nashville, Tennessee 1996; AH-1F Cobra Helicopter Crash – Honolulu, Hawaii 1996; AMTRAC Train Crash – Smithfield, North Carolina 1996; Bell 206 Helicopter Crash – Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 1996; Cherokee-Six Airplane Crash – Gainesville, Florida 1996; Piper PA-24 Airplane Crash – Palm Beach, Florida 1997; Schweitzer SA2-37 Airplane Crash – Green Cove Springs, Florida 1998; Grumman AA1B Airplane Crash – Hilliard, Florida 1999; Piper PA 28- Airplane Crash – Tallahassee, Florida 1999; Cessna C-206 Airplane Crash – Pretoria, South Africa 1999; Bell 206B Helicopter Crash – Philadelphia, Mississippi 1999; Cessna 172 Airplane Crash – Bowie, Maryland 1999; Velocity XL/RG Airplane Crash – Ft. Pierce, Florida 2000; Cessna 172 Airplane Crash – New Smyrna Beach, Florida 2001; Gruman AA-1C Airplane Crash, Pompano Beach, Florida, 2001; RV-3/Extra Airplane Mid-Air Collision – St. Augustine, Florida 2001; C-23 Airplane Crash – Unadilla, Georgia 2001; MD 600 Helicopter Crash, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001; AH-64 Apache Helicopter Crash – Camp Blanding, Florida 2002; EDEX Boeing 727 Crash, Tallahassee, Florida, 2002; R-22/Piper PA-25 Mid-Air Collision, North Palm Beach Airport, Florida, 2003; Swearingen SA-26 Airplane Crash, Jacksonville, Florida, 2003;Beech A- 36 Airplane Crash, Pikeville, Kentucky, 2005; Bell 206 Helicopter Crash, Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, 2005; Cessna 340A Airplane Crash, Melbourne, Florida 2006; Robinson R-44 Helicopter Crash, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, 2007; OH-6 Helicopter Crash, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2009; Piper PA-11 Airplane Crash, Quincy, Florida, 2009; Maule M-5 Airplane Crash,> Tallahassee, Florida, 2009; Saudi Arabian FLT 27 Airlines Incident, Europe, 2010; OH- 58 C Helicopter Crash, Iraq, 2010
Our lawyers serve clients in northern Florida and southern Georgia, including Jacksonville, Daytona, Orlando, Pensacola, Savannah, Brunswick and Augusta. We handle aviation accident cases throughout the southeastern United States and internationally, including South America.
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