Ray is a California trial lawyer with offices in the South Bay area of Los
Angeles near LAX International Airport. Among other credentials, he holds a
Master of Science Degree in Engineering and is a Registrant Professional
Engineer. Ray graduated from New York University, the School of Law at the
College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Air Force
Institute of Technology. He served as a United States Air Force fighter pilot,
flew as command pilot and instructor on a variety of aircraft in both combat and
peace environments, and today maintains an FAA commercial pilot's license.
His practice emphasizes the following areas: Products liability,
aviation law, commercial litigation, defective highway design and
construction practices, breach of contract, entertainment industry
disputes, premises liability, professional malpractice, wrongful
termination and technology-related matters. He has for instance served
as trial counsel for civilian and military pilots, scientists, national
and international businesses, victims of defective products, and
entertainment industry figures. As an example, Ray represented the
family of United States Air Force Pilot Sean Murphy in their nationally
prominent lawsuit regarding defects in the ejection system of the F-15
supersonic fighter aircraft. In addition, Ray has been counsel in civil
cases related to movie and television projects such as “Twilight Zone,
The Movie,” “The Dukes of Hazard,” “Air Wolf,” The Little Rascals, and
The Black Stallion. He has also represented agents, directors,
production staff, actors and models.
Ray has authored professional papers on such topics as “Deadly
Post-Collision Fires,” “Killer Seats,” “Protecting
Precious Cargo: Rear Seat Safety,” “Selecting
Out Juror Bias,” “Construction
Defect: Slipping and Crumbling Home Developments,” “Twists and
Turns/Road Case,” “The Government Contractor Defense”; “Cross-Examining
Adverse Experts”; “21st
Century Demonstrative Evidence Today”; “Unstable
Vehicles--Unsafe at Any Speed”; “Short on Safety: How Auto Designs
Cause Needless Harm”; “On Wings of an
Eagle: Aviation Law”; “High
Profile Aviation Cases: Countering Key Defenses”; and “The Trial
Lawyer As Private Attorney General: Defense Contractor Fraud.”
Additionally, he has been a repeated featured speaker at national
conventions of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) (now
The American Association for Justice) and the National College of
Advocacy. His work “In Search of the Right Experts” is a frequently
cited article of ATLA’s Trial Magazine. In addition, Ray served as
Chairman of the Products Liability Section of ATLA in 1995, and is
co-author of the national trial-practice volume
Defective Product: Evidence to Verdict published by Lexis Law
Publishing.
Ray was also the 2002 National Chairman of the Aviation Law Section
of AAJ, and is a member of the American Bar Association, Consumer
Attorneys of California, South Bay Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar
Association, and the Lawyer-Pilots' Bar Association. He is also a
Governor Emeritus of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles,
a member of The Leaders Forum of AAJ, and on the Board of Directors of
the Attorneys Information Exchange Group. Recently, Ray was selected by
Los Angeles Magazine as one of its 2008 SuperLawyers.
Over the years, Ray has represented clients in lawsuits involving
many of the Fortune 500 companies and every major worldwide automobile
manufacturer. He has obtained landmark results in products, government
liability, aviation and other cases.
