James T CrouseJames T. Crouse was born in Asheville, North Carolina and grew up in the small town of Lexington, N.C. He was graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, a military preparatory school, after which, as an Army ROTC Scholarship studnt, earned his B.A. in Political Science at Davidson College. Upon graduation from Davidson, Mr. Crouse was commissioned in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer, and attended helicopter flight school and Aviation Maintenance Officer Course and Test Pilot School as a Transportation Corps officer. During his initial six-year active duty career, he flew research and development flights for the Army's Night Vision Laboratory. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after having flown over 1500 hours in his 26-year active and reserve career, performing medical evacuation, attack, and maintenance test flight duties. Since graduating from Duke Law School in 1980, Mr. Crouse has practiced aviation and product liability law in which time he has represented several high-profile clients and was lead liability counsel in the world's largest civilian helicopter disaster (North Sea Boeing 234LR, 1986). Other notable experience includes major airline accident cases and general aviation, helicopter, and military crashes, as well as non-aviation mass disaster litigation. Over his career he has investigated over three hundred aviation crashes. Mr. Crouse has co-authored a case law book, Aviation Law: Cases and Materials, which is critically acclaimed by scholars and practitioners. He is the editor-in-chief of Aviation Safety Blog, http: //aviationsafetyblog.com/, which is devoted to reducing aviation accidents, and is a published aviation and Civil War book reviewer for The Times of London Higher Education magazine. Mr. Crouse has taught Aviation Law at Duke Law School, The George Washington University School of Law, and at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. He is a frequent speaker at aviation and legal symposia and has had numerous articles published in legal periodicals. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and three children. Read More Read Less