R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. is a senior partner with Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC, and is head of the Aviation Group.  He has advised clients on virtually all of the major issues and developments in the aviation industry for more than thirty years.  

Airline clients regularly turn to him for advice, perspective and strategy on their most significant and challenging legal problems. Mr. Keiner has focused since 1970 on domestic and international aviation matters, with particular emphasis on matters involving international passenger and cargo aviation, air cargo, fares and rates, regulation of air freight forwarders and all-cargo airlines, airline charters, enforcement issues and ownership and control relationships involving the airline industry before the U.S. Department of Transportation and its predecessor, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, foreign governments and the U.S. Court of Appeals. Mr. Keiner has represented numerous large and small airlines and currently serves as Washington regulatory counsel for Continental Airlines and general counsel for the Regional Airline Association. Mr. Keiner also has lectured on aviation law at the University of Virginia School of Law and in courses on airline charters offered by Federal Publications, Inc. He has served as president of the International Aviation Club of Washington, a member of the Association of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy (ATLLP) and aviation editor of the ATLLP's publication Transportation Highlights. He is a member of the Aero Club of Washington and the American Bar Association Forum on Air and Space Law. Mr. Keiner's community service activities have included serving as president of the Board of Trustees of the Maret School, a private nonsectarian preparatory school in Washington, DC.

Mr. Keiner earned his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was a member of the Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1966-67, and author of "The 1966 Carrier Agreements: The United States Retains the Warsaw Convention," Virginia Journal of International Law, Volume 7, Number 1, December 1966. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College in 1964.

Mr. Keiner is a member of the District of Columbia and Supreme Court bars.

Mr. Keiner has been recognized as a leading aviation attorney in Chambers USA and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for 3 consecutive years, as well as a "Legal Elite" aviation attorney by Washington SmartCEO Magazine.

Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
Dickinson College, B.A., 1964

Affiliations
Admitted to Practice:  District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court

Publications
"DOT Provides Antitrust Immunity for International Code-Share Alliances to Expand Global Competition," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (June/July 1996). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"FAA and DOT Act on Airport Fee Issues," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (April/May 1996). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Eliminates International Cargo Tariffs," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1996). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Gets Tough With Foreign Carrier Cargo Operations Not Serving Their Homelands," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1996). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"New Cargo Opportunities Arise From U.S.-Philippines Negotiations," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (November/December 1995). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"U.S. and U.K. Agree to Limited Expansion of Services and Negotiations on Further Liberalization," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (July/August 1995). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Awards Authority Under the New Bilateral Air Transport Agreement with Canada," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (May/June 1995). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Adopts Policies and Procedures for Airport Charges," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1995). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Industry Generally Supports DOT's Proposed Expansion of Disclosure Requirements for Airline Code-Sharing," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (November/December 1994). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT/FAA Issue Proposals on Airport Fees," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (July/August 1994). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"U.S. Regulators Open New Vietnam Opportunities for Aviation Companies," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (March/April 1994). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Enacts New Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules for Airline Employees and Contractors," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (March/April 1994). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"How To Fly To The USA," (January 1994). Co-Authors: Lorraine B. Halloway and R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Most Segments of Charter Air Transportation Industry Endorse DOT's Plan to Overhaul Its Charter Rules," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1993). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Issues 'Open Skies' Definitions for U.S.-European Agreements," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (September/October 1992). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Implementing The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (November/December 1991). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Congress Enacts Noise and PFC Legislation," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1991). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"FAA Issues Revamped Rules of Practice for its Civil Penalty Program," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (July/August 1990). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT Issues New Rules on Carriage of the Handicapped," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (May/June 1990). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"DOT/FAA Drug Testing Rules Become Effective," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Administration Law Judge Finds Massport's New Landing Fees Illegal," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (January/February 1989). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"FAA Inspection of Manufacturers," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (October 1987). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"U.S. Postal Service Contracts with Air Carriers," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (April/May 1986). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"FAA Authorizes Buying and Selling of Slots at High-Density Airports," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (December 1985/January 1986). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"Shared Airline Designator Codes," Association of Transportation Practitioners' Association Highlights (October/November 1985). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.

"The 1966 Carrier Agreements: The United States Retains the Warsaw Convention," 7 Virginia Journal of International Law 1 (December 1966). Author: R. Bruce Keiner, Jr.