Pagosa Springs, CO

G. Don Swaim

Don is a trial lawyer that loves his job. He has handled cases across the United States. He has tried cases from coast to coast. Don has spent his career representing clients in complex litigation. He frequently represents manufacturers, maintenance facilities and aviation operators in serious death and personal injury litigation. Don has represented individuals and businesses in bet the company litigation.

Ross Cunningham

Ross Cunningham will go anywhere to try a case - even a FEMA trailer. It happened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and didn't break his stride one bit. As one of Cunningham Swaim's more seasoned trial lawyers, Ross believes that most companies are too risk-averse to take a case all the way to trial. But all too often, this mindset puts businesses at a disadvantage. They do not allow their lawyers to do what it takes to prepare a case for trial, which weakens their position when it's time to talk settlement.

Michael Terhar

Mike Terhar heads Cunningham Swaim’s California office located in Pasadena. With more than 30 years of litigation experience, his litigation work is as diverse as California itself - from aviation litigation, to product and premises liability cases, to accidents involving sports and recreation.

Gary Gardner

Gary is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (1982) and a former Navy Pilot. He is the managing partner of the newly-established New York office of Cunningham Swaim. He has 25+ years of experience as a seasoned trial attorney with extensive experience managing, coordinating, prosecuting, and defending complex, multi-jurisdictional mass casualty and commercial claims all over the country. He specializes in aviation, transportation, product liability, maritime, and construction litigation.

D. Todd Parrish

Experienced civil defense litigator with a strong, broad based background in complex, document intensive, multi-party, catastrophic, multi-million dollar cases pending in State and Federal Courts in multiple jurisdictions.

Carl J. Basile

Carl Basile is an attorney in the Pasadena office of Cunningham Swaim, LLP. Carl has 15 years of experience representing business entities and individuals in a variety of matters. Carl focuses his practice on the defense of aviation liability, commercial general liability, product liability, construction defect, and professional liability claims.

Bryan David

Bryan S. David has over 20 years of experience in aviation litigation. His practice focuses on complex and high-stakes commercial, wrongful-death, and personal-injury claims arising throughout the United States and across the globe. He has represented large airframe and component manufacturers, aircraft owners and operators, pilots, airlines, airports (and practically everyone else in between) in litigation involving all manner of aircraft from hot air balloons to military attack helicopters.