Aviation is our business.

Aircraft Transactions
Our aviation transactional practice includes formation of aviation businesses, aircraft purchases, sales and financing, aircraft operating and co-ownership structuring agreements, and preparing and negotiating aircraft and aviation facility leases. Coats Aviation Law also assists aviation businesses with regulatory compliance, tax planning and mitigation, and minimizing the risks of potential future litigation.
Our aviation transactional practice includes:
- Aviation business formation
- Aircraft acquisition planning
- Aircraft purchases, sales, and financing
- Aircraft dry leases
- Aircraft co-ownership structures
- Aircraft Management and Operating agreements
- Airport facility leases
- Risk management and mitigation
- Tax Planning, compliance and mitigation

Aviation Litigation
Our aviation litigation practice includes aviation-related commercial disputes, and aviation tort and aviation products liability defense. Additionally, Coats Aviation Law represents pilots and aviation businesses in disputes, enforcement and civil penalty litigation with the Federal Aviation Administration before the NTSB and other agencies. Coats Aviation Law represents aircraft owners in sales & use tax disputes and property tax disputes.
Our aviation litigation practice includes:
- Commercial lawsuits and arbitration
- Tort and products liability defense
- Aviation-related business disputes
- Aircraft accident defense
- Certificate and civil penalty litigation
- Sales & Use Tax disputes
- Property Tax disputes
- Mediation services