Florida Aviation Trades Association Selects The Anderson Law Firm as General Counsel

The Anderson Law Firm announced today that it has been selected by the Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA) to act as FATA General Counsel. The FATA is an aviation trade group that has been actively promoting and protecting the rights, interests and development of Florida’s aviation industry since 1946. Attorney Daniel Anderson said that the firm is honored to be selected by such a prestigious aviation organization that is known throughout the state of Florida for its consistent and effective advocacy on general aviation issues.

"We're delighted to be able to support the important work of the FATA and its members and look forward to being involved in future FATA activities," Anderson said. Anderson noted that he had been working with the FATA during his tenure as a partner at his former law firm, Forizs & Dogali, P.L.. Anderson said the previous representation involved two legal cases potentially affecting FATA members in which he filed briefs on behalf of the FATA as amicus curiae, or "friend of the Court." According to Anderson, the two cases, Nolte v. Paris Air and Nolte v. Sun Aviation, were resolved in favor of FATA's members and against the property appraiser for Indian River County, Florida.

"The assistance we provided to FATA in the Sun Aviation and Paris Air cases is a great example of the cost-effective legal services we provide to non-profit trade groups that do not have the multi-million dollar budgets of the national associations," Anderson said. Anderson is a former Washington lobbyist and executive director of a national aviation trade group representing helicopter and airplane tour operators at Grand Canyon, Alaska, Hawaii, and New York.

"I hope to provide nonprofit trade groups and their members with the kind of legal support that we desperately needed when I was in Washington," Anderson said. "We did our best to serve our members, but we simply could not afford the rates charged by law firms inside the beltway," Anderson added. Anderson said that he plans to represent nonprofits through AmicusAppeal, a subdivision of his firm created for the sole purpose of providing representation at the appellate level on issues important to trade groups and their members.

"My guess is that there are other executive directors who are, like I was, faced with the difficult challenge of serving the needs of their members while working within a limited budget," Anderson said. "I know how that feels, and I hope to be able to help them meet those demands," Anderson added.