State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice
Sep. 10, 2021
20 years later: The bar’s response to 9/11
When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m., followed by United Airlines Flight 175 flying into its south tower, American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon, and finally United Airlines Flight 93 plummeting into farmland near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the world changed forever.
David S. Casey Jr.
Managing Partner, Casey, Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt & Penfield LLP
110 Laurel St
San Diego , CA 92101-1486
Phone: (619) 238-1811
Email: dcasey@cglaw.com
Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA
A past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America -- now known as the American Association for Justice -- David was ATLA vice president and on the ATLA executive board which helped form Trial Lawyers Care in the aftermath of 9/11. He helped oversee its conclusion in 2004 as ATLA president.
When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m., followed by United Airlines Flight 175 flying into its south tower, American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon, and finally United Airlines Flight 93 plummeting into farmland near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the world changed forever. All commercial flights stopped in the United States. The only aircraft permitted to fly were military. All others around the...
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