Nicholas E. Pantelopoulos
Partner | Miami and New York Offices
Aviation | Cargo | Commercial | Insurance | Marine | Product Liability | Trials and Appeals
Nicholas E. Pantelopoulos handles litigation matters throughout the United States at both the trial and appellate levels. He regularly conducts trials before Florida, New York and New Jersey state and federal courts, and has successfully argued numerous appeals in both the state and federal appeals courts.
Mr. Pantelopoulos represents domestic and international airlines, product manufacturers, fixed-base operators, corporate clients, and their insurers, in tort-based aviation claims and litigation involving bodily injury, wrongful death, products liability, property damage, commercial disputes, discrimination claims, and subrogation.
Mr. Pantelopoulos is a former merchant marine and U.S. Naval officer, with additional experience in the representation of maritime interests in litigation and counseling relating to bills of lading, other carriage contracts and related disputes; bodily injury and death claims occurring at sea and onshore; and maritime products liability claims. He additionally also routinely counsels clients on contract negotiations, bankruptcy, trademark, and related issues.
Mr. Pantelopoulos is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell and also appears in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.
Speaking Engagements and Publications
- The Nuts and Bolts of ADR: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why It Matters, presented at ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2025
- The Cost of Doing Business: How Sales Relations affect Claims, presented at IATA Claims and Loss Prevention Conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 2017
- Litigating In Foreign Venues: Pros And Cons of Having Cases Filed In Foreign Venues, presented at ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Conference, Washington, DC, October 2014
- Defending and Managing Claims Involving Passenger Rights and Privacy, presented at Aviation Litigation Forum, Boston, June 2012
- Passenger and Cargo Screening: Terrorist Threats, TSA Security Checks, Litigation Risks and Beyond, presented at ACI Forum on Defending and Managing Aviation Litigation, Boston, June 2011
- Spoliation and the Duty to Preserve Electronic Evidence: Trending to a New Cause of Action, presented at ABA Aviation Litigation Seminar, New York, June 2010
- Legal Issues in the Handling, Prosecution and Defense of International and Domestic Freight Claims, presented at the 28th Air Transportation Association Seminar, Las Vegas, September 2003
Military
- U.S.N.R., Lieutenant, 1986-1995
Reported Decisions
- ABN Amro v. Geologistics Americas, Inc., 485 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2007)
- Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Alitalia Airlines, S.p.A., 347 F.3d 448 (2d Cir. 2003)
- Senator Linie Gmbh Co. Kg v. Sunway Line, Inc., 291 F.3d 145 (2d Cir. 2002)
- Fujitsu Ltd. v. Federal Express Corp., 247 F.3d 423(2d Cir. 2001)
- Prima U.S. Inc. v. Panalpina, Inc., 223 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2000)
- Flamenbaum v. Orient Lines, Inc., 2004 WL 1773207 (S.D.Fl. 2004)
- Senator Linie GmbH Co. KG v. Eastern Sunway Line, Inc., 2004 WL 232143 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
- Zephir v. Inemer, 305 A.D.2d 170, 757 N.Y.S.2d 851(1st Dept. 2003)
- Jockey Intern., Inc. v. M/V LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS’, 217 F.Supp.2d 447 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
- Moses v. Air Afrique, 2000 WL 306853 (E.D.N.Y. 2000)
- Cruz v. Kowal Industries, Inc., 267 A.D.2d 271, 701 N.Y.S.2d 96 (2d Dept. 1999)
- Resources Recovery, Inc. v. China Ocean Shipping Co., 1998 WL 474134, 1999 A.M.C. 780 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)
- Shugrue v. Continental Airlines, Inc., 977 F.Supp. 280 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)