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Professional Summary

Timothy M. Ravich, J.D., M.B.A is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, Department of Legal Studies. He is also a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated litigator and Florida Bar Board Certified Aviation Lawyer, having practiced with top AmLaw 100 firms before joining academia. His teaching and scholarship center on issues related to aviation, administrative law (preemption and federalism), and the regulation of emerging technologies (e.g., drones). His research has appeared in leading law journals such as the Columbia Business Law Review and he recently authored COMMERCIAL DRONE LAW: DIGEST OF U.S. AND GLOBAL UAS RULES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES (AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2017). His treatise on aviation law is scheduled for publication with West Academic in 2019. He also serves as the Principle Investigator on various airport- and drone-centered projects sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and he was the Principal Investigator of Evolving Law on Airport Implications by Unmanned Aerial Systems, a 2017 project sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. His scholarship is widely cited by other scholars and practitioners in respected publications such as the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, William and Mary Business Law Review, American Business Law Journal, and Georgetown Journal of International Law, and he is often sought out as a subject matter expert by print, online, and radio media, including Christian Science Monitor, China Central Television, HUFFPost, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, National Public Radio, the Atlantic, and NTV (Russia).

Education

J.D, cum laude, University of Miami School of Law

Areas of Expertise

• Administrative Law
• Civil Procedure
• Law and Technology

Research Interests

• Aviation Law
• Emerging Technology (IoT, AI, Drones, Autonomous Vehicles)

Recent Honors and Awards

• UCF College Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
• Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Rated
• Super Lawyers® Florida
• Florida Bar Board Certified in Aviation Law

Recent Publications

U.S. AVIATION LAW: AN INTRODUCTION (WESTACADEMIC PUBLISHING 2019)

COMMERCIAL DRONE LAW: DIGEST OF U.S. AND GLOBAL UAS RULES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES (AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2017)

NIMBY, NAMBY, and UAVs: Property Law in the Drone Age in EXPLORING PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY GOVERNANCE (State University of New York Press 2019)

Grounding Innovation: How Ex Ante Prohibitions and Ex Post Allowances Impede Commercial Drone Use, 2018 COLUM. BUS. L. REV. 495 (2018)

Airports, Droneports, and Uncontrolled Airspace, 44 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 587 (2017)

Funded Projects

Principal Investigator, Update of Compilation of FAA/DOT Airport Legal Determinations, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program, 2018-2022

Principal Investigator, Evolving Law on Airport Implications by Unmanned Aerial Systems, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Airport Cooperative Research Program, 2017

Research Fellow, UCF College of Health and Public Affairs Faculty Sponsored Research Support Initiative, 2014

Professional Organizations

• Academy of Legal Studies in Business
• Transportation Research Board
• American Bar Association, Air and Space Law Forum