Biography
Timothy M. Ravich, JD, MBA, is Senior Counsel at Tressler LLP. He began teaching at FIU’s College of Law in 2008, chairing the FIU Law Review’s symposium on Aviation and Space Law in 2015. He also has taught Constitutional Law as part of FIU’s Department of Politics and International Relations and is the recipient of FIU’s Torch Award. Mr. Ravich also was President of the Miami-Dade County Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in Florida.
He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated litigator licensed in Illinois and Florida (where he is one of fewer than 50 lawyers designated as “board certified” in the area of aviation law). His practice is centered on aviation, product, and general civil litigation, with a particular emphasis on emerging regulatory areas such as unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), advanced air mobility (“AAM”), and space law. He has provided expert testimony and advised public and private sector clients and stakeholders in these pioneering spaces, including U.S. presidential campaigns; members of the United States Congress; local, state, and international governments; law firms; airlines; and manufacturers.
He is the author of numerous articles and several books and his research at the intersection of law and emerging technology has appeared in leading publications, including Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems Georgetown Journal of International Law, Michigan Law Review, Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, Stanford Technology Law Review, University of California Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, Yale Law Journal Forum, and the University of Illinois Law Review. His subject matter expertise is regularly sought and featured in print, online, and radio media, including Bloomberg, Christian Science Monitor, China Central Television, HUFFPost, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, NBC, National Public Radio, the Atlantic, Vox, and NTV (Russia).
Mr. Ravich has served as the principal investigator on various projects sponsored by the federal government, including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In 2023, he served as the lead researcher for the National Science Foundation, as part of its “Law and Science” program supporting social scientific studies of the connections between law and law-like systems and how science and technology are applied in legal contexts,, leading an international conference and producing an industry white paper on the question of: “Advanced Air Mobility: Will Law Lift or Ground a New Era of Human Transportation?