For 35 years, Albert has devoted his legal work to aviation: the acquisition, divestiture, and merger of aviation businesses; the formation and deployment of aviation joint ventures; the leasing and financing of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft; the development, certification, manufacture, sale, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aviation products;
aviation bankruptcy strategies (offensive and defensive); and aviation litigation, in the U.S. and abroad. Albert also serves as general counsel of The NORDAM Group, Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2,500 stakeholders; facilities in the U.S., Mexico, Wales, and England; and locations in France, Dubai, and Singapore).
Areas of Specialization
- Acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers of aviation businesses
- Formation and deployment of aviation joint ventures
- Aviation finance and leasing (helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
- Programs to develop, certify, manufacture, sell, and support components, instruments, services, and technology-based solutions for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in civilian and military operations throughout the world
- Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter MRO + regulatory aspects
- Intellectual property agreements between U.S. and foreign companies for ownership, licensing, use restrictions, royalties, and other ways to monetize patented and unpatented technologies, software, and technical information covering aviation products and services
- Active working relationships with U.S. and foreign experts
Judicial Clerkships
The Honorable Stephanie Seymour, U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Honorable Edmund Port, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Professional Leadership – Oklahoma Bar Association
Chair, Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section
Chair, Legislative Committee, UCC Art. 5 Letters of Credit
Co-Chair, Legislative Committee, UCC Art. 9 Secured Transactions
Professional Recognition
Best Lawyers in America©, Aviation
Professional Memberships
Finance & Leasing Committee, Helicopter Ass’n International
Lecture Topics
(Full presentations available on request to al.givray@davisgraham.com)
- Buying/selling/leasing/financing aircraft and rotorcraft
- Buying/selling/JV’g aviation businesses & assets
- Leasing/financing aircraft versus other equipment
Court Decisions
Led winning effort for bankruptcy trustee in Langenkamp v. Culp, 498 U.S. 42 (1990 per curiam) (reversing Tenth Circuit’s grant of jury trial to preference defendants who had asserted claims against bankruptcy estate of financial institution).
Practices & Industries
Admitted In
Colorado
New York
Oklahoma
Education
Cornell Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1978
Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, M.B.A.,1978
Cornell University, School of Operations Research, B.S., 1974