In addition to serving as Of Counsel to Nolan Law Group, Charles R. Barnett, III is a pilot for a major airline, holding an Airline Transport Pilot License with type ratings in the Boeing 757, 767 and 777. At the firm, Mr. Barnett concentrates on aviation plaintiff litigation and FAA enforcement action defenses.

Chalres Barnett has been a pilot for 30 years and currently operates Boeing 777 aircraft on Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific flights. He has logged more than 10,000 hours flying time without accident or incident and over 7, 000 hours as an airline transport pilot. The list of airliners he has piloted includes Fokker 100, Boeing 757, Boeing 767 and Boeing 777. He was also a flight engineer on Boeing 727.

From 1982 to 1991, Barnett served in the U.S. Air Force where he flew T-37, T-38, B-52 and B-1 aircraft. He was an Aircraft Commander of a $280 million B-1B and a co-pilot and instructor co-pilot of B-52Hs and B-52Gs. He participated in the world-wide strategic bomber operations and was a Runway Supervisory Officer. Awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Air Force Achievement Medal.

Mr. Barnett is active in numerous aviation law-related organizations, including Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Legal Services Panel, Allied Pilots Association, American Bar Association, Forum on Air & Space Law, American Association for Justice Aviation Law Section, Chicago Bar Association Aviation Law Committee, Experimental Aircraft Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, and National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association.

Education:

• Northern Illinois University College of Law, JD – 2000
• Embry -Riddle Aeronautical University, Master of Aeronautical Science – 1990
• Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base – 1989 – Squadron Officer School
• University of Illinois, B.A. Business Administration – 1982
• Southern Illinois University – 1978 -1980

Admitted:

• Illinois State Bar – 2001
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – 2001

Memberships:

• Chicago Bar Association
• McHenry Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Lawyers Pilots Bar Association
• NTSB Bar Association
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• Aircraft Association
• Allied Pilots Association
• Experimental Aircraft Association
• Air Force Order of Daedalians

Special Training:

• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, April 2008
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Winter Meeting, February 2008
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, July 2007
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, November 2006
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, February 2006
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Winter Meeting, February 2006
• Boeing 777 Requalification Training, American Airlines, May 2005
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Summer Meeting, July 2005
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Winter Meeting, January 2005
• Boeing 767 Initial Qualification Course, American Airlines, October 2004
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, January 2004
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, April 2003
• SMU Air Law Symposium, SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce, February 2004
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, July 2002
• SMU Air Law Symposium, SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce, February 2002
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, October 2001
• Boeing 777 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, July 2000
• International Operations Training, American Airlines, August 1999
• Boeing 777 Initial Qualification Course, American Airlines, July 1999
• Air and Space Law Symposium, American Bar Association, June 1999
• Boeing 757, 767 Initial Qualification Course, American Airlines, December 1998
• Fokker 100 Recurrent Training, American Airlines, annually from 1992 to 1998
• Fokker 100 Initial Qualification Course, American Airlines, November 1991
• Boeing 727 Flight Engineer Initial Qualification Course, American Airlines, March 1991
• B-1B Aircraft Commander Course, United States Air Force, January 1989
• B-1B Initial Qualification Course, United States Air Force, July 1987
• Aircrew Survival School, United States Air Force, June 1984
• B-52 Initial Qualification Course, United States Air Force, May 1984
• Undergraduate Pilot Training, United States Air Force, November 1983