Aviation Insurance Expert Witnesses: 2

Jim Leatzow has 46 years of "hands-on" practical, property / casualty insurance agency experience. Leatzow has literally worn "every hat there is to wear in the P/C insurance business. He provides expert & arbitration services nationally & internationally with no charge for travel time. He is articulate, efficient & equally comfortable within the U.S. & in foreign venues. His experience includes:

• 46 years national Property/Casualty insurance industry experience
• 30 years national, Property/Casualty insurance Agency Owner
• 23 years national, Property/Casualty Managing General Agent (MGA)
• 20 years national, Third Party Administrator (TPA) insurance claim adjuster
• 26 years Reinsurance experience & Company Founder/President
• 17 years Certified insurance Arbitrator (U.S. / U.K. / Bermuda) 
• 55 years Licensed Pilot with Commercial, Instrument, Multi & Seaplane Ratings 
• Still licensed in Illinois (46 years) & Wisconsin (38 years) 
• Licensed in all states for 20-25 years until 2005 (agency sold)
• Rule 26 Report specialization on complex cases 
• Bad Faith Expert qualified nationally 
• History of representing plaintiff & defense equally
• No charge for travel time "coast to coast"

Leatzow's specialties include: Agent-Broker-MGA standards of care / Bad Faith / Coverage / Agent-Broker E&O Claims / Agent-Broker custom & practice / Professional (E&O) Liability / Claims Adjusting Standard of Care / Claims-made coverage / Surplus Lines issues / Underwriting / Licensing / Property / General Liability /Aviation Insurance

JB Aviation, LLC is an Aviation Management Consultant company who offers Professional Pilot Services in Cessna Citation types, Aircraft Acceptance and support, Flight Department Overview, Domestic and International Flight Support, General Aviation Expert Witness and Consultant. Is a recipient of the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award (50 years). His background includes 46+ years of experience in corporate aviation development including General Aviation Expert Witness. Background experience since 1998 has included several international ferry flights with North Atlantic and Pacific crossings. Supported several operators in Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea. Logged over 17,000+ hours with over 8,000 hours on Cessna Citation aircraft. 

Certifications, Ratings, and Flight Times:

Airline Transport Pilot - Airplane Multiengine Land

• Type Ratings: CE500, CE525S, CE560XL, CE650 and CE680 Sovereign and Plus, Citation 680A Latitude
• Commercial Privileges - Airplane Single Engine Land & Sea
• Flight Instructor (Gold Seal) - Airplane Single and Multiengine Instrument Airplane
• Flight Times - (Updated: December 31, 2024) Total: 17000+ - PIC: 16,000+ - Turbojet: 8,000+ - Turboprop: 4,465- Multiengine: 15,000+ - Piston: 2,563

Litigation Support - Mr. Bell provides EXPERT WITNESS Services to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defendant. Areas of Litigation Expertise:

• CFR Title 14 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’s) Including NTSB
• Cessna Citation Aircraft
• Advanced Avionics Systems including Glass Cockpits, GPS, FMS, TAWS, TCAS Systems
• Aircraft Aerodynamics
• Aircraft Systems
• Airspace – Domestic and International 
• Aviation Weather Decision-making
• Cold Weather Operations
• CRM (Cockpit Resource Management) and Crew Decision-making
• International Flight Operations and Procedures
• IOE / SOE (Initial Operation Experience/Supervised Operation Experience)
• Pilot Decision-making

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