Eckert Seamans welcomes Andrew Orr to firm’s Washington office and Aviation Group
March 2, 2020
Eckert Seamans is pleased to welcome associate Andrew P. Orr to the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and Aviation Group. He focuses his practice on regulatory matters – assisting clients in administrative proceedings and enforcement actions before various federal agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and others. He also supports the firm’s commercial work for air carriers and airports.
Prior to joining private practice, Orr served as a judicial intern at both the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Department of Transportation. In this capacity, he assisted administrative law judges who were presiding over FAA and other DOT enforcement actions, including actions on the transport of hazardous materials and pilot and mechanic certificate actions. Orr also has general aviation experience, having trained as a pilot and worked as a flight instructor. He maintains airmen certificates with commercial multiengine and single engine land privileges; multiengine, single engine, and instrument flight instructor privileges; and advanced and instrument ground instructor privileges.
Orr earned his J.D. from George Washington University School of Law in 2015 and his B.S. in professional aeronautics, magna cum laude, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide in 2011.