As the practice group leader of the Aviation Group, Erin Van Laanen oversees one of the largest and most experienced FAA aircraft title and financing legal teams in the United States. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of aircraft title, registration, financing and leasing and related matters concerning the United States Federal Aviation Act, the FAA Aircraft Registry in Oklahoma City, and the Cape Town Convention.
She is a regular speaker at aircraft conferences sponsored by the Strategic Research Institute, American Bar Association, ABA Forum on Air and Space Law, National Aircraft Finance Association, Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, International Institute for Research and International Bar Association. She currently serves on the board of directors of the National Aircraft Finance Association.
Erin’s achievements have earned her inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (equipment finance law), Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, Guide to the World’s Leading Aviation Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers. She was selected by Best Lawyers as the “Oklahoma City Equipment Finance Lawyer of the Year” for 2013, an honor only given to a single lawyer in each legal specialty in each community.
Additionally, Erin is on the speaker’s bureau of the League of Women Voters and in that capacity speaks to various nonprofit groups about a variety of topics.
