Russell Klingaman is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses his practice in the areas of aviation, commercial litigation, insurance coverage, insurance defense, intellectual property, personal injury and products liability. 

Mr. Klingaman has handled cases involving catastrophic personal injuries and multimillion-dollar property loss claims.

Mr. Klingaman also has experience with numerous intellectual property cases involving the enforcement and/or defense of trade secret, copyright and trademark claims.

He has handled numerous appeals and has made oral arguments to the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Mr. Klingaman joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in July 1991.

He is a licensed pilot, which is useful to his aviation litigation practice and is reflected in his membership in the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association (LPBA). He also serves as an executive officer, and is a member of the LPBA board of directors. Mr. Klingaman is also a member of the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association, Aviation Insurance Association, Aviation Committee of the ABA’s Litigation Section and the Aviation/Space Committee of the ABA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section.

Mr. Klingaman’s other professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, Seventh Circuit Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

He is also a member of the National Business Aviation Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Since 2008, Mr. Klingaman has been named annually to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Aviation by Wisconsin Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine.

Mr. Klingaman is an adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School, where he teaches aviation law. Mr. Klingaman has earned awards for writing and has authored several articles, including:

• “The Federal Aviation Administration and Pilots Who Drink Alcohol: Dealing with Normal Use, Abuse and Addiction,” Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, Spring 2010.
• “Indemnity Clauses and Insured Contracts: Expanding Coverage Beyond the Standard Aviation Insurance Policy,” Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal, Spring 2008.
• "The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability Claims and Nonsense in Wisconsin," CTCW Newsletter, Vol. X, No. 4, Fall 1995.
• "Predatory Pricing and Other Exclusionary Conduct in the Airline Industry: Is Antitrust Law the Solution to Controlling Anti-competitive Strategic Behavior?" DePaul Business Law Journal, Spring 1992.
• "The European Community and Liability for Cleaning Up Abandoned Hazardous Waste Sites: Should the EC Follow the United States' Example?" Wisconsin International Law Journal, April 1991. 

Articles and treatises of which Mr. Klingaman is co-author include:

• "Liability Issues Related to Breast Cancer," Cancer of the Breast, 5th edition, 2002.
• "Will Architectural Work Law have a Chilling Effect?" The National Law Journal, C18, February 2001.
• "Architectural Copyrights Recent Developments," Architectural Research Quarterly, Vol. 4, Vol. 2, 2000.
• "Admissibility of Social Security and Workers’ Compensation Payments Associated with Prior Accidents," Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 2, Winter 1998.
• "Pretrial Conferences," Defense Counsel Training Manual, 2d edition, 1995.
• "Medical Malpractice Liability for Errors in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment," Cancer of the Breast, 4th edition, 1995.

Mr. Klingaman’s presentations include:

• “Glenn Curtiss and his Legal Battles with the Wright Brothers: Aviation’s Historic Patent Litigation,” Experimental Aircraft Association 2011 AirVenture Conference, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 2011.
• “Alcohol Related Enforcement Actions,” Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Winter Meeting, Rancho Mirage, California, February 2009.
• “Indemnity Clauses and Insured Contracts: Expanding Coverage Beyond the Standard Aviation Insurance Policy,” Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association winter meeting, Miami Lakes, Florida, February 2008.
• “Regulations, What Every Pilot Should Know,” AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2007.
• “Transferring the Risk of Catastrophic Loss,” Hinshaw’s 2007 Insurance Services Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, May 2007.
• “Legal Aspects of Transportation – What Every Trucking Company Need to Know About the National Transportation Safety Board: An Overview,” The Transportation Association of Milwaukee, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 1998.
• “The Evaluation and Handling of Product Liability Claims Against a Seller / Distributor,” Hinshaw’s Wisconsin Insurance Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1995.
• “Wisconsin's 1995 Tort Reform Legislation and Related Issues,” John Deere Insurance Company, Moline, Illinois, June 1995.