Jean Marie Rieck, M.S., QAWB, CEI

Jean Marie Rieck is an Environmental Planner and Senior Biologist at JE Fuller / Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc. She specializes in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning, Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance (threatened and endangered species surveys and reporting), Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 and 401 compliance, natural resource and rangeland management, noxious or invasive inventories and mitigation, and technical writing. She is also a Certified Environmental Inspector (CEI; for conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments) and an FAA Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist (for conducting Wildlife Hazard Assessments and producing Wildlife Hazard Management Plans for airports). She holds a master’s degree in biological science and has broadened her interdisciplinary knowledge in the areas of regulatory compliance, hydrology, GIS, statistics, and science education.

As an environmental consultant, Jean Marie has managed projects for municipalities and counties, private clients, and nearly every federal land management agency with a presence in the western United States and Hawaii. Several of her recent planning or NEPA projects have been both large and contentious, involving extensive stakeholder/public involvement and agency/tribal/Native Hawaiian consultation. As a wildlife biologist with extensive experience and training surveying for rare and threatened and endangered (T&E) in the Southwest, Jean Marie is comfortable working in nearly any western ecosystem. She also has a wide variety of recent experience conducting Waters of the U.S. delineations and wetland delineations in Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona. As an FAA Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist, Jean Marie has conducted wildlife studies and helped Part 139 and General Aviation airports to manage wildlife hazards in Arizona, California, Utah, and Nevada.

Timothy McCulloch

Timothy I McCulloch is the founder and managing partner of the firm. He is licensed in Arizona and California. He represents and assists aviation operators in most major metropolitan areas in the United States. He represents numerous commercial aircraft operators, flight schools, fixed-based operators and airport sponsors. He represents banking institutions seeking to judicially or nonjudicially foreclose upon aircraft loans. He has defended aircraft operators, fixed based operators and airport sponsors against negligence claims. He has first-hand experience with airport land use, Part 16 complaints, permitting, noise, hangar condominium development, environmental, and grant assurance compliance issues and has negotiated through the fence agreements both on behalf of airports and developers. He has litigated disputes between competing fixed-based operators spurred by allegations of procurement code and federal grant assurance violations. He also represents commercial aviation interests and is experienced in corporate aircraft ownership, aircraft management and leasing structures. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. McCulloch has substantial experience acting as both a mediator and arbitrator in aviation law matters, including personal injury matters, commercial litigation and landlord tenant disputes. Mr. McCulloch also has considerable experience acting as a mediator in airport grant assurance matters.

Mr. McCulloch has substantial experience with unmanned aerial vehicles and systems (UAV and UAS) both from the airport operator and UAS/UAV operator points of view.

Mr. McCulloch has represented numerous entities and individuals prosecuted by the Federal Aviation Administration, many of which face substantial civil penalties or emergency revocation of all certificates or both.

Before entering the practice of law, Mr. McCulloch was a full-time certified flight instructor specializing in teaching advanced and competition aerobatics. He has more than 5,500 hours flight time teaching in the most advanced aerobatic trainers in the world, including Extra 300’s and Pitts Specials.