Ross Cunningham

Ross Cunningham is a founding partner of Cunningham Swaim, LLP, located in Dallas, Texas. He focuses his civil litigation practice on a variety of matters, including aviation and aerospace law, personal injury cases and business disputes. Some of these matters involve aircraft disasters, the defense of products liability claims, construction defects, catastrophic personal injuries and commercial disputes that involve breach of contract, fiduciary duty and fraud as well as patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets.As an undergraduate, Mr. Cunningham received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Southern Methodist University in 1995. He then pursued his legal education at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, from where he graduated in 1998 with his Juris Doctor.Mr. Cunningham's representative clients include several Fortune 500 companies. This year alone he won a multi-million dollar verdict for his client, PHI, Inc., against Apical Industries for a product defect that resulted in the total loss of a helicopter.  He has also won numerous cases on his clients' behalf, including a defense verdict for AIG Aviation Insurance Services, Inc., in a case in which the plaintiffs were seeking in excess of $48 million in damages. On the plaintiff's side in a patent infringement case against a Fortune 500 company, Mr. Cunningham won a $17.0 million judgment for his client that ranked in the top 50 in the nation according to the National Law Journal. He has additionally won numerous outright dismissals in defense matters and huge settlements for plaintiff matters.Highly regarded by his fellow professionals, Mr. Cunningham has received a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo, and an AV-5.0 rating through Martindale Hubble. In addition, Chambers USA has recognized him as one of the "Leaders in their Field" for his work in general commercial litigation. Admitted to practice in Texas, Mr. Cunningham is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th and Federal Circuits.