Aviation MRO and Technical Services

You Keep Aircraft Flying.
We Keep Your Business Protected.

FMJ is an aviation-focused law firm with deep experience representing MROs and technical service companies. We know your industry's contracts, workforce challenges, supply chain pressures, and regulatory obligations because we have been working through them with our clients for years.

Aviation MRO and Technical Services

Where FMJ Delivers for MROs and Technical Services Businesses

FMJ provides aviation-specific legal support built around the ways that MRO and technical services businesses actually operate. Whether on a project basis or as a long-term relationship, we help where you need it.

Contracts with Customers and Vendors

We draft and negotiate MRO service agreements, consignment contracts, and parts supply terms grounded in how your operation actually works. Risk gets allocated where it belongs, and gaps get closed before they become disputes.

Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Teaming Arrangements

Whether you are looking to grow through acquisition or extend your capabilities by partnering with training facilities, distributors, or other service providers, FMJ structures arrangements that protect your interests and position the relationship for long-term success.

Workforce and Employment Counsel

We advise on non-compete enforceability, confidential trade secret protection, hiring and disciplinary disputes, wage and hour compliance, and termination risk so your talent decisions do not create legal exposure down the road.

Warranty Disputes and Commercial Litigation

When disputes arise with customers or suppliers, FMJ attorneys understand aviation technical services norms and practices, not just the law. We assess the situation, negotiate where possible, and go to court when that is what it takes.

Cybersecurity Readiness and Incident Response

We help you build a plain-language cybersecurity response plan your operations team can actually use. When an incident occurs, we are ready to respond on day one, legally and practically.

FAA Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement

FMJ routinely represents clients in FAA investigations and enforcement actions related to Part 145 repair station certification, operating certificates, and other regulatory obligations. When the FAA comes knocking, you want counsel who has been there before.

Why Do Our Clients Choose to Work with FMJ?

We are not generalist lawyers learning your industry on your dime. FMJ provides aviation-specific advice from attorneys that understand the business behind the work order. Our team is the right size to provide sophisticated, responsive legal service at a compelling value.

Industry-Specific Experience

Years of work with Part 145 repair stations, and aviation technical services companies. We have seen and handled your industry’s contracts, disputes, and compliance challenges before.

Business-Minded Counsel

Practical legal strategy that fits your operational and financial reality. We are not here to slow you down with theoretical risk management. We are here to help you move forward.

Full-Service Capability

Aviation, employment, commercial litigation, regulatory, and corporate law integrated under one firm that understands the industry.

Practical and Responsive

Advice you can act on and execute. We work at the pace your business requires, our team is agile, responsive, sized appropriately for each project. We provide efficient, narrowly tailored legal service.

Let’s Talk at MRO Americas!

Find Aviation Attorney Kevin Johnson at the show or reach out directly to schedule time with Kevin and our aviation team. No pitch – just a direct conversation about what is on your plate.

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Aviation MRO and Technical Services Team

Aviation MRO and Technical Services Resources

March 2026

Want to Buy or Sell an Aviation Business? Here is What You Need to Know.

Aviation M&A involves more than standard deals, including FAA regulations, deal structure, and industry-specific risks. Read more

October 2025

FMJ Joins the National Aircraft Finance Association

NAFA sets the standard for aviation finance. Read more

October 2025

Still Thinking of Buying an Airplane by Year-End? Here Are Seven Things You Need to Know!

And Bonus Depreciation is available for those who qualify. Read more

June 2025

FMJ Selected for Multiple 2025 Chambers and Partners Rankings!

FMJ is ranked on the USA-Minnesota Corporate/M&A list and the USA-Nationwide Aviation Transactions list! Read more

Other Practice Areas

Agriculture

Agriculture

Our Agriculture group has legal experience in all aspects of agribusiness, including general corporate and transactional matters, farm succession planning, and litigation. Our attorneys also represent many types of cooperatives and independent elevators, including grain, feed, chemical, and fuel.
Appellate

Appellate

Our Appellate group has years of experience in assessing, briefing, and arguing appeals at all levels of courts throughout the United States. We have the ability to synthesize and analyze the record and the law, as well as narrow the case focus to those issues most likely to bring client benefit and appellate success.
Aviation & Transportation

Aviation & Transportation

Recognized nationally and internationally for our experience and insider knowledge of the transportation industries, our Transportation & Logistics attorneys are equipped with immense insight and a practical approach to complex logistical and legal issues.
Banking & Financial Institutions

Banking & Financial Institutions

Our Banking & Financial Institution team includes lending attorneys, bankruptcy attorneys, corporate attorneys, commercial and special asset attorneys, and attorneys with experience serving on bank loan committees, boards of directors of banks, and bank holding companies.
Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Our Bankruptcy & Insolvency attorneys represent creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy, reorganization, and workouts, and appear in courtrooms across the country. Our philosophy is to actively participate in every phase of the workout and reorganization process.
Competition & Trade

Competition & Trade

We work with clients daily to help them better compete in their marketplace, whether that be local, national, global, or virtual. Our goal is to understand our clients’ businesses and challenges and help them navigate the business and legal obstacles to success.
Defamation and Reputation Protection

Defamation and Reputation Protection

Fafinski Mark & Johnson is a leader in helping businesses to protect their reputations and navigate defamation claims, including both libel and slander.
ETA – Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

ETA – Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

Fafinski Mark & Johnson is a thought leader working on the cutting edge of ETA. We value the flexibility and opportunity that ETA transactions provide for our clients, and our team has the capacity and depth of knowledge to handle issues that arise while keeping the the deal moving toward closing.
General Corporate & Business

General Corporate & Business

Our General Corporate & Business group works with organizations of all sizes, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, across all industries, helping them devise strategies and solve problems. Much of the work we do is contractual – structuring, negotiating, and reviewing contracts.
HR & Employment

HR & Employment

Our HR & Employment attorneys guide our clients through the complexities of employment procedures and policies, employee benefits, hiring and termination practices, and compliance with ever-changing employment laws. We combine our knowledge of the law with specifics of our clients’ businesses to produce optimal outcomes.
Insurance

Insurance

FMJ’s Insurance group represents commercial and nonprofit insurers, and the team serves as outside general counsel to fraternal insurance companies. We advise insurance companies on all aspects of corporate, nonprofit, and insurance law.
Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property attorneys assist with trademark and copyright registration, compliance and licensing, dispute resolution, and pre-dispute counseling. We also have the technical, business, and legal acumen necessary to provide counsel on various intellectual property matters.
Litigation

Litigation

From local courtrooms to the United States Supreme Court, our Litigation group has a proven track record of obtaining favorable outcomes for our clients in a wide variety of legal disputes. We specialize in commercial, general, employment, shareholder, insurance defense, product liability, aviation, transportation, real estate, and appellate litigation.
Manufacturing

Manufacturing

FMJ’s Manufacturing attorneys have been holistically representing manufacturers for two decades. From R&D, through supply chain, operations, distribution, and sale channels, we know your challenges. We have a history of efficiently solving our clients’ legal issues in every phase of manufacturing.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our Mergers & Acquisitions team has handled deals collectively worth billions of dollars. With experience representing buyers, sellers and investors, we have the capacity and depth of knowledge to understand the issues that arise during the course of a transaction and offer solutions to ensure your deal moves forward and closes.
Nonprofit & Philanthropic

Nonprofit & Philanthropic

FMJ’s Nonprofit & Philanthropic group is passionate about assisting philanthropies and nonprofit organizations in carrying out their meaningful missions, paired with their extensive experience in an array of areas, makes the firm an ideal fit to help nonprofit and philanthropic organizations face the many nuances of nonprofit law.
Products Liability

Products Liability

With their expansive product knowledge and extensive experience, FMJ’s Products Liability group is able to handle cases effectively, efficiently, and with their clients' interests always at the forefront. The group has served as regional and national counsel to multi-level international Fortune 500 companies in 30 states for over 40 years.
Real Estate

Real Estate

Our Real Estate team has the experience and practical business knowledge necessary to navigate, negotiate, and manage the nuanced elements of real estate transactions, whether you are a business that has ongoing commercial purchase and sale or lease transactions, you are an experienced investor, or you are investing in real estate for the first time.
Sports & Entertainment

Sports & Entertainment

FMJ’s attorneys provide the wide range of legal services that sports and entertainment organizations need to succeed. We understand that cost-effectiveness matters, so we deliver real value without sacrificing the quality of our advice and representation. Our team works efficiently to solve legal challenges, allowing clients to concentrate on what matters most: their craft, their content, and their game.
Trusts & Estates

Trusts & Estates

Our Trusts & Estates group provides estate planning, estate administration, business and unique asset succession planning, estate controversy assistance and related services to individuals, closely-held businesses, tax-exempt organizations, and corporate fiduciaries. We are always accepting new clients and offer complimentary 30-minute initial consultations and flat-fee estate planning to fit every budget.