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 Jonathan
Cunningham
is a trial attorney with extensive state and federal
court experience representing clients in a wide
variety of disputes involving personal injury,
products liability, aviation litigation, general
litigation, class actions, insurance defense, and
appellate matters.
Currently, as a Senior Attorney for Shamoun &
Norman, Mr. Cunningham is an appellate specialist
and helps guide our litigation team throughout all
the stages of litigation, pre-trial, trial, and on
appeal.
Mr. Cunningham earned his Juris Doctrate in 1995
from Saint Mary’s University School of Law in San
Antonio, Texas, where he graduated Cum Laude.
He earned his undergraduate degree from University
of Southern California in 1986. Upon graduation from
USC, Mr. Cunningham was commissioned as an officer
in the Regular U.S. Army. As an officer in the
Aviation Branch, he became a rated helicopter pilot
and flew AH-1 Attack, OH-58, UH-1 and TH-55
helicopters, and earning the Meritorious Service
Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Army
Achievement Medal. He left the Army as a Captain
(O3). Following law school, Mr. Cunningham worked as
a briefing attorney for two state courts of appeals,
the El Paso Court and the Fort Worth Court of
Appeals, where he was the briefing attorney for
Justice Sam Day. Prior to joining SN, Mr.
Cunningham worked for Winstead Sechrest & Minick, PC
(now Winstead PC), in the aviation group of the
litigation section.
Professional Licenses and Courts of Admission
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Attorney at Law, State of Texas, 1995
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Northern District of Texas, 1996
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Southern District of Texas, 1997
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Eastern District of Texas, 1997
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Western District of Texas, 1997
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1997
Publications
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Comparative Bad Faith in Texas: The Insurer’s
Defense,
12 Tex. Pers. Inj. L. Rep. 1 (1994)
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Be Nice -- Or I'll Sue: Is This a New Perigee
for FAA/Customer Relations?
Cox & Novickis v. 5-State Helicopters, Inc.,
A Clash of Personal and Public Rights,
70 J. Air L. & Comm. 239
(2005)
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Federal Officer Removal:
Watson Would Fly With FAA Designees,72
J. Air. L. & Comm. 485 (2007)
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