Patti Arthur has practiced law for nearly 30 years and represents clients nationwide. A former airline pilot and airline instructor, she is the practice manager for UAV (Drone), Aviation and Tax Law for Anderson & Hughes, P.C..
Her practice emphasizes all legal matters for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) including startup operations, usage contract drafting, operational scaling and business succession planning, FAA Part 107 waivers, government and tax exempt entity UAV operations, local ordinance drafting, privacy violations, FAA violations, insurance and risk management, insurance bad faith, and drone accident liability.
Patti also has extensive experience representing aviation businesses, airports, flight schools, hangar owners and developers, Fixed Based Operators, charter operators, corporate flight departments and individual pilots, including airline crew members, with regulatory compliance issues.
In addition to her Juris Doctorate, Patti also has an advanced law degree in taxation. After receiving her J.D. degree she continued her studies in law and received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Denver in 1991. She has represented hundreds of tax exempt and nonprofit organizations nationwide on the complex tax matters unique to the independent sector. Her work has involved tax controversy matters, state and local tax compliance and controversy issues, retroactive reinstatement of revoked tax exempt status and nonprofit startup assistance for public charities and private foundations.
Patti has published numerous articles on aviation and tax topics and she conducts regular Webinars and Seminars for the aviation and nonprofit community.
She has won numerous community and professional awards for her work and volunteer service.