Vincent Lesch works on a variety of state and federal personal injury, wrongful death, and complex products liability matters with a focus on seeking justice for those injured or killed in major aviation accidents. Vince has played an active role in numerous commercial airline, military, and general aviation cases, including the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the fatal 2018 Helicopter Crash in New York’s East River, and Southwest Airlines Flight 1380. He is currently working on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 litigation.
Vince is an active member of several professional groups, including the Aviation Lawyers Association (formerly International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association) in which he serves as Secretary, and the Fordham Urban Law Journal Alumni Association, in which he serves as President. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, in which he participates in the Aviation Section, as well as the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS). Vince is also a graduate of the ABA TIPS Leadership Academy.
Following law school, Vince spent a year as the law clerk to the Honorable John J. Langan, Jr., J.S.C., in New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Civil Part before he joined Kreindler in September 2015. He graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law in 2014 where he was Online Managing Editor of the Fordham Urban Law Journal. Vince participated in Fordham Law’s Consumer Litigation Clinic representing consumers in federal, state and local courts against questionable lenders, debt collectors and merchants. Vince graduated with honors from Boston College in 2011 earning a B.A. in political science and economics.
