Jason Lorenzon, J.D., ATP

Jason Lorenzon, J.D. is lead faculty for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Operations program and is an FAA Certificated Airline Transport Pilot with  multi-engine and instrument ratings. He also is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor, Instruments and Multi-Engine. He was one of the first pilot/lawyers to receive the Remote Pilot In Command sUAV FAA Certificate in Ohio. Mr. Lorenzon is a Board-Certified Specialist in Aviation Law, awarded by the Florida Bar in June 2021. He was also the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Kent State College of Aeronautics and Engineering in 2021. Mr. Lorenzon serves as a Safety Lead for the FAA Safety Team program. The National Association of Flight Instructors has designated Mr. Lorenzon as a Master Certified Flight Instructor for the second time in February 2023.

Mr. Lorenzon’s first passion was always aviation. When his parents would not let him achieve his dream of becoming a pilot, he would sneak to the Windsor Airport as a teenager and by the age of eighteen he received his Canadian Private Pilot’s "License." As only one college in Canada offered an aviation degree, Mr. Lorenzon followed his other passion of Political Science and Music at the University of Western Ontario. While there, he even petitioned unsuccessfully, for an Aviation Program. During his undergraduate years, he interned with the Ontario Minister of Transportation, the Honorable Bill Wrye. He was awarded two degrees in 1995, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Music (with distinction). Mr. Lorenzon continued his graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Mr. Lorenzon is a graduate of the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law and his Bar admissions include the State of Ohio, State of Florida, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio, Middle District of Florida, Southern District of Florida, and the Sixth Circuit Court Circuit of Appeals. While he attended Cleveland State, he worked full time and was managing editor of the Journal of Law and Health.

When he can, Mr. Lorenzon generously volunteers his services to the community, and was honored for his work in foreclosure defense, when he received the “Volunteer of the Year for the Community Legal Services of Akron Award.” Additionally, in 2010, he was awarded the Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under for District 11 by the Ohio State Bar Foundation and he was named a Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers for the area of immigration for 2011. He serves on the Aviation Law Committee and the Aviation Law Certification Committee of the Florida Bar. Mr. Lorenzon served as chair of the Aviation Law Committee of Ohio State Bar Association from 2016-2018 and then from 2021-2023.

Currently, Mr. Lorenzon is currently an Associate Professor of Aeronautics. He recently served as Coordinator of the Aeronautics Program for the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University until he was promoted to tenure track faculty position. He oversaw six undergraduate degree programs, and six minors. He teaches Aviation Law, Aviation Security, and Policy and regularly instructs as a Multi Engine Instructor for PROP majors at the Kent State Airport. He serves as Senior Attorney at Gertsburg Licata, LPA in Cleveland Ohio where he focuses his law practice on aviation law. He regularly flies a Diamond 40NG aircraft with his wife and his children who are all FAA Certificated Pilots.

Conference Presentations

• Lorenzon, Jason (2022, October 20). Urban Air Mobility: Creating the Future Airspace Operations. 2022 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, United States.

News Stories

Kent State University taking study of drones to a new level

NBAA-BACE: Expert Offers a Peek into Advanced Air Mobility Operations

Media and Radio Appearances

WFMJ News “Turbulence in the Skies”, July 3, 2024. Available at:  https://youtu.be/vaYrMklp-ys?si=OH31P8pWTqsyhU92.

The Ray Horner Show, 93.5 1590 AM, Akron, Ohio, “Boeing, problems, fines, and what this means to the airline industry?” July 10, 2024.

WFMJ News “In air scares & Boeing whistleblower skake air industry”, June 21, 2024.  Available at: https://youtu.be/mwPue0K-DJU?si=7jNid5rTH3SC53Ts

WFMJ News “Investigation into Boeing Max 900 Planes” June 17, 2024.

The Ray Horner Show, 93.5 1590 AM, Akron, Ohio “Summer Travel, Air Crews and Delays”, May 14, 2024.

The Ray Horner Show, 93.5FM 1590AM, Akron, Ohio “Airline Industry Fares and Beoing Troubles”, March 18, 2024.

The Ray Horner Show, 93.5FM 1590AM, Akron, Ohio “The Boeing Max 9:  What should passengers expect?” January 9, 2024.