Ladd has litigated and investigated numerous cases involving all types of single and multi-piston engine, turboprop, jet, and helicopter accidents including well over 100 general aviation accident product liability and negligence cases. Some representative examples include the Addison, Texas King Air Crash, representation of FlightSafety International in connection with claims arising out of the Wichita, Kansas King Air 200 crash, Robinson R44 post-crash fire cases, AS-350 control system, and post-crash fire cases, Cirrus avionics, and engine failure cases. Ladd has represented claimants against both the FAA and private ATC tower cases. Litigated dozens of Federal Aviation Regulation Part 125 and 121 cases both domestically and internationally including tour helicopter crashes on Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Oahu, Big Island, Brazil, Gol Transportes Aero 1907 in Brazil, Aero Ruta Maya Caravan in Guatemala, multiple Tropic Air 208 crashes in Belize, Canada Bell 212 crash, Southwest 1380. Handled numerous Montreal Convention, Death on the High Seas Act, and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases.

As a problem-solver, Ladd has litigated and tried cases in multiple jurisdictions in both state and federal court, as well as representing clients in aviation insurance coverage issues, airport use, grant assurances, airport operations, Federal Aviation Regulation Compliance, FAA grants International Aviation Conventions, NTSB investigations, and aircraft crash investigations. In addition to his aviation practice, Ladd has prosecuted and tried as lead counsel products liability cases involving automobiles, as well as catastrophic personal injury cases. As an active member of the national aviation bar, Ladd was selected by the American Bar Association to be the 2016–2017 Chair of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Aviation and Space Law Committee. For twenty years he has served on the Board of Advisors for the SMU Air Law Symposium and is a past Chair of the Aviation Law Section of the American Association for Justice. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming.