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“Rather than hastily signing a contract that the salesman assured us was ‘the same one everyone signs,’ I hired Shaircraft…Mr. Butler delivered extensive comments and recommendations and negotiated significant changes that added real value. When I finally signed, I knew we'd made the best possible deal.” More... Alan Meltzer The Meltzer Group |
About James ButlerJames D. Butler is the Chief Executive Officer of Shaircraft Solutions and a foremost authority on private air travel. Since launching Shaircraft in 1997, clients have included professional golfers Scott Hoch, Scott Verplank and Bob Tway and NFL Hall of Famer, Howie Long. Mr. Butler also has worked extensively with corporate clients, including SFX, a division of Clear Channel Communications, Protective Life Corporation, the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation and Talisker Corporation. Mr. Butler is a most respected commentator on the private air travel industry. He authors an award-winning column entitled “Inside Fractionals” for Business Jet Traveler magazine. Mr. Butler has served as an expert analyst for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Robb Report, Forbes, The Boston Globe, Town & Country, Aviation International News, and Business & Commercial Aviation, as well as for online web sites such as Halogen Jets and JustLuxé. Mr. Butler also has appeared on CNN and Fox News. An attorney by trade, Mr. Butler established The Law Offices of James D. Butler in 1992, specializing in corporate and business transactional matters. Clients have included Philip Morris, George Washington University and Georgetown University, as well as Olympian Dan Jansen and professional golfer John Daly. Before launching his legal practice, Mr. Butler was an attorney for six years with the prestigious law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Bernard M. Decker, Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). A cum laude graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Butler also holds a Master of Science degree in Government from the London School of Economics (awarded with highest distinction) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College (awarded summa cum laude), where he was a semifinalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. Mr. Butler is married and has two children. |